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- What I've got to say today, y'all,
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I will be saying for maybe one or two weeks at the most,
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but what I need is in storage.
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How many times have y'all
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heard me say that in the last nine months?
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Teresa came in with a basket
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of beautiful North Carolina tomatoes
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that she picked up from Davis Produce here in Savannah,
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and she brought some canning jars and said,
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"Could you show everybody how to can tomatoes?"
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- [Teresa] No, I told you p-
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No no... Let me express- - What did you say?
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- [Teresa] People asked us
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for you to show them how to can tomatoes.
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- Uh-huh, and you asked me- - [Teresa] Oh, okay.
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- Well I'm just clarifying. - If I would- (chuckles)
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This request didn't come from Teresa,
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(Teresa chuckles) but it did come from Teresa,
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because she's the one that gets the emails and request.
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So to me, it's coming from Teresa.
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From someone else, but out of Teresa's mouth,
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did I say that simple enough to suit you,
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Teresa? (chuckles) - [Teresa] Yes, ma'am.
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I'm just correcting- - So anyway,
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she asked if I could show y'all how I can tomatoes.
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And I said, "Well, I'd love to,
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but my grandmother Paul's big canner
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pressure cooker is in storage,
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and you have to water bath these in these jars.
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I don't even have a pot here
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that would cover these by an inch, so...
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But I am gonna show ya
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if you've got some ripe tomatoes on hand,
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I am gonna show you what I will do
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sometimes rather than let them ruin,
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you just take your tomatoes
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and wash them. (water splashes)
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You wanna make sure they're clean.
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And I've done this so many times before,
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especially one year when we had a garden,
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and we had a lot of tomatoes, y'all.
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So all you have to do is get you a freezer bag.
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Now, this one's not a freezer.
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It's just a regular storage bag,
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but so it must be a freezer.
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And all you do is wash your tomatoes,
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(tomatoes thud on the counter)
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put them in a Ziploc bag,
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and throw the bag in the freezer.
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And when you're ready to use them,
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all you have to do is run them under warm water,
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and that skin just slips right off.
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And you gon' have the most wonderful, fresh tomatoes
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for your soups, or for spaghetti, okra and tomatoes.
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We love that along with a pot of rice and some corn bread.
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It's such a easy way to put up tomatoes.
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The only drawback is you gotta have a big freezer,
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because they do take up quite a bit of room,
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but you will be so happy to pull out that bag
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of good ole ripe tomatoes in January
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and make you something good, good with them.
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So we are fixing to start moving into our house next week,
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we're hoping, right, Eddie? (chuckles)
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- [Eddie] Yes. - Next week.
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So as soon as I find my grandma's (chuckles) canning pot,
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I'm gonna show y'all how she taught me how to can tomatoes.
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But until then, this is a great way to get by.
