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Margaret Hochla
El Reno, Oklahoma
I have been married for 27 years to Victor and have 4 children. The two girls and two boys range in age from 25-10 years. We are pleased to still have one grandparent from each side of the family ... More about Margaret
Sareen Dunleavy-Keenan
Minneapolis, Minnesota
I live in Minneapolis, in 1.5 story craftsman bungalow with beautiful woodwork, but a tiny lot. Sharing this space is my husband Brendan, 'baby' (5/07) and 'new baby' who is expected to join the fold in August. More about Sareen
Gina Keenan-Klages
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
My name is Gina, and my husband's name is Patrick. We have three children, ranging in ages from 1 to 5 years. Our household also includes my mother, who is living with us from September to May. More about Gina
Donna McClurkan
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Early January may seem an inauspicious time to begin an "eat local" project in Southwest Michigan. As if to underscore that point, nearly a foot of snow fell in Kalamazoo on January 3. More about Donna
Cher Stuewe-Portnoff
St Louis, Missouri
My first father-in-law taught me to garden in the mid-1960s. Over the next few years, with a family of five to feed, I read everything I could find about nutrition ... More about Cher
Vera Schabicki
Ashland, Mississippi
Four years ago my five children, one husband, two dogs, one cat and I moved to the rural South from a large northern California city. We went from .12 acres to a rambling 57 acres. More about Vera
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An afternoon of work
Posted at 5:06 PM on October 21, 2008 by Sareen Dunleavy Keenan (4 Comments)
This is what we did while the babies napped:
That is: Banana cream pie, coconut cream pie (using up a freezer stock of coconut), 5 pints of apple sauce, 10 quarts of smoked green tomato salsa, banana muffins (from bananas destined for the grocers garbage) and two local lasagnas with swiss chard and sausage. YUM!
Comments (4)
SMOKED green tomato salsa? I never heard of it, but it sounds wonderful. Next weekend I give up on covering tomatoes every night and oncovering on warm days to ripen them. There will be lots of green tomatoes. Could you share your recipe? I just made Cher's Farm Journal Tomato Butter recipe and it was great! So are Autumn's dill pickled peppers. I plan on trying Autumn's Hot Pepper Mustard too. You are all inspiring me to new heights with my end of season produce.
Kathy
Posted by Kathy | October 21, 2008 9:23 PM
Nice going Sareen! You never fail to amaze...That must've been a loooong nap ;-)
cheers,
Autumn
Posted by Autumn Long | October 23, 2008 1:38 PM
Yum, is right! I love naps. Would you come to my house & work your wonders?
You are inspiring.
Posted by Julie | October 23, 2008 4:47 PM
Well for the smoked part, Brendan was already smoking a pork shoulder, so he threw all the green tomatoes into the offset smoker, said something about Maillard reactions and sugar caramelization. The recipe is the same recipe as always: no recipe, just tasste. Throw onions, peppers, chiles, tomatoes and garlic into the food processor. Add herbs like cilantro or marjoram, salt, pepper and other spices like cumin to taste. You know what you want out of a salsa, so you determine the balance between the smoky tart green tomatoes, ripe tomatoes and all the other components. The only thing I can tell you is what my husband says: "recipes are for suckers, or smokers who can't taste their food." Good Luck!
Posted by Sareen | October 23, 2008 10:15 PM