Tomato Days of August

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The last days of this week will be spent trying to decide what to do with a counter full of ripe, red tomatoes, bright yellow acid-free tomatoes and motley ruby heirloom globes. They are the jewel of the late summer and I always hate to see them come to an end. At least there will be nights of Insalata Pomodori. In our family we call this caprece and we wait all year for the homegrown tomatoes to have it. Heaven!

A plate of sliced tomatoes

Thin slices of fresh mozzarella

Fresh basil leaves, lightly crushed

Salt and freshly ground pepper

Red wine vinegar or balsamic

Deep green virgin olive oil.

As with most Italians, even half life Italians like me, when the tomato sauce level goes down in their blood they get really cranky!

As for the rest of the bounty, there is sauce for pasta; fresh and frozen, quartered tomatoes frozen for stew and shreaded ones for soup.

Last year we finished with green tomato relish, but I was not wild about it. We will have to find something different for the green ones this year. That is a problem for late September. I am open to suggestions.

I think it must be time for me to make caprece and have it with crackers, olives, and peppers.

Yum!