Tomatoes, Frank Albert & Co., Baltimore

 

• Illustrated stock label for food product.
• [1878]
• https://www.loc.gov/item/2002698015/
  

Baked Chili #3

 

2 lbs. ground beef. Anaheim/banana peppers. Creole tomatoes. 1 can diced tomato, 1 can Rotel tomato, 1/2 jar salsa. 1 onion, 2 cloves garlic. 2 cans black beans, drained. 2 tbl. chili powder, 2 tbl. cumin. Cover with foil and bake in 350 oven 1 hr. Good for chili tacos. 

Chicken and Peppers 6/16

 

3 big split breasts, Anaheim and banana peppers, Creole tomatoes. 1 can Rotel tomato. 1 onion, 2 cloves garlic, red wine. 350 oven 40 min. Cut breasts into thick slices after cooling and let soak in the pepper/tomato juice. Serve over rice.

Chicken Pepperoni. 

Vodka Meat Sauce with Homegrown Tomatoes and Peppers

 

2 lbs. ground beef. 5 whole Italian sausages. 2 onions, 2 cloves garlic. 3 cans tomato sauce, 1 can tomato paste, anchovy paste. 12 Creole tomatoes, 10 Anaheim/banana peppers. Red wine. Splash of vodka.

For the freezer. 

Baked Chili #2

 

With fresh Anaheim and banana peppers and Creole tomatoes. 1.5 lbs. ground beef, 1 onion, 1 stalk celery, 1 clove garlic, 1 can Rotel tomato, 1/2 jar salsa. 1 can black beans, red beans, pinto beans, drained. 2 tbl. chili powder, 2 tbl. cumin. 350 oven covered 1 hr. 

Mix of 10-12 Anaheim and banana peppers, sliced in half and cleaned, and layered in bottom of baking pan. 6 whole Creole tomatoes, chopped. Brown ground meat, remove, cook down onion, celery, garlic 3-5 min. Add fresh tomatoes and Rotel, cook 5 min. more. Add all seasonings, beans, meat, and cook five min. more. Pour on top of fresh peppers in baking pan, cover with foil, and cook 1 hr. 

Peppers 2024

 

Four each of Anaheim, cayenne, banana, Hungarian wax peppers. Four creole tomatoes and three avocado plants, which sprouted inside over the winter.

Cherry Tomatoes II

 

Still producing even though they are half dead from the heat. Banana pepper count is up to 17-19 peppers on three plants.

Peppers, Tomatoes, and Vinca

 

Mid-June. I am getting 10-20 Sweet 100 cherry tomatoes every day. Waiting for new banana peppers. Tabasco peppers just now putting out some fruit.

Cherry Tomatoes

 

Lens was fogging up.

Cherry Tomatoes

 

Sweet 100 which is supposed to be a prolific producer. Put an old sheet over the brick wall because the bricks will cook the tomatoes in hot weather. 

Peppers, Tomatoes, and Flowers

 

4/28 update.

Added Tomatoes, Avocado, Basil, Parsley, and Vinca to the Peppers

Avocado seeds. I have four in pots. Four cherry tomatoes. Sweet 100.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinca

https://www.burpeehomegardens.com/Vegetables/PlantDetails.aspx?plantid=5098

Avocado seeds.

Basil and parsley.