Late Summer News
Relish the Tomato
It's tomato a time, yep, even in Melbourne and I couldn't
resist a box full of luscious red beauties outside my fruit and veg wholesaler. Frank used to have an outlet locally, just
around the corner from my flat, but the march of progress saw his shop, along
with the original book grocer (no book over $10) pulled down for a new
'development'! He is now selling from a
space not far away, visits the markets every day and mainly sells to
restaurants. Wholesale prices and great
fresh produce.
Rang a friend in Altona to see if he would like a
bottling day and he bought another box from 2nd Avenue, a favorite Italian
grocer out his way.
We spent a day cutting up and cooking, the next,
bottling...sauce, chutney, passatta and an intense tomato juice/stock, great
for cooking with.
Enough to keep a couple of households going for a while,
though you always run out before the next season.
Today, while babysitting Hunter, I am bottling a batch of
relish that my daughter Jo made from their crop..Chris is an amazing gardener
and has kept our households in potatoes, garlic, herbs, beet root, onions and
zucchinis for the last few months, and now the tomato crop. All from
I also have the task of dealing with a fridge full of
silver beet! A market gardener friends
at
Werribee, not far down the road, had to pick a whole crop when his watering
system failed, so we scored a few bags.
Will spend the day steaming, squeezing and Freezing for future use. Lots of Spinach pies and Spinach Gnocchi
coming up.
Lots of food events on at the moment with the Melbourne
Food and Wine Festival. Will be
restricting my choices to things this side of the 'river' where there is lots
to choose from and far less expensive.
Have been given a ticket for a Rickshaw Run around some of the best
Asian spots in Footscray. Should be lots
of fun, will report on that next time.
Meanwhile it's back to the bottling...thank goodness Hunter
is an undemanding baby and happy to watch hos ‘nonna’ cooking.
Happy cooking, Georgina.
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