On 2021-03-13 8:59 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Saturday, March 13, 2021 at 8:00:43 AM UTC-5, songbird wrote:
>> jmcquown wrote:
>> ...
>>> How do you know? The original thread started off with "just to see how
>>> it turned out with using our home canned tomato juice." Songbird didn't
>>> say where he got the tomatoes but one can infer certain things from the
>>> words "home canned".
>> correct, home grown tomatoes, they've been so good to have
>> on hand. we put up about 300 quarts last season. it was a
>> bummer to run out half way through the year last year so we
>> put in more plants to be sure we'd not have that happen again.
>>
>> it is a lot of work come harvest time but every drop and
>> chunk is worth it. we put up about the same amount of tomato
>> chunks as juice. it takes only a bit more time to juice than
>> to do chunks.
>
> I have a dim memory of canning tomatoes, and ISTR juice
> was needed anyway. So it's not a lot out of your way to can juice,
> too.
>
>


My grandparents and my parents did it for years. Stewed tomatoes was a
common side dish over the window. Never was crazy about it.