We used to go to the greenhouse when the garden tomatoes came in. They pulled out all their vines and replanted, so that when the gardens quit; theirs were ready. The let us pick all the green tomatoes we wanted! We stored them in the basement, and pull the rope ones as they turned.

The last time I helped on this, we canned 748 quarts of tomatoes. With a family of 8, we ate them up before the next years canning.

I've heard the short term recommendation before, and for the best nutrition it's true. But some of those jars are what my Brother (who bought the house) ate when he found them four decades later! He said they smelled just like they did when they were first canned....

Now I'm sure they weren't as packed with vitamins, but he enjoyed them! I told him not to eat them, but he already had.

Spaghetti sauce is a favorite here, and I make it myself. The case of canned tomatoes, was for a big batch of sauce for the homeless meal.

One of GOD's little jokes that home canned, lasts better than çommercialy canned tomatoes