Help MBE grow his dinner 2011

Little_Vics

I've decided to bite the bullet and pick my little green toms this weekend. The weather here is shocking, and at least I can make chutney if I can't ripen them with a banana.

mrbadexample

Little_Vics wrote: »

I've decided to bite the bullet and pick my little green toms this weekend. The weather here is shocking, and at least I can make chutney if I can't ripen them with a banana.

Nooo! You've got loads of time yet! Last year I picked the last of mine in November!

Patience, grasshopper!

mrbadexample

annie123 wrote: »

As impressed as I am that's a lot of toms for a single bloke! what are you going to do with them all?

Eat them! At least, as many of them as I can. I'll give some away, of course; I've given quite a few away already.

If I can find some freezer space they'll be halved & roasted in the oven with a bit of olive oil, garlic & black pepper until they just start to blacken on the edges, then blitzed up to make a lovely roast tomato sauce.

I used Titan to make a pasta sauce today. One tomato to make enough for four. Or three of me.

annie123

Oh, like the idea of that sauce, I'm going to try that tomorrow. Thank you

djohn2002uk

Hey MBE, I'm impressed and it takes a lot to impress me.:cool:

Just waiting a few more days to weigh one of my Toms in front of the camera, but not a posh digi scales like yours.

oldtractor

yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

mrbadexample

djohn2002uk wrote: »

Hey MBE, I'm impressed and it takes a lot to impress me.:cool:

Just waiting a few more days to weigh one of my Toms in front of the camera, but not a posh digi scales like yours.

Any scales will do.

Do you have a contender then?

djohn2002uk

mrbadexample wrote: »

Do you have a contender then?

I'd say 2 and a measure. lemonjelly will know what I mean...:cool:

jollyanna

MrBadExample, I love the photos and it is all so neat and tidy. Are you managing to keep the foxes and cats away ?
How many dinners do you reckon you've had now ?
My greenhouse ( toms, cukes and pointy peppers) is seething with wolf spiders living in luxury duplex webs. I have to go in there armed with a long twig to spin the webs out of my way in order to get any watering done.

mrbadexample

djohn2002uk wrote: »

I'd say 2 and a measure. lemonjelly will know what I mean...:cool:

I know about bowls too.

Not been the same since David Bryant's days mind. :whistle: