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Italian food, Passata di pomodoro, photography, Pomodori, Pomodoro day, Pugliese Traditions, Tomato day, Tomato sauce
Today was my famiglia‘s annual pomodoro day. We turned 15 boxes of pomodori, plus more from our gardens into passata di pomodoro, or as we simply call it ‘la salsa’. The boxes were 18 kg each (40 lbs)! That is 272 kg of pomodori and we made 140 litres of passata. Siamo stanchi!
For new readers of Un po’ di pepe, or those of you who have not read my previous pomodoro related posts, here they are. Click on the appropriately coloured red links!
Passata di pomodoro
Passata di Pomodoro is a detailed description of my famiglia’s annual passata making day. There is a lot of red in photos in this post! Rosso come un pomodoro, but no one is blushing.
Il Pomodoro discusses the history of the pomodoro and how it came to Italia and eventually became edible. You read that correctly-pomodori originally tasted really gross and were used only for ornamental purposes. You’ve come a long way, pomodoro.
Does your famiglia make passata di pomodoro? I’d love to hear about it. Ciao, Cristina
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Hi Cristina, you must be tired! You are so lucky to have family. So I am looking for simple short stories in Italian. I’m going to italy and would like to take a few with me. Any idea where I could find these? Grazne Eloise
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Ciao Eloise. When are you going? I’ll email you some suggestions. Cristina
We have a lot of Italian friends who still make the sauce here in Melbourne. Though my husbands family never did sadly. Nothing beats a great homemade pomodoro sauce. Lorelle.
Ciao Lorelle. You are right, there is no substitute. My friend Anna calls it ‘summer in a jar’. Even the smell is unbeatable 🍅. Ciao, Cristina
Most definitely. Glad to connect Christina. I don’t know why I haven’t come across your blog earlier, but glad I did. Grazie. 😉
Grazie Lorelle, and benvenuto nel mio blog! I’m not a frequent poster-I absolutely love writing the blog, but have a real job. Uffa! I’ll have to check out yours after I’ve had some sleep! Buonanotte, Cristina
Grazie Christina.
I totally understand. I struggle sometimes to keep up with my blog too. Working and running a household with 2 teenage kids is busy indeed. Talk soon. Buonanotte. 😉
Have a great week. Ciao
Look at those pretty bottles. That’s quite a feat Cristina!
They are very photogenic, aren’t they? They taste even better than they look!
Even though you are molto stanco it would be an awesome day
It was Lyn. It’s a great experience, but I’m glad we only do it once a year! Ciao, Cristina
Love this blog. That is a lot hard work and a lot of yummy right there!!!!!! Thanks for posting
Grazie Maria! If you come and visit we can use some to make yummy food. Hint, hint, hint! Ciao, Cristina
Complimenti! Wow, what a lot of work! And what a beautiful red!
Grazie Karen. It is a lot of work, but definitely worth it. Plus the pomodori and vasetti are so photogenic. Ciao, Cristina
wonderful … I can taste the fresh basil and love in every bite .. I know I will have the opportunity to taste this years pomodori and look forward that special dinner ..
Ciao and bella Susanne
You will have to come over soon to conduct quality control Susanne!
What a gorgeous color! Looks like you’ll be well stocked for the winter.
Grazie Frank! We have a well stocked cantina. In fact, I believe the link to my original pomodoro post ‘Passata di pomodoro’ has a photo of the cantina after pomodoro day! Ciao, Cristina
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