OT - Tomato Sauce for the Winter

Fornia

Wanted to share a few shots from this years batch of sauce...made by Gram and Mom.

This is a veg only sauce...local tomatoes, peppers, onion. A nice sweet taste...thin in consistency.

About 6 of us get a batch like this...They work real hard on it.

True goodness...and we treat it like gold!

AZRP

I just used my last 2 jars of the tomatoes I put up this summer for a pizza sauce tonight. -RP

hornhonk

That sure looks good, mmm. It would look better down here.

2Fategghead

Jason, That is some good looking sauce you have there. :P Tim

Hungry Joe

Nice stash. I know what goes into putting up tomato sauce, we did 135 jars this year for me and some family members. Years ago we would do 250+.

I notice the rings are not on the jars and I believe they are not needed after the jars seal. Do you remove them after they seal? I always leave them on because I'm afraid they may get bumped and break the seal. After all that work losing even one jar is hard.

Fornia

Hungry Joe wrote:

I notice the rings are not on the jars and I believe they are not needed after the jars seal. Do you remove them after they seal? I always leave them on because I'm afraid they may get bumped and break the seal. After all that work losing even one jar is hard.

Put them on right after taking the photo! I hear ya on losing it! It's tough enough to make it last as is.

Hoss

Dat's what I'm talkin bout!!!! Great lookin sauce!

Hoss

Once the jars seal it is perfectly OK to remove the rings.They can be used several times.A bump ain't gonna break that seal.It is a chore just to remove the lids.You have to PRY them off.