I have a stupid question about canning tomato sauce...

[momofdrew]

I know what you're talking about. Some say to use it for tomato juice. Yuk I have tried many ways to make it taste good with no luck. At our house it goes on the compost pile.

In another big pot add some celery, sliced onions or shallots, bell or hot peppers and perrhaps a bit of basil just before canning to your tomato liquid (the liquid is too thin to call tomato juice). Now you can it up and you have a vegetable stock to use in your cooking.

I like that idea, I'm gonna have to do that next time... I make a lot of soups in the winter.

I like that too...and I am going to do that... thanks for the tip Hoodat

 

[chris09]

When my Wife and I make tomato sauce we start the sauce on the stove and that night we put in the oven over night at about 160* and then bring it back to a boil the next day and can.
It makes for a very thick sauce and cuts a lot of time.

Chris

 

[lesa]

Now Chris, that is a fabulous idea! If I get another batch of tomatoes, I will try it. Plus, I won't have to can in the dark- I can wait until morning! (No lights on the deck, it gets kind of difficult!)