[muntjac]

here's just a couple pics of what green toms i picked this morning ,i can say i have had 106  pounds off what i grew this year with 13 lbs of green ones not counted and a further 7 lbs in the white tub
now with the wet n cold im clearing all my plants out to the bin  

[new_2_veg]

very nice

all mine  are long gone now

[shaun]

you need a new camera mate looks like a box full of sprouts and the odd apple to me    

[GrannieAnnie]

I haven't given up on mine just yet, but they are in the polytunnel.  Couldn't be bothered to weigh them, but I do have three quarters of a small chest freezer full plus a windowsill full, and they are still ripening in the tunnel at the moment.

I gave a load to my friend today, her son is back living with her.  He likes cooking, so I said you'll be able to have some nice stuffed tomatoes with these, they are very big.  Oh I'm going to make some sauce with them.  What tomato ketchup?  I asked, no he said as if trying to impress me, you know pasta sauces and stuff.

I have to laugh at him (well I usually wait until I'm back in the car!!) for 31 he is very naive, and thinks he's the only one who knows how to do things!   He's one of these people who does something once and thinks he's an expert.  He plastered his bedroom, and now quotes to do plastering for people!!!!!!

[muntjac]

try making passata nana .. love it with loads basil in ." werks for me "

[Trillium]

What make of camera do  you use, Munty? I'll be sure never to buy one. Sorry, but the piccys do look like a box full of sprouts.  

[GrannieAnnie]

Mmmmm, I do Munty, last year was my first try, and it was good.  But I freeze the chopped tomatoes until we start to use the woodburner, then I can do whatever I want with the tomatoes and It doesn't use loads of electric!  Good passata takes ages!!!!

I went one step past the passata stage too, and do tomato puree and really thick tomato sauces for pizza too!

I'm going to treat myself to a passata machine soon, because it takes ages shoving the toms through a sieve.  Sometimes I just blitz the whole lot, seeds and skin and flesh, but its nice to have a nice smooth passata too, and yes, some basil, although a certain someone always asks why I put those horrid herbs in!!!!! lol

[muntjac]

its a medion 5in 1 ,its got loads diff resolutions and im still not getting the right one  lol having plastic eyes and 3 different pairs specs dont help iether .,,. besides  , am i not bothered    

[WG.]

I'm going to treat myself to a passata machine soon, because it takes ages shoving the toms through a sieve.

Get a Mouli ... http://www.chat.allotment-garden.org/viewtopic.php?t=2978

[muntjac]

i just use a mince meat maker on the largest bore holes .. i like it rough  

[GrannieAnnie]

Yep, forgot about the mouli's, half the price of the passata maker!!!!  Tks WG!

[Sally A]

Do you reckon an old Spong Mincer would do it, or would it be too dribbly?  Also, don't know if I could fit it to the new worktops, in days gone by it was clamped to the kitchen table.

[muntjac]

yeh its fine use the biggest disc .then cook the water off .add loads basil n some blk pepper .when ya near done add a half tube of tomato puree .or tom sauce like wot i do