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Due to the rain, it was fairly late in the morning when I began picking berries. I was trying to wait for them to dry, but it was so humid that it just wasn't happening. Eventually I just had to go with picking them wet. I hadn't quite finished when lunch was ready, so I left it until after. Then I had to finish picking because we had an order to fill.
Then it was on to trying to get my tomato sauce made. I brought the tomatoes up to a boil then, working in batches, I put them through the food mill. The sauce I put in another stainless steel pan and the leftovers I gave to the chickens. Then I brought the sauce up to a boil again and let it boil gently, stirring occasionally until it had decreased by about 1/3. Since I like a thicker sauce, I will continue to reduce it today before canning it up in pints. Who knew it would take me three days to make tomato sauce? I still have the corn to get put up before Ray buys another 3 bushels on Friday. And more tomatoes are getting ready as we speak.
Well, it's long past time for me to be off.
May Yahweh bless you in this new day!
Laurie
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