"Anny Middon" > wrote in message
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> "The Joneses" > wrote in message
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>> The salt is certainly a consideration I should watch. I live in the
>> desert (clipped).
>
> I've made my own tomato sauce the last couple of years. I highly
> recommend a tomato press -- it really speeds up the process.
>
> What I wish is that I could find a good local source for fresh tomatoes in
> quantity at a good price. We grow tomatoes, but they all get either eaten
> fresh or turned into salsa. The farmers market has got good tomatoes, but
> they're fairly pricey. I don't think I'd up my tomato sauce production,
> but I could use at least 4x the amount of canned tomatoes I made last
> year. And the salsa supply is almost gone, too.
>
> I know in your location you'll probably get home-grown tomatoes a lot
> sooner than we will in Chicago, but in the meantime you might want to
> check out Hunt's tomato sauce -- Peapod lists it as having no HFCS.
> Anny
>
My DH is from up there. We're both glad we live in the warm tho.
One year one of our Farmers Market growers had a glut and froze
them up, and sold them frozen next spring for just this purpose.
Labor to pick is so expensive even down here that the farmers
wind up with rotting produce in the field. I've become friends
with a couple growers who know I won't wreck their plants -
they allow me to pick what I want. Most pick it yourself places
lose a lot to rough handling. Might be an avenue to pursue.
Edrena