{"id":1026,"date":"2010-01-04T07:21:23","date_gmt":"2010-01-04T05:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/?p=1026"},"modified":"2010-01-04T12:51:40","modified_gmt":"2010-01-04T10:51:40","slug":"attack-of-the-killer-tomatoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/?p=1026","title":{"rendered":"Attack of the Killer Tomatoes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I mentioned the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/?p=544\" target=\"_blank\">worm farm<\/a> before. Turns out, if you feed them bits of tomato, you get a garden full of tomato plants. And that leads to lots and lots of tomatoes :-)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1027\" title=\"S6301885r\" src=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/S6301885r-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"S6301885r\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/S6301885r-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/S6301885r.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Only one thing to do! Deb&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/smittenkitchen.com\/2008\/08\/slow-roasted-tomatoes\/\" target=\"_blank\">slow roasted tomatoes<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1028\" title=\"S6301886r\" src=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/S6301886r-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"S6301886r\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/S6301886r-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/S6301886r.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Halve tomatoes (this takes a helluva long time). Cover with oil and herbs (I did this in a bowl).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1029\" title=\"S6301887r\" src=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/S6301887r-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"S6301887r\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/S6301887r-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/S6301887r.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Spread on baking sheet.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1030\" title=\"S6301888r\" src=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/S6301888r-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"S6301888r\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/S6301888r-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/S6301888r.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Roast for three hours at a touch over 100C.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1031\" title=\"S6301892r\" src=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/S6301892r-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"S6301892r\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/S6301892r-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/S6301892r.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This took care of about two thirds of the tomatoes. Here&#8217;s the rest, covered with boiling water&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1032\" title=\"S6301894r\" src=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/S6301894r-300x172.jpg\" alt=\"S6301894r\" width=\"300\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/S6301894r-300x172.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/S6301894r.JPG 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and skinned (this, also, is a helluva job). The skins etc goes back to the worms, of course.<\/p>\n<p>I used these to make <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rainbownation.com\/recipes\/recipe.asp?type=2&amp;id=29\" target=\"_blank\">tomato bredie<\/a>. Used beef, this time (a 1.1 kg hunk of silverside, cut into cubes), did <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reluctantgourmet.com\/blog\/cooking-tips\/flouring-meat\/\" target=\"_blank\">the flour thing<\/a>, did <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bonappetit.com\/tipstools\/tips\/2008\/04\/how_to_brown_meat_and_poultry\" target=\"_blank\">the space thing<\/a>, and eventually did <a href=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/?p=634\" target=\"_blank\">the dumplings thing<\/a>. No pictures, we were too hungry by then :-)<\/p>\n<p>And by the looks of things, there&#8217;s about twice as many tomatoes still on the way&#8230;<span hidden class=\"__iawmlf-post-loop-links\" data-iawmlf-links=\"[{&quot;id&quot;:1332,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/smittenkitchen.com\\\/2008\\\/08\\\/slow-roasted-tomatoes&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260523160629\\\/https:\\\/\\\/smittenkitchen.com\\\/2008\\\/08\\\/slow-roasted-tomatoes\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-31 02:56:45&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-06 23:24:54&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-12 11:05:09&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-16 03:17:01&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-07-03 10:04:39&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-07-03 10:04:39&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:1333,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.rainbownation.com\\\/recipes\\\/recipe.asp?type=2\\u0026id=29&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:1334,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.reluctantgourmet.com\\\/blog\\\/cooking-tips\\\/flouring-meat&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20121020121316\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.reluctantgourmet.com\\\/blog\\\/cooking-tips\\\/flouring-meat\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-31 02:56:54&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-06 23:24:54&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-12 11:05:06&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:true,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-12 11:05:06&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:1335,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.bonappetit.com\\\/tipstools\\\/tips\\\/2008\\\/04\\\/how_to_brown_meat_and_poultry&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20130424160138\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.bonappetit.com\\\/tipstools\\\/tips\\\/2008\\\/04\\\/how_to_brown_meat_and_poultry&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-31 02:57:01&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-07 00:41:15&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-12 11:05:05&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:true,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-12 11:05:05&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]\"><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I mentioned the worm farm before. Turns out, if you feed them bits of tomato, you get a garden full of tomato plants. And that leads to lots and lots of tomatoes :-) Only one thing to do! Deb&#8217;s slow roasted tomatoes! Halve tomatoes (this takes a helluva long time). Cover with oil and herbs (I did this in a bowl). Spread on baking sheet. Roast for three hours at a touch over 100C. This took care of about two thirds of the tomatoes. Here&#8217;s the rest, covered with boiling water&#8230; &#8230; and skinned (this, also, is a helluva job).&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[87,32],"class_list":["post-1026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-foooooood","tag-fooooooood","tag-recipe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1026"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1026\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1034,"href":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1026\/revisions\/1034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}