Good day dear friends,
As you know, winter is coming. If we don't want to be a cicada, we need to make some preparations. Canned tomatoes is one of the first things that come to mind when it comes to winter preparation. I love this habit from our ancestors. Thus, we are eating more delicious meals and fresher food both in winter. I am not talking about the practicality it provides while cooking.
How do we make canned tomatoes? After washing our fresh tomatoes bought from the market, we keep them in our boiling water for a while. Then we leave our tomatoes to cool. After cooling, we divide the tomatoes, which we remove the skins, into 4 parts and chop them with the help of a blender. After doing the same for the remaining tomatoes, we boil our chopped tomatoes until the water decreases. And our transaction is over. We close the jars tightly. Although I have told you so briefly, this process does not take that short, unfortunately. It takes time and effort. I heard that it was done in different ways in other regions.
Another thing we do to prepare for the winter is to dry peppers. I love the food we cook with peppers that we dry in winter. If you want, you can boil these dried peppers and then roast them and offer them with olive oil and lemon mixture. You can also consume it by putting it in dishes such as beans and chickpeas. It becomes an element that enhances the flavor of the meals. Before drying our peppers, we first cut our peppers in half, and we take care not to cut the stems. Then we string it on a rope.
For our eggplants, we wash them first. Then we cut it into pieds and divide by 2 or 4. Afterwards, we are waiting for it to dry on a sun-drenched place.
We and my mother dried other things for winter preparation. We also love to eat figs and dried grapes.
We wish you also not to be cicadas.
Take care of yourselves !
See you ! Thanks for support :)