Sun-dried! Lay the tomatoes out on sheets of wood in the sun, turning them as needed. If you are in Texas, as I remember, this should work perfectly in your climate. The resulting dried fruit can then be stored as is, or kept in olive oil.
Good luck! George George Page www.seabreezefarm.net <http://www.seabreezefarm.net/> Vashon Island, WA USA _____ From: Kim & Garth Travis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 5:40 AM To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Subject: [biofuel] Preserving the harvest I was thinking yesterday, while I prepare 4 gallons of tomatoes for the freezer, what it the best way to preserve the harvest. For now I am still on the grid and I am mostly alone doing the work so I tend to use electricity. While I only have tomatoes to do this year, the rest of the garden drowned, but most years I have lots of stuff to put up. I know most people can tomatoes, but I don't like peeling them, as this wastes food value. I run mine through the meat grinder, skin and all, then bag them for the freezer. This also retains the fresh tomato taste better. While I do have a hand crank meat grinder, the freezer does require electricity. I wonder if it is best to take this vegetable by vegetable or is there a better solution as to how to decide what is the most Earth/nutrition friendly method of preserving the harvest? Bright Blessings, Kim Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT <http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=129g26ltp/M=295196.4901138.6071305.3001176/D=gr oups/S=1705083269:HM/EXP=1089290393/A=2128215/R=0/SIG=10se96mf6/*http:/compa nion.yahoo.com> click here <http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=295196.4901138.6071305.3001176/D=groups/S= :HM/A=2128215/rand=817438866> _____ Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> Terms of Service. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Yahoo! Domains - Claim yours for only $14.70 http://us.click.yahoo.com/Z1wmxD/DREIAA/yQLSAA/FGYolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
