Tomatoes - Ideas Please

[Barmaid]

I am sick of tomatoes. We have had an amazingly good crop this year and I am running out of ideas for them. The last 3 weekends have been spent making soup, passata, bolognaise and ratatouille (we also have a glut of aubergines and courgettes). So now I have a freezer full of nice home made food.

Mr BM picked 11lbs on Weds and it looks like there will be a similar amount ready over the next couple of days.

I've got plum, beefsteak and ordinary eaters (alicante, shirley etc). Any ideas for the next cook off, please? I think I shall make some relish, but apart from that, I am out of ideas.

[bhg481]

Have you not got any neighbours you could give some to? Our excess cherries and plums go to the neighbours and we got a few potatoes off one of them the other day.

[Redhelen72]

Oven dried (like sun dried)
Tomato ketchup
Soup freezer

[Patsy33]

Salsa, bloody Marys?..

[ladybirder]

Put some in a basket outside so anyone passing can help themselves?

I love my tomatoes fried in a sandwich. Yummy. Only once a year mind.

[Redhelen72]

https://leitesculinaria.com/285278/roundups-40-ways-use-up-glut-tomatoes.html#:~:text=%2040%20Ways%20to%20Use%20Up%20a%20Glut,Panzanella.%20%209%20Kachumbari%20Salad.%20%20More%20

[Barmaid]

Unfortunately, no BHG. Everyone else seems to grow them and I keep asking people, but it is not ladylike to beg! I even advertised them (for free) on our local FB page.

Thanks RH. The plum tomatoes might work well for the oven dried thing and ketchup is a good idea. I've also got about 8 cucumbers which I may pickle.

[Redhelen72]

that link mention confit tomatoes which sound very interesting and when my outside ones start to ripen I may actually give it a go

[Redhelen72]

There is a suggestion on one of the gardening pages I belong to about how to get rid of your courgettes as everyone always grows too many of them and that is give them to your postman or put them in peoples cars on a sunny day and they have left their windows open

[Barmaid]

Salsa can go on the list, Patsy. Not keen on bloody marys.

My neighbour tried that Ladybirder, but no takers (there is not much thru traffic round here).

Some good ideas there, RH. I quite fancy tomato jam.

[Barmaid]

I've frozen a lot of courgettes since Mr BM likes them fried. The trouble with courgettes is you look at one and think "yes, that'll be fine, I'll cut that tomorrow" and by tomorrow it is a monster.

We've also got chillies, peppers, cucamelons, sweetcorn, spuds, onions, garlic, ginger, and butternut squash, but they are in more manageable quantities.

[Redhelen72]

I made a lasagne with some of my fresh toms for the sauce and the courgettes used instead of pasta - it was kinda nice

[Barmaid]

I said I was going to make a vegetarian lasagne this weekend with tomatoes, aubergines and courgettes. He look at me like I was mad. (He likes his meat!).

[Old_Geezer]

Typical. Last year all my tomatoes caught late blight, so I stayed well clear this year. Now you say it was a glut year :-(

[237SJ]

If you like curry you could make a nice Indian pickle to go with it.

[sandyRoe]

Are there any food banks nearby?

[Barmaid]

The greenhouse ones have been incredible - I reckon about 5 times what we had last year - despite fewer plants. I didn't expect much from my outdoor ones, but they have surpassed expectations. I have never had a particularly good crop of beefsteak before, but this year has been amazing!

[Barmaid]

Sandy, they wont take perishable foods. But I have advertised them as come and take for free on FB - no takers.

237 - I think pickles and chutneys are going to feature quite high on the agenda this weekend. I always have to make two types though - mild for him and hotter for me!

[Redhelen72]

This year I have grown
Tomatoes
Cucumbers
3 different types of lettuce
Spring onions
Shallots
Courgettes
Pumpkins
Squash
loads of different herbs
Figs
Blueberries
Strawberries
Peppers (very succesfull 43 on 2 plants)
Tatties
radishes
micro herbs and micro salad

[pastafreak]

If you have too many courgettes, this bread recipe is good, really nice toasted...I've got a few others if you are interested.

https://kirbiecravings.com/garlic-parmesan-zucchini-bread-paleo/

[Maydup]

It has to be tomato and courgette chutney Barmaid. Swap a few toms with someone who has a glut of apples, and you'll be spooning it out of the jars its so delicious. Small jars of homemade chutney also make ideal Christmas gifts for friends and neighbours, if I'm allowed to mention that particular time of year!