Living on the croft has some wonderful advantages...like our commanding 360 degree view of the sky in all its glory. This picture is how things looked toward the east this morning.
And here is the view to the west overlooking our neighbor's corn field. Same morning, same time ... totally different sky. The moon actually had a slightly pinkish cast to it. Love it.
These lovely orbs are a sampling of the tomatoes we've been collecting from friends and neighbors. Seems like everyone has a sudden glut of tomatoes and peppers. Lately when I've been visiting with someone, the conversation will end with, "Would you like some tomatoes (peppers, grapes, zucchini, cucumbers, etc)? My answer is always, "Yes!" I love tomatoes. And grapes. And whatever is coming out of anyone's garden since my garden is primarily dirt at this moment.
So after acquiring a couple of boxes worth of tomatoes (which didn't take long) I 'put up' a little salsa. My recipe called for tomatoes without their peels. The best way to peel a tomato is to dip it for a minute or so in boiling water and then plunge it into icy cold water. The peel magically separates from the fruit. It's one of those satisfying kitchen procedures that works every time---not like peeling hard boiled eggs which can be iffy.
You can see the peel practically slipping itself off the tomato.
Salsa!
Yum! Pass the chips, please!
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