One of my favorite movies is "Fried Green Tomatoes". I cried and howled with these women, and can watch it over and over again....
My friends know how much I love this movie, and that I LOVE to eat fried green tomatoes :). No surprise then, when a friend emailed me and asked if I wanted her green tomatoes before they get composted.
I had not idea HOW MANY tomatoes she was talking about! The Goddess was looking out for me, and the same day I picked them up, an email titled "How to make Homemade Green Tomato Relish" landed in my inbox, thanks to www.motherearthnews.com :)!
My first time making relish, and it is YUMMY! I have some extra....
So here you go, I copied and pasted the recipe for you, so you can make your own Green Tomatoes! (p.s. I used a bit less sugar, still sweet!)
Ingredients:
25 medium or 35 small green tomatoes
3 medium green bell peppers
2 medium sweet red peppers
3 medium onions
4 tbsp pickling salt
4 cups sugar
3 cups white vinegar
3 tbsp mustard seed
3 tbsp celery seed
Instructions:
1. Chop, process or grind all vegetables into a fine dice, then cover with the pickling salt and stir to coat. Let the mixture stand for 3 hours, then drain well.
2. Boil the sugar, vinegar and seeds for 5 minutes, then add the vegetables and simmer for 10 to 15 minutes.
3. Seal in hot, sterile pint jars in a boiling water bath for 10 minutes.
Enjoy!
What I am reading: "An Echo in the Bone"...by D. Gibraldon. This is the newest in the Outlander series, so I won't say much. I am a bit disappointed, was expecting ???? Anywho....I am only halfway through, might get better.
What I am manifesting: Organization. Trying to get my website updated for upcoming sales and the holiday season. I think every woman wants a Goddess for the Holidays, don't you?? :)
What I am thankful for: My family, and friends.
5 comments:
Hi Heike!
I love that movie...it is one of my faves as well!
I don't like fried green tomatoes as a food. Yuck! But that's just my personnal view on them. My mom loves them and my daughter won't try them so there you go. Ain't it funny how you got the recipe for the green tomatoe relish just when you were up to your elbows in green tomatoes? Talk about the being in the nick of time...get it?? paring knife, peelings....knick of time???!!!???I know...it was a streach.....LOL!
Thanks for the recipe though....my mom, daughter and sisters by marriage all do the home canning thing (I don't)so I am going to pass it on to them.
Heike, I enjoy reading your blog so much.
Thanks for sharing.
Lois
Lois,
sending you a big, fat, cyberhug :). I thought the pun was punny, LOL.
So yes, I will have Green Tomatoe Relish for at least 3 years, and that includes giving ALL my friends some as gifts.
Onwards to the Pomegranates....
did you finish An Echo in the Bone? I was a bit disappointed too, but not sure why. Then I decided to reread the series from Outlander to the latest. I think the reason I was disappointed with Echo is it is too skimpy on the details and she tried to put too many books in one. What I love about the other books is the details of daily life - what Claire did as she waited for Lord John or Young Ian to wake up while they're sick with the measles, the details of Jocasta's knitting basket, etc. Echo has 4 story lines. I think that's too many for one book. Having 2 story lines in the previous books - 1770s and 1970s - was a good balance. That's not to say I won't buy the next book in the series - I want to find out what happens next! It's a guilty pleasure!
MrsT, I did.
Well, I have to tell you that I did not enjoy it as much as the other books, and the last two chapters were the best! :). I agree, it was hard for me to follow along, to many stories at once. I did not enjoy this at all, just like you, I liked the details of the other books. I felt as if I was sitting in Claire's study with her, grinding herbs :).
With that said, the last chapter was the cliffhanger. Now what? Now we have to wait 3 years to see what happens?
I am not ready to reread yet, I plowed through all the books too recently. I need some sleep...:) I did look at one of the Lord John books, but it did not grab me. Sigh.
Heike.
Do not give up on the Lord John books. You just need to get into a different frame of mind when you read them. You'll know what I mean once you decide to tackle them.
I promise!
Lois
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