Sauce Anyone?????

This past weekend, we picked about 30 lbs. of tomatoes from our neighbors farm - with his blessing - and made some Spaghetti sauce. This may sound like alot to some, but when I tell you that three weeks ago we picked around 120 lbs, this one was really nothing. But, since we had cheap laborers last time, and it was just Livie and I to do the cooking this time, 30 more pounds was plenty!
Olivia LOVES spaghetti and would eat it on a daily basis if I were to let her, so stocking the freezer with enough bags of sauce to last an average of one meal per week over the winter is a major bonus to our family! Our neighbor Steve and his wife Elizabeth have been so kind... last year they had a little farmstand to sell veggies, but they never opened up this year. One day he just came over and told us to help ourselves to whatever we might want. OK, we thought, a few free tomatoes might come in handy. Little did we realize the depth of the tomatoes they have growing there! When I say we barely made a dent in the ripe ones while picking our 100+ pounds I am not kidding! His wife almost seemed to the point of tears of gratitude when we came over to get more, and when we offered her some homemade sauce she was greatful, but emphatic in her quick refusal!
Livie wanted to help make the sauce, but didnt really want to be touching the tomatoes too much, hence the photo of her with the tongs. I would boil the tomatoes to loosen the skin, then quick ice bath them to stop the cooking and cool them, after that I cut off the tops of them, she would get the skin off without a problem, but then did not want to touch the "meat" - or 'slimey part' as she called it, so she would pick them up and put them in the pan with the tongs.
Oh yeah, the photo above reflects only the last of the batch of the Italian tomatoes, I had already done the beefsteak and heirlooms before she decided to help.

Coming tomorrow: MORE CUBS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!