Tomatoes: GM, Aroma And Tradition

For our frugal parents in the late 1960's, pressure cookers and mason jars were not an option. In fact, since our tomato-dominated gardens couldn't provide the needed volume, our extended family drove to farms to pick more tomatoes, often overfilling allotted baskets. Then back home, not for ecological reasons but strictly to lower costs, any glass container in sight was recycled, filled with crushed tomatoes and topped with a basil leaf. Jars and bottles were placed in big oil drums, and fires were lit in the fields behind our suburban homes so we could preserve sauce for the long, upcoming winter. read more

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