Hey, I had another first this week! I was invited to do a short interview about a workshop I taught last week. It was Clare Bonnyman who reached out to me – a producer for the afternoon “Radio Active” show with Jessica Ng, on CBC Radio Edmonton – 740 AM. She said she’d seen a post about a workshop I was teaching in a few days and wondered if I could speak about it on the show. The subject was relatable right about now she thought, because its the time of year many people have excess tomatoes and are often looking for ways to use them or preserve them. That was the subject of my class – taught through Operation Fruit Rescue Edmonton – OFRE.
Yup, I could sure do that. We set up a time to chat, and in the chat she offered to do a recorded interview if it would make me more comfortable. It did, so we found a time for me to go down to the studio record a short segment.
So –
What DO you do with all those tomatoes that ripen at the same?
Check out this radio audio link to the interview, and you’ll learn a couple ideas . . . .
https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-52-radio-active/clip/16167269-what-excess-tomatoes
It was a piece a cake thanks to a well prepared producer Clare Bonnyman and a good interviewer Jessica Ng.
You eat ’em fresh of course –
* in an open faced, toasted tomato sandwich with pesto mayo, OR
* an amazing tomato basil soup.
* You can dry roast some cherry tomatoes, then dry pack them into small jars to freeze for later use. How to use them: puree for a shot of strong roasted tomato flavour. Add the flavour punch to a homemade tomato soup),
* OR can them whole or halved (personal preference)
* OR make a sauce out of them. You can freeze them, dehydrate them, including make tomato powder – which you can use a hundred different ways. .
In fact – I just came home from doing another Preserving Tomatoes workshop this evening; down in the Rossdale Community this time. What can I say? It’s TOMATO season!
I met another great group of newbie canners this evening – anxious to learn ways to preserve their tomato harvest.
Earlier today Clare gave me the link to the recorded audio segment, but it wouldn’t work on facebook. Mysteriously it kept disappearing as soon as I finished it. Well, apparently, though not a restriction or setting on the radio station’s part, “there is a ban on news in Canada being shared on social media (who knew?) So Instagram and Facebook won’t let one share links from any Canadian news website (CBC, CTV, Global or anyone really).
If you do want to share it on Facebook,” she suggested, “you could always post it on your website first and then share the link to the website post.” What we have to do eh?
hmmmm – that certainly explains the case of the disappearing facebook posts.
Here goes. . . .
https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-52-radio-active/clip/16167269-what-excess-tomatoes
I hope you’ll tun in!. Enjoy
What do you do with your excess Tomatoes this time of year?
Warmly,
Cindy Suelzle