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Thank you, Cat, for pulling all those recipes together. I'm glad someone pulled this thread back up. Printing this off for myself, and I'm going to try some new things this year.

I cannot imagine what Tracie's vegetable dish will taste like, since I do not eat anything in it but pearl onions, carrots, and pumpkin. But it looks so interesting I have to give it a try.

Oh, Crazy, that is my all-time favorite for my sister to bring to Thanksgiving.

I trade them a couple cream cheese pies every year for a Pumpkin Roll. Mmmmm!

Well, I didn't really have any drainage last time. I am using Roma tomatoes, which is probably why it's turning out so thick.

Hey, I'm going to be making some more of this today.

I was thinking I wanted it not quite so dense.

Do you think I could substitute the paste for more tomato sauce?

I think there would be a density issue...but I can easily pressure can instead of water bath.

What do you think?

I used sea salt.

And man, is ours good!! We have 28 pints, and I know that will not nearly be enough. My 13 year old and my 3 year old could eat it like cold soup...but I make them share.

Well, finally! I have my first 5 gallon bucket of tomatoes sitting right here beside me! Such a late start with the weather this year, and it's cooling off pretty rapidly...short season and I hope I get all my tomatoes.

So these will sit on newspaper for a few days and then I'll try this recipe this weekend. I'm going to be doing Annie's and another one that uses only my garden stuff (no cans). I've never done salsa before, since my sister used to can salsa for our whole extended family. This year, she had no garden, so I'm on my own.

I'm really hoping that if Annie's is as yummy as you all say it is, I can figure out how to make it in the years to come without canned goods. Hopefully, doing both kinds next week (with canned goods and without) I'll be able to figure out how to change it so that I don't need cans but get the good flavors and textures.

(PS I won't try any big changes without checking with you all first to make sure I'm not canning anything dangerous. LOL)

Can I double or triple the recipe so that I can put 18 pints into my canner?

Well, one thing you can say for her: she's a fast learner.

Who woulda thought? Seriously, she knows more than most lifetime gardeners and canners and putter-uppers.

It's kind of neat. Like when you keep your kindergardener's writing papers from the beginning of the year and compare them to the end of the year writing papers. You just feel so darned proud!

Good job, Darlene!

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Is this, like, the owner Darlene asking these questions?

If so...wow! has she come a long way or what?

Thanks, Violet.

I've skimmed this thread, but haven't seen the answer to this question:

Has anyone messed with this recipe to see if they can do it without the canned sauce and paste?

Thanks.

Wow! Great thread! How did this escape my notice? Wow!

Bumping to get these tomorrow (today) (yesterday) (last week).

Well, Violet, it looks like it's just you and me.

I do find it interesting that Violet and I are in a group that makes up 10% of the population, and that there are only 2 of us here, and yet the INFJs make up such a small percentage of the population, and they are the majority here.

Certainly something to think about.

Good thing Violet and I are here, so that we can protect all of you from yourselves.

I want to be an INFJ. I wonder if they offer classes for people who aspire to be other than they are?

LOL OK. I guess the test is spot on. My prayer has been that this little one acre that we live on will be a safe place for anyone who comes here and that the Lord would provide abundantly from this little spot of land for mine and any who come to us. I'm a big talker when it comes to writing, but not so much in person. I am call "Nosy Rosy" in my family because I ask more questions than I talk about myself. and the working part is exactly right on.

A little objective input from a spouse is a good thing.

My only problem...and it's a big one...is that my type is SO BORING! I think I'm a little more charming and attractive than they made me. My husband thinks so too.

I'm enjoying reading about the rest of you. I'm surprised at dogmom and not at all...not even a teeny tiny bit...suprised at westbrook.

Hmmm. Guardian? I don't know....interesting. Frankly, with the little I know about you, I can see that your types fit both Darlene and Stephanie. It's a little strange. I don't see myself this way. I'll have to ask Tim.

But I DO like being labeled in the same group as Jimmy Stewart!

Your Type is

ISFJ

Guardian™ Portrait of the Protector (ISFJ)

We are lucky that Protectors make up as much as ten percent the population, because their primary interest is in the safety and security of those they care about - their family, their circle of friends, their students, their patients, their boss, their fellow-workers, or their employees. Protectors have an extraordinary sense of loyalty and responsibility in their makeup, and seem fulfilled in the degree they can shield others from the dirt and dangers of the world. Speculating and experimenting do not intrigue Protectors, who prefer to make do with time-honored and time-tested products and procedures rather than change to new. At work Protectors are seldom happy in situations where the rules are constantly changing, or where long-established ways of doing things are not respected. For their part, Protectors value tradition, both in the culture and in their family. Protectors believe deeply in the stability of social ranking conferred by birth, titles, offices, and credentials. And they cherish family history and enjoy caring for family property, from houses to heirlooms.

Wanting to be of service to others, Protectors find great satisfaction in assisting the downtrodden, and can deal with disability and neediness in others better than any other type. They are not as outgoing and talkative as the Provider Guardians [ESFJs], and their shyness is often misjudged as stiffness, even coldness, when in truth Protectors are warm-hearted and sympathetic, giving happily of themselves to those in need.

Their reserve ought really to be seen as an expression of their sincerity and seriousness of purpose. The most diligent of all the types, Protectors are willing to work long, hard hours quietly doing all the thankless jobs that others manage to avoid. Protectors are quite happy working alone; in fact, in positions of authority they may try to do everything themselves rather than direct others to get the job done. Thoroughness and frugality are also virtues for them. When Protectors undertake a task, they will complete it if humanly possible. They also know better than any other type the value of a dollar, and they abhor the squandering or misuse of money. To save, to put something aside against an unpredictable future, to prepare for emergencies-these are actions near and dear to the Protector's heart. For all these reasons, Protectors are frequently overworked, just as they are frequently misunderstood and undervalued. Their contributions, and also their economies, are often taken for granted, and they rarely get the gratitude they deserve.

Mother Teresa, George H.W. Bush, Jimmy Steward, and Tsar Nicholas II are examples of Protector Guardian style.

I'd let them come weed my garden FOR FREE. Why would they pay for silly doorknob and knuckle plastic exercisers when I could get them in shape in no time FOR FREE.

A banana slicer. Yes, that one is...amazing.

I saw an interesting something at the store yesterday. I forget what they are called, but it is a flat circular piece of heavy plastic with a handle type thing on it. There are two of them. You put them on the floor or the wall and hold onto the handles and do push ups with them. They are supposed to help you get into shape better than just doing regular push-ups.

I read the directions carefully and I *still* don't get it.

Oh my word! I don't even know about most of these things!

I would vote on that electric tweezer thing.

Um...I can't think of anything.

Oh. Wait. An exercise bike. I suppose some folks like them a lot for a lot of different reasons, but you know what? You need your vitamin D and you aren't going to get it riding a bike in front of the television. Plus they cost a lot. Plus they take up a lot of room. Plus they use energy from another source other than your body, and that should make you suspicious about the thing in the first place.

Did you know that those little spongy paintbrushes come in handy for cleaning out the crevices and odd spots on your washer and dryer?

Great! Thank you for this list.

Also add Nichols Nursery for great heirloom seeds. http://www.gardennursery.com/