Story Night Recordings

We held a night of stories on September 21, 2012. Carl made daiquiris, and the attendees stepped up to entertain each other with stories of summer (some of them not-so-summer).

Enjoy!

Track performers:
1. Anna Zeide
2. Steel Wagstaff
3. Ben Slatky (Hypatian)
4. Justin Horn
5. Noah Balgooyen (Hypatian)
6. Kevin Gibbons (Hypatian)

Big thanks to Sarah for cleaning up the recordings and posting them on SoundCloud!

What to do with 50 pounds of tomatoes

In the hopes of limiting our exposure to cardboard tomatoes through the long Wisconsin winter, we decided to buy 50 pounds of tomatoes while they were still in season. Inspired by posts on a couple of my favorite food blogs (Salt & Fat and Smitten Kitchen), I decided to turn them into jarred oven-dried tomatoes and two big batches of tomato sauce: one tomato butter sauce and the other a simple spicy tomato sauce.

What to do with 50 pounds of tomatoesVarieties of plum tomatoes are recommended for the oven-dried tomatoes because they are meatier and not too soft for the drying. The drying takes 6 hours in the oven at 200°F, so if you are preparing dried tomatoes and sauce, start with the drying recipe first. Continue reading