On 7/4/2016 5:37 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> "l not -l" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> On 3-Jul-2016, "l not -l" > wrote:
>>
>>> On 3-Jul-2016, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
>>>
>>> > I screwed up and kept buying large slicing tomatoes. Now I have too
>>> > many.
>>> > What would you do with them?
>>> BLT comes to mind first.
>>> Followed by:
>>> Grilled cheese sandwich w/tomato between two slices of cheese.
>>> Sliced and topped with a bit of fresh mozarella, small-diced onion,
>>> Italian-ish herbs and a drizzle of EVOO and a splash of vinegar
>>> (Balsamic
>>> or
>>> red wine)
>>> Tomato quarters served with cottage cheese.
>>> Open-face sandwich of a slice of bread, slice of tomato topped with
>>> slice
>>> of
>>> provolone then run under the broiler to get all melted, gooey with a
>>> little
>>> browing.
>>> Pizza topped with thin slices of red onion and tomato
>>
>>
>> Here's one that my grandmother would sometimes make - stewed tomatoes.
>> She wasn't much for using recipes; she'd cooked for field-hands most
>> of her
>> life and just knew what to do with whatever was on-hand. But, it was
>> something like: rough chop two large tomatoes, keeping all the the gel,
>> seeds and juice that ran out (that's a lot of flavor). Add to skillet,
>> taste and add sugar, salt, pepper to-taste. Add cubes of stale (or
>> toasted) bread; better yet, left-over biscuits, cubed. Slowly cook
>> down to
>> concentrate flavor and to allow the bread to thicken the juices. Or,
>> instead of bread, if okra is readily available, add okra rounds (cut
>> about
>> 1/4" thick), make sure to get any mucilage that escapes during
>> chopping, the
>> mucilage thickens the tomaotes. Sugar in the tomatoes may not be
>> desirable
>> when using okra.
>
> I have canned stewed. Not sure these are the right type for those. If I
> were growing them and had an ton, I might make those. It's all turning
> out to be a moot point anyway. Two already eaten. More will be eaten
> with the burgers. We have two guests coming. One is an aspiring chef.


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