Summer seems to be slipping away quickly, despite any efforts on my part to hold on to it a bit longer. As much as I love the autumn season, all the changing of the leaves, sweaters and scarves, pumpkin patches, corn mazes, there are a few particular things I will miss about summer. Waking up to the sun already rising, the birds chirping in the morning, the crickets singing in the evening, the warmth of the sun and the bounty of local produce. At summer’s end, once winter has come and settled in, I begin to start longing for the fresh ripe in season produce that summer shares.
Although the daylight is longer during the summer, the days seem to still race by, leaving me an allotted amount of time to preserve food. Currently, my freezer is filled to the brim with fruits, hand picked by my family and vegetables from our garden. How lovely it will be to indulge in them throughout the cold and dark days of winter. But of all of summer’s tucked away treasures in my freezer and pantry, what I truly look forward to savouring every year are canned tomatoes.
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