{"id":529,"date":"2020-09-15T18:42:09","date_gmt":"2020-09-16T01:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dontcrowdthepan.ca\/?p=529"},"modified":"2020-09-15T18:42:10","modified_gmt":"2020-09-16T01:42:10","slug":"ripe-yet-its-tough-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dontcrowdthepan.ca\/?p=529","title":{"rendered":"Ripe yet? It’s tough to know."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I have 150lbs on the back porch right now<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Just like every year for the past several years, some of the families in the neighbourhood got together and ordered tomatoes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let me be a little more specific: Some of the Italian families who know the value of a basement full of tomato sauce took pity on me and allowed me to ride on their produce-ordering coattails. Apparently about 30 cases of Roma tomatoes showed up on Friday. Five were mine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the neighbours has a food mill. She and her sister turn their tomatoes into passata (crushed tomatoes) with the mill, and they always allow us to borrow it, as who wants to store a food mill for 364 days of the year when you can rent one for a day with a decent bottle of red wine?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s the issue: She gets to deal with her tomatoes first. We work around her schedule and every year it isn’t a problem. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Doesn’t mean I don’t worry, though. The tomatoes last year were perfectly ripe right off the truck. This year, not so sure. Not only were they about a week later than last year being delivered, they also needed at least a week to ripen up. It’s Tuesday. We have had them for 5 days. They’re looking pretty good. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s the question: Do I trust the neighbour who thinks they need a few more days? Or do I trust my gut and do them early? I’m heading out of town this weekend so I either do them on Thursday (2 days’ hence) or wait until Monday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Will they be too far gone on Monday? Will they be ripe enough on Thursday?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the sort of thing that keeps me up at night, you know. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think I will wait until Monday. I just had one and although it was incredibly tasty, it still had a fair amount of crunch. I think there is still time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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