"My grandma would put up a couple hundred jars of tomato sauce every year. Your grandma was can-
ning the same tomato strain your great grandma and her grandma before her grew. Their tomatoes are a
distant, almost forgotten relative of what you will find on the shelves in your supermarket produce depart-
ment today. Almost every aspect of our eating habits has been infiltrated by added sugar; everything is
sweeter, even tomatoes. Modern varieties have been cross pollinated and bred, even genetically modified
to create larger duller versions of what our ancestors knew and most of these new strains of tomatoes can-
Text and photography by Henry Christian
The Basics
with
Chef Henry
Fermenting The Garden One Year At A Time
34 HOOK
Kitchen
Vintage
