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Palustris:
Roast the Marmande gently and freeze them for Winter use.
Purée and freeze for Winter use.

12 Marmande seeds in th packet, 8 germinated, only one is actually a Marmande, the rest are heaven knows what tomatoes with no size and little taste. Cannot remember where she got the seeds from either, so cannot complain to them.

Eric Hardy:

--- Quote from: ideasguy on September 17, 2013, 11:01:47 PM ---Simon uses this recipe, Eric:-
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/tomato_soup_56817
He adds - adjust to taste!

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Thank you George, I have had a look at the recipe and it looks good (and rich)  ::)
Eric H

Eric Hardy:
Thank you Eric, that sounds good too.


--- Quote from: Palustris on September 18, 2013, 12:34:51 PM ---12 Marmande seeds in the packet, 8 germinated, only one is actually a Marmande, the rest are heaven knows what tomatoes with no size and little taste. Cannot remember where she got the seeds from either, so cannot complain to them.

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That is bad. We find a lot of seeds you buy these days are a rip off.
Our Marmandes have been going for some time. Each year Anthea makes a card about postcard size from something like an old cereal packet then takes seeds from a ripe Marmande and puts them singly in neat rows on the card. They stick to the card with their own moisture and she uses the seeds next year with almost 100% success.

Eric H

Eric Hardy:

--- Quote from: Palustris on September 18, 2013, 12:34:51 PM ---Roast the Marmande gently and freeze them for Winter use.
Purée and freeze for Winter use.

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We took your advice, Eric. Great success and we now have a good  supply in the freezer.

Eric H

Pensioner:
I'm a little late to throw in tuppence ha'porth, but we have had a good crop of tomatoes as well.  We have cooked them up, skins and all with onion, garlic and basil (also from the garden) and frozen the resulting mash in the plastic containers you get from Indian take-aways.  Once frozen into a block you can remove the tomato from the container and bag several blocks together, which take up less space.

Our chillies have also been prolific and we have made a variety of hot sauces.  Drying them and then using a coffee grinder to make chilli powder also solves a storage problem.

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