What produce/ingredients did you buy or obtain today (2025)?

Rediscovered my split red lentils! (Carrots are in the pot already.)
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Barriehie said:
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That one would be enough for me! Goal this year is enough ripe ones to can so I can eat tomatoes in the winter. I don't buy the ones in the store.
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I remember that discussion last winter.

I have had good luck with buying Romas while still firm and pink and allowing them to ripen on the kitchen counter for about 2 weeks. They tend to ripen without turning mushy and they aren't overly juicy, which I prefer in a tomato. And I can't abide a pink, flavorless supermarket tomato, much less the ones from the restaurants--I always ask for the tomato on the side if ordering a sandwich that has them so I can gauge whether or not it is ripe (or possibly overripe) before I consume (or don't consume) it.
 
JAS_OH1 said:
I remember that discussion last winter.

I have had good luck with buying Romas while still firm and pink and allowing them to ripen on the kitchen counter for about 2 weeks. They tend to ripen without turning mushy and they aren't overly juicy, which I prefer in a tomato. And I can't abide a pink, flavorless supermarket tomato, much less the ones from the restaurants--I always ask for the tomato on the side if ordering a sandwich that has them so I can gauge whether or not it is ripe (or possibly overripe) before I consume (or don't consume) it.
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I've never grown Roma's before but so far all the ones I'm picking are perfect. They're consistently shaped and blemish free! They're the ones in the middle. No clue on how many but I will be getting some in jars.
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Barriehie said:
I've never grown Roma's before but so far all the ones I'm picking are perfect. They're consistently shaped and blemish free! They're the ones in the middle. No clue on how many but I will be getting some in jars. View attachment 131019
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Those are beautiful, well done! They are my favorite of the popular inexpensive tomatoes sold in the grocery stores and markets. I do like heirloom, grape, kumato, and the like as well, but they are often rather pricey.

We didn't get a garden in this year because of my husband's foot injury (I don't till soil) but when we did, we always had at least 1 roma and some similar types. We will have a garden next year, though we have such limited space that it will be herbs and tomatoes only most likely. I would love some San Marzano style tomatoes but just finding those plants isn't easy.
 
JAS_OH1 said:
Those are beautiful, well done! They are my favorite of the popular inexpensive tomatoes sold in the grocery stores and markets. I do like heirloom, grape, kumato, and the like as well, but they are often rather pricey.

We didn't get a garden in this year because of my husband's foot injury (I don't till soil) but when we did, we always had at least 1 roma and some similar types. We will have a garden next year, though we have such limited space that it will be herbs and tomatoes only most likely. I would love some San Marzano style tomatoes but just finding those plants isn't easy.
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Thank you! If you're comfortable with starting from seeds, I can help but not in this thread, this is a reputable outfit. Super San Marzano Organic Tomato Seeds | TomatoFest
 
Barriehie said:
Thank you! If you're comfortable with starting from seeds, I can help but not in this thread, this is a reputable outfit. Super San Marzano Organic Tomato Seeds | TomatoFest
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Well, my problem is that we would have to start the seeds in probably March, and we just don't get enough sun in the winter here, and the only windows that aren't shaded by trees are facing east and west. Ohio is one of the least sunny states in the USA. We get something like 165 days of sun here. Winter it can go a week or more without the sun even coming out at all. I suppose I could use grow lights...hmmm, I will have to ponder that.

That being said, Ohio is well-known for great tomatoes and corn (and soybeans) because of our rich soil and abundant rain. A few years back when our front garden had 4 tomato plants, we had large bowls of tomatoes sitting around, way more than we could eat, so we gave a lot of them away. I was busy working so much that I didn't have time to cook them down into sauce. Since then, the trees have grown so high and canopied where the sun used to shine on that tiny plot (about 10 x 4) that I am not even sure they are going to do well next year when we plant. If it were up to me, I would hire a tree trimmer to cut the branches back, but that would be costly and no way is DH going to agree to that!

Indoor growlight garden might work...
 
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