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Canning 350 Pounds of Tomatoes With My Girlfriend’s Family
Raw tomatoes cleaned and ready to go
New tomato jars
Softening the tomatoes in hot water so they can be peeled
PsBattle: Smiling boy with juicy tomato.
Assembly line peeling and slicing tomatoes
Tomatoes after they are peeled
Tomatoes cut up and ready to be canned
Adding basil and salt to the jars
From r/pics - OP's girlfriends older relative and the result of years of tomato churning.
Cooking a pot of tomato skin and excess tomatoes
Loading cans into the barrel to cook the tomatoes
Crime scene
Fire to boil tomato jars
Both barrels boiling with full tomato jars
The finished product!
YaoGuai101
What am I doing with my life.
absolutezero182
I read as Cannoning at first. Was disappointed
bentwrenches
We eat what we can, and can what we can't.
youtheman
Tomaters gonna tomate
Sherard81
I CAN SMELL IT
GwanglesSister
Anybody else wondering the difference between the blue and silver lids?
MakingUpAUsernameIsTerrifying
Tomatoes? Have a I been mispronouncing it the whole time? I thought it was pronounced 'tomatoes'
ChemJen
Clever
Sususasa
TO-MA-TO -Samwise Ganja LOTR
FeetToTheBeat
This is one saucy post
SteppingInsideOutOfMyself
All those pics and not one of your girlfriend! Well, at least I assume not...
PossiblyNotAGoblin
I thought that was a tennis racket and I was about to see something very different
FredTwo
Me too
LadronPlykis
Thank you for sharing! I got into canning this year and tomatoes are still on my to-do list. I really enjoyed the production
kcloud
I think we can guess what you'll be having for dinner next time you go over to your girlfriend's place.
kcloud
sex.
BangForTheBuck
OP's girlfriend.
Xiutehcuhtli
I would have kicked you out, its obvious you did not help and just took pictures the while time.
IronMannequinMrkXXI
brittanymaeee
This makes my skin itch.
giveittomestraightlikeapearcidermadefrom100percentpears
My old dog Ben once got into my greenhouse and went MENTAL on the tomatoes! But he only ate the red ones, and left the green. Clever boy.
OnyZ
It's called a Greenhouse so he killed everything that wasn't green for you.
termenzor
This post is quite jarring
ILikeToCallItLostWages
Title says "canned" and all I see is jars. That bothers me more than it should.
Redskull673
...city folk
TheuserformerlyknownasDan
That's what it is called lol
marylovesbigdipper
i know! are you British too?
LiamNeesonOfficial
It bothers you bc it allows you to feel somewhat intellectually superior, like this makes me feel somewhat intellectually superior.
dogdogj
that's what its called, putting honey in jars is referred to as bottling, go figure.
lemjau
Do you find it... jarring?
HateWinslet
I try to say "putting up" for this exact reason. It drives me nuts. "Putting up" is the old-school term for canning.
IngoldInglorian
yep. I helped mom put up many jars of tomatoes, green beans etc as a kid. But we used a pressure cooker
icelandicsealbear
I ALSO WANT TO MAKE A JARRING JOKE
maiorano84
Can it, meatbag.
FadeNXC
Farming was something that always ran in me. From my head tomatoes.
IPandSoDoYou
I'm pretty sure I will think about this every time I deal with tomatoes now. Lol
SomeGeographer
This needs more upvotes.
mjrosenb
I hate you with the fire of a thousand suns. Take my +1.
Bubbliez
That was terribly clever!
TXDIllo
snort laughed, the best laugh, at this.
SomeHilariousUsername
How long did it take you to come up with that one?
nootaloo
Well then. +1
kelpsie
"head-tomatoes"
showmehowyoudothattrick
'Oh you!' (On mobile, don't have gif link)
beasttubbs
Ah thank you for that. I needed a good laugh
CHACHOOMAH
Cap-a-pie
IsyVonSexron
oh god. very well. +1
LeahcarDee
That was sensational.
anybodywantapeanut2
Something, something, I want pizza.
HannahAbbott
damn, me too
Trafficlights
Don't give the Mudblooded any pizza!
HannahAbbott
>:(
ExoFox
Imgur pizza party?
LanceMurdock
Oops, I just eat all the pizzas- *URP* ...sorry guys...
batlrar
Nothing, nothing, in my freezah.
frostedflakesaregrrrrrreat
Wow, what an amazing operation!
halleythered
I just stormed out of the kitchen because ruined 20 lbs of sauce by chipping a glass into it - thanks for reminding me of my immense failure
doublekross
My aunt once shattered a glass into a giant pan of mac & cheese my mom had baked for Xmas. I maintain she was jealous of mom's cooking.
Corona688
Whoa. Glass won't actually spoil it? Just have to be awful careful.
halleythered
I have no way of knowing if it's totally free of glass though :-( not worth feeding to other humans
MrRandomUK
I can see a meme with "Ridiculously photogenic tomato peeling kid."
WhoIsTheDodie
He kinda looks like my brother in law alex
missmarshy
So glad I wasn't the only one thinking that.
IceDusk
Why aren't we funding this? I mean, the kid is a minecrafter for crying out loud! Time to contact /s4s/
rhinoloupe
With a Minecraft T-shirt, no less!
getthismanabeer
A three-creeper moon shirt. http://www.amazon.com/The-Mountain-Three-Short-Sleeve/product-reviews/B002HJ377A
pmunkyandpals
He's so smug
VodkaReindeer
I'm really curious as to why he doesn't look miserable. I know I was as a kind when I had to process strawberries. Maybe he's getting paid?
WonTooTreeWhoreHive
This is only sorta related, but after 22 years, I finally come to enjoy a nice tomato slice (after always loving ketchup, marinara, etc.).
OneTripAroundTheSun
"Cooking a pot of tomato skin and excess tomatoes" - what do you do with this? I've always composted the skins.
Granolaclusters
(2/2) and that way they'll end up seedless skinless tomato puree to make soup or paste out of.
insaneinmymombrain
I am so glad you asked! I wondered too, because I just compost it as well.
KallickObs
...Sauce?
Hoprahwinfrey
As a city girl and someone not familiar with this process can someone explain it? (The purpose of boiling jars,etc)
Amblydoper
Also, when storing food in an oxygen-reduced environment (canning or vacuum sealing), anaerobic bacteria can make the food toxic.
RobErtE87
which is why they are not only vacuum sealed, but also freaking hot. Bacteria-destroyingly, protein-tanglingly hot. No anaerobic bacteria.
Werekat
Boiling the jars before putting anything in sterilizes them, boiling them once they are filled seals them. If the seals are not(1/2)
Werekat
perfect the canned food will go bad because air will get in. (2/2)
doublekross
Also, people in cities can things too. :)
Squossifrage
I CAN THINGS AND YOU CAN TOO
Efreeti
That pun was jarring.
KallickObs
You. I like you.
trailerparksupervisor
Put a lid on it.
ThatOneGuyWhoDidThatOneThingAtThatOnePlaceThatOneTime
*sigh* *upvotes*
tooomanysteves
Your comment just made my day!
eloquince
Really though, did you make the skin/spice mixture into a sauce?! We need to know.
LookOfHorror
Oh, you.
kelpsie
Yes
Wearegrootsplaything
Yes it will be
endaira
This is beautiful. That is all.
AbsolutReggie
Tomato mostly...
ElectronMagnifier
+ some basil and salt
cjmithrandir
Tomato entirely?
AbsolutReggie
*Turning back to check the post*... yeah, entirely. :)
KallickObs
I barked a laugh, my dog laughed a bark, it was a solid moment.
AbsolutReggie
;) woof!
costalotmore
Source Sauce sorcery.
frustwrited
AHAHAHA NICE!!!
TangoBravo84
Broke up with gf. Had to can her
DougDeNasty
relevent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIiAAhUeR6Y
DrunkShakespeare
Get thee to a punnery
frustwrited
AWESOME !!!
issaaccbb
Blood of the innocent and some fingers, but mostly tomatoes
Twenty13EVO
126 to be exact...which is also the amount of points you had when I posted this.
BubbleTeaFox
Or, if you're Italian, gravy!
imgurgud
coolcatgray
Is that David Tennant?
coolcatgray
Is that David Tennant?
dylantheninjaturtle
Something tells me they've done this before.
Trafficlights
Probably in a smaller scale, but yeah. Probably.
TetraNordeh
Looks like they're pretty used to doing it at this scale, actually. Everything seems too organized for them to have not.
kanihaznaiph
Really? Cuz something tells me it's been posted before too...
marylovesbigdipper
but then why are they buying new jars?
Luvr
They might sell them or give them as gifts.
ivegottwolegs
Because those that you sell or give the canned tomatoes to don't give you the jar back.
SecretlyDaredevil
But... why?
HateWinslet
Tomatoes are cheaper in the summer and taste fresh. So, to make sauce in the winter would be more expensive and less tasty.
nugbug
To sell. To eat. To give away. Farming.
StillNotYouTube
For the glory of satan of course!
Pwnius
i wish i could upvote this 20 times.
CranialMess
Food...marvelous food!
DeusExSpockina
if you grow even a few tomato plants you can end up with a massive crop. your choices are: eat all of it, let some rot, or can it for later.
japanforsale
How many plants/how long to make this much, and how hard are they to keep alive? This sounds like something I should get into pronto.
DeusExSpockina
Depends on a few things, namely, your local climate and growing season. Talk to your local plant nursery and/or online growers club.
SecretlyDaredevil
But does it need to be done on such an industrial level?
unSpookyLaughter
You can do small scale canning, no problem! But this way everyone there can take some sauce home, and it's less overall work.
DeusExSpockina
it does when you have 350 pounds of tomatoes to can before they go bad. Also, on this scare, you're done in a day instead of it taking aweek
HateWinslet
They were growing a type of tomato that ripens all of its fruits at once, probably because they want to do all their canning at once.
LisaMegatron
126 jars. You're welcome.
toote
+1. You're welcome
Derfalke
126, definitely 126...
BigDumbJew
Wapner!
LordOfTheDoge86
I should have read before I started calculating. Nevertheless: thank you, Sir.
LisaMegatron
You're welcome! Also, I'm not a sir! :)
LordOfTheDoge86
so then I hope you will forgive me, my lady. :)
TootInCommon
All y'all are crazy.
Demoncarebear
You're a goddess thank you lol
KnightofMalta
Questions I didn't even know I had.
Stefiwafflw
L*W =)
LisaMegatron
Also. Holy shit I've never had a comment with this many imaginary internet points. http://imgur.com/4LIqFbe
owwnowwbrowwcoww
100 silver caps 26 blue
pnyouf
I was hoping for someone to count that, I'm too lazy...
FedericoAstica
Yeah, that's bothers me.
Churts
*that
FedericoAstica
Thanks for the correction. Even though English is not my 1st language that was a stupid mistake. I guess I was distracted.
Churts
I do what I can.
YourGodCreatedMeToo
you?? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6EaoPMANQM
tisaconundrum
that moment when a word problem from elementary school would make sense for this.
tisaconundrum
If farmer John had 100 silver caps, and 26 blue caps, how many jars would he have to have?
ididitallforthenookie
ABOUT Rede fiddy
tisaconundrum
replying to an 8 month old comment, you da real MVP
demonic
Do 2 days worth of tomatoes.
demonic
*so not do x.x
ThePterodactylSlayer
You're doing Gods work
batman89
This guy.. doing gods work!
SekcBeast
Ritalin.
poussmouss
You used a calculator to find out 18*7, did you?
ukincarnate
until you realise it's just 14x9 :P
ThisWasATriumph
or do 7x10 plus 7x8 which is 70+56=126. easy head math achieved!
chikenuget
Just depends how bad you are at addition but you do nearly the same thing with 18*7 directly.
LisaMegatron
Oh yeah. I'm a hairstylist. I can't math.
poussmouss
Well, I'm an engineer for what it's worth, and am not ashamed to confess that I did use a calculator :p
LisaMegatron
Well if the engineer used a calculator, than clearly I'm some sort of math god for solving this equation!
poussmouss
You're not. I am just a retarded engineer :)
HolyShitIsThatABear
I can also count.
MasterOfEntropy
$5 a jar makes you $630. It's not a get rich quick scheme.
JustARichard
Also have to subtract the cost of the process
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chikenuget
You're forgetting harvest/soil nutrition/season.
becausebugeye
So if you think of that in terms of large scale production as in a factory... You get what I'm sure is a multi million dollar industry.
troublemutt
keep the points on this uneven and it'll drive you crazy right? just a hunch x
LisaMegatron
Not at all! Just felt like taking a minute to count them, because I'm curious. Figured everyone else would want to know, too! :)
troublemutt
ah, nevermind! ;)
AOIMCubanJ
9x7x2. Checks out.
OscarTheGrouch
1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10...11...12...13...14...15...16...17...18...19...20..........126. Yep, checks out.
Twenty13EVO
18x7 also checks out.
AOIMCubanJ
toe•may•toe, tah•mah•toe
khaozknight
((7x20)-14) also checks out
agoraphobiotch
130-4 also checks out...
JayKaySC
1+2+6 almost checks out