Tomato Tradition~

It's summer, so that means it's time to can!

A tradition started by my mother before I was born...

One she instilled in me from as young as I can remember...

And one that I am teaching my children to love and appreciate.

~Olivia washing the tomatoes/step 1~

 

 ~Ethan boiling the tomatoes for a few minutes, then putting them into cold water to cool/step 2&3~

 

 ~cooling toms~

 

 ~Me, cutting the softened tomatoes into a pan, preparing them for cooking/step 4~

 

~Emma, just being precious, drying off a tomato after it has been washed by Livy~

 



 ~Emma's tomato~

 

~Ethan wishing he could help me cut the softened tomatoes~

 

 ~getting fresh cooling water~

 

 ~cooling toms, waiting to be cut~

 

 ~tomato love~

 

~My sweet, diligent boy, helping me stir the first "cooking" of tomatoes/step 5~

 

 ~filling the jars, with the hot, cooked tomatoes/step 6~

 

 

~removing air bubbles with a knife/step 7~

 

~add lemon and salt to filled jars for preservation/step 8~

 

~add lids, and water bathe for 40 minutes/step 9&10~

 

~discard cutting scraps, and tidy kitchen while waiting for jars to water bathe/step 11~

 

~sweet Elijah playing with his pattern blocks. He had no interest in the tomatoes~

 

~enjoy the beauty of your handy work/step 12~

 

Thank you, Mom, for teaching me the art of canning...

 

Titus 2:3-5