Anyway, the tomato crop which is growing inside the house seems to have a disease. We have looked through books, the Internet and we just cant find out whats wrong with them. It is extremely disappointing. Mr H thinks he may have got a little overexcited and planted too many plants in the one place. I guess we will never know.
On the plus side, thre are still the tommys growing outside, the hanging baskets of cherry ones are divine, they are like little lumps of sugar, and after picking them your hands smell deliciously tomatoey for hours.
Mr H's mum used to make her own tomato sauce. He grew up with a cupboard under the stairs bursting with home made jams, sauces and chutneys - he has the same vision for our house :) Mama H died quite a long time ago, but she left a legacy of recipes. A red folder full of her family's favourites, all hand written, its lovely. Every Mother should make one of these!
So during every visit to Mr H Senior, I steal another one........
1.5 lb Tomatoes, sliced
1/4lb Onions, finely chopped
1/2 pint vinegar
2 oz Sugar
2 tsp salt
1 tsp dry mustard
Pinch Cayenne
4 Cloves
Blade of Mace
1, Put all the ingredients into a pan and simmer for 1 hour
2, Remove the mace and cloves
3, Blend, then return to pan and heat through until it has thickened
4, When cold, bottle
There is something special about making preserves with your home-grown ingredients, and this is delicous! Better than anything I have bought in a shop or been eating for years! Unfortunately this amount of ingredients only made 2 jam jars worth, and believe me, this is not going to last very long!
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