Because we Can

Our little vegetable garden is producing a very large number of tomatoes. Making things even more interesting is that our weekly CSA veggie box has been providing a steady stream of tomatoes as well. Our counter and fridge are overflowing.

On the suggestion of some friends who actually know what the heck they're doing as mini-farmers, we decided to start canning. Attempt #1: Tomato & Corn salsa.

• 12 cups of diced tomatoes
• 8 cups of corn
• Cider vinegar
• Magic spice packet from Bernardin

We haven't tried eating the salsa yet, that will likely happen tonight.

Surprisingly, at least to me, you can get 12 cups of diced tomatoes from very few tomatoes. I was hoping this would use up our stockpile, but it didn't even come close. Next up? Probably some sort of tomato sauce.