Cooking opinion

by beksbks 17 Replies latest social entertainment

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  snowbird

  Sun dry them.

  Syl
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  coffee_black

  Ina Garten had a segment on today in which the sauce was cooked/roasted in the oven. The recipe used canned plum tomatoes, but I think you could substitue fresh cherry tomatoes. There's vodka in the sauce, and you put it through the blender after it cooks... and then reheat and add cream and fresh oregano.. It's called Penne Alla Vecchia Bettola. Looked great... gonna try this one.

  Coffee
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  nelly136

  or roast them in a baking pot in the sun and save your electric or gas.

  sun dried would give you more flavour prolly.
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  beksbks

  I'm in the East Bay Woods. Here's a Trip Advisor blurb on SF weather.

  "The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco." - Unknown

  Mark Twain once said, "If you don’t like the weather in New England, wait a few minutes." In San Francisco, if you don’t like the weather, just drive a few miles. The temperature at both ends of the mile-long Golden Gate Bridge can be 20°F different. Since a city’s average temperature for the year is not helpful to travelers, here is a general breakdown of what to expect:

  For the most part, San Francisco’s weather is temperate and, within limits, predictable although it has its own micro climate. San Francisco temperatures seldom ever dip below 40°F, or reach or exceed 90°F. Its summers are famously foggy; but for the summer visitor who hasn’t heard, it’s important to know about The City’s "natural air conditioner" - the fog. But it gives tourists the excuse to buy a souvenir SF sweatshirt or scramble to buy a windbreaker. It can be in the 80s downtown, and then the fog rolls in in the afternoon, shaving 30 degrees off the top. It can be in the 50s after the fog comes into The City, even as it’s still in the 90s in the surrounding Marin, Sonoma, Solano, Contra Costa, Alameda, Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties. In winter, the surrounding waters tend to keep The City from getting as cold as other parts of the Bay Area. It frequently can go below freezing in the surrounding counties, and be 50F in San Francisco. Even within the city limits, the temperature can change from one block to the next. The Mission and Potrero Hill are rumored to be a few degrees warmer than the rest of the city year round, while the Sunset and Richmond districts (surrounding Golden Gate Park) are arguably the coldest, windiest and rainiest.

  If you're packing for summer...

  The typical summer weather often catches the visitor off guard. They are either wearing shorts in 50 degree cold and wind or a jacket and sweater on a beautiful day. Dress in layers and be have a way to carry the layers with you when you peel them off. A typcial summer day starts with fog over the City. It can cover the whole city or only a portion of it. Most days, the sun will burn the fog back from the east toward the ocean. Sometimes the fog will burn all the way back to the ocean and sometimes the western portion of the city will remain covered with fog all day while the eastern part is sunny or sometimes the whole city never sees the sun all day. When the fog does burn back toward the ocean, by 4:00-5:00pm the winds kick up and the fog starts rolling back in over the City and it gets chilly. When you dress in layers, you are bundled up in the morning, peel off the outer layers for the afternoon sun, and put them back on as the late afternoon wind kicks up, and the fog rolls in.

  The Temps, the precip, year 'round:

  Summer

  In the summer months, in the 50s overnight, going up to 75°F in the afternoon until the fog comes in, dropping it to the 50s. But the fog doesn’t always come in, and it often only reaches to the western half of The City. Nearly everyday, by 3:00pm, there is a west wind (from the ocean) of 25-30mph. The wind calms by dark. In August, there might be a few showers, even one thunderstorm, as the edge of the Southwest’s monsoons reach the Bay Area.

  Autumn

  Autumn weather is the most dependable. Warm (80°F in The City, 100°F in the East, South or North bay cities) and dry "Indian Summer" days prevail in October, when there’s least likely to be any fog or rain. Still, it can be in the 50s at night. Some say this is the best time of year to visit The City, and that the real summer here happens in September & October.

  "This is true, but I would say Sept and Oct"
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  beksbks

  Thanks for all your input people!!! It's gonna be sauce. Ohh and I didn't mention it, but they are small yellow pear tomatoes
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  nelly136

  soooo cute!
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  BabaYaga

  One word of warning: Don't ever expect to enjoy tomato sauce from a can ever again. Home-grown, home-made tomato sauce will spoil you. Cook it down slowly for a day or two...

  Enjoy!
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  CuriousButterfly

  You can put them on a cookie sheet and put them in the freezer for 3 hours and then bag them and place back in the freezer until you need them. We do this every year and make salsa or sauce during the winter months.