you go where summer goes

[musesfool]

Last night, I made this roasted tomato sauce. It was good, but a little time consuming for after work, when mostly I just want to eat as quickly as possible.

I got some gorgeous locally grown tomatoes - plum tomatoes and the ones that are sold still on the vine, about 15 tomatoes in all. Here are six of them:

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[deaver]

Mmmmm, fresh tomatoes!!

If you take the roasted tomatoes and whiz them up in a blender you still get the yummy fresh tomato taste, without all the skin annoyingness. I do that for yummy summer pasta quite often (only I use a handful of fresh basil leaves instead of the balsamic.)

[musesfool]

The recipe did call for fresh herbs and stuff, but I didn't have any on hand, so I just used dried.

I only have an immersion blender, so I'm not sure that would work for me (at least, not without covering my kitchen tomatoes), but if I ever get a real blender, I will try it out.

[deaver]

Well now I just have the urge to mail you a real blender. Hee.

[musesfool]

Hee!

[executrix]

I *have* a real blender, but I usually use the immersion--the key is putting the stuff in a gigantic container so there's room to squish. Also, the tomato skins tend to float to the top so they can be skimmed. Or you could put the tomatoes through a mouli-legumes, and the skins will stay behind.

[musesfool]

Im' not sure I have anything large enough with tall enough sides. Hmm...

Or you could put the tomatoes through a mouli-legumes, and the skins will stay behind.

Ooh, I hadn't thought of that.

[executrix]

Although I no longer have a mixer, the large stainless-steel bowl from the decedent offers ample room for a happy immersion blender party.

I made a batch of fennel-turnip-carrot soup in my LeCreuset large dutch oven, and I was going to immersion-blend it right in that, although I decided I kind of liked it with chunks of vegetables so I didn't bother, but it *would* have worked.

[honoria]

oooh--speak to me of this soup...

[musesfool]

So basically Keller looked at them, saw Neal/Peter/El, and realized she was the quickest way to get to both of them.

*nod nod*

She's underused, yeah, but in some ways I don't think the show actually works without her.

I agree! I think there needs to be more of her, but even what little we get adds something to the show that feels necessary.

It wasn't enough, but I would have been pretty annoyed if she hadn't seen through it.

*nod*

I also wanted her to be more on the ball and hopefully we'll get to see that in the future. I would like her to come back.