Norma, Even with Eileen's medical problems we canned 87 quarts of tomatoes and 44 quarts of tomato juice, not to mention a freezer full of spinach, beans, cauliflower, broccoli, and many cases of potatoes, squash, apples and onions. Sometimes I wonder if it is worth the work. I never tried freezing tomatoes. Would like to know how. Had another bad storm yesterday with 6 inches of snow and 4 inches of rain, but the sun has just come out, the fog has cleared and it is beautiful with just the right amount of snow left on the ground! Jim on Prince Edward Island > Pat, > It was nice to look at them lined up on a cellar wall ledge. Believe me it > was fun in my 20' and 30' after that it was a chore. The freezer works > great, I even put tomatoes in it when I gave up the canning. > Norma

Jim, Can you believe I just dipped them in hot water and slipped the skins and put them in either freezer bags or containers and they were just as good as canning. Used them for soup or spaghetti mostly. Sliced didn't work unless I dusted with flour and fried. Applesauce works great in freezer. As for the work its a matter of a feeling of acomplishment. So glad Eileen can still do the canning. My thoughts are with her. Norma PS The snow is lovely but you can have it. At 75 it doesn't agree with me. ----- Original Message ----- From: James Thorne <james.thorne@pei.sympatico.ca> To: <NJ-MEMORIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 9:10 AM Subject: Re: [NJ-Memories] Re: Putting up qts > Norma, > > Even with Eileen's medical problems we canned 87 quarts of tomatoes and 44 > quarts of tomato juice, not to mention a freezer full of spinach, beans, > cauliflower, broccoli, and many cases of potatoes, squash, apples and > onions. Sometimes I wonder if it is worth the work. I never tried freezing > tomatoes. Would like to know how. > > Had another bad storm yesterday with 6 inches of snow and 4 inches of rain, > but the sun has just come out, the fog has cleared and it is beautiful with > just the right amount of snow left on the ground! > > Jim on Prince Edward Island > > > > Pat, > > It was nice to look at them lined up on a cellar wall ledge. Believe me > it > > was fun in my 20' and 30' after that it was a chore. The freezer works > > great, I even put tomatoes in it when I gave up the canning. > > Norma > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >