I have loved eating tomatoes for as long as I can remember. My love has no reason. Although it is not as endless as a raging river, I have a special liking for it! In the spring and summer when tomatoes are abundant, I come to serve a dish about them almost every day. The most common dishes are red and yellow: tomato scrambled eggs, tomato egg soup, tomato egg noodles, and a plate of white sugar mixed with tomatoes to relieve the heat in hot weather. These dishes are convenient to cook, but they are not to my family's taste. Every time I look bitter in my heart, my conscience finds that I promise to make them a stewed beef brisket with tomatoes next time, which shows my deep feelings for it!

In midsummer, my sister will cook several large cans of tomato sauce at home to make up for the lack of tomato food in winter and put it in the refrigerator until I get home. Although it is not difficult to do, it is particularly time-consuming and fire-consuming. Wash the ripe tomatoes first, boil a pot of water, pour the tomatoes into the pot and wait for one minute, then take them out, peel them and cut them into small pieces. Then find a stainless steel pot (never an iron pot), pour the tomatoes into the pot and cook them on low heat. Determine the amount of sugar added according to personal taste until they become sticky. At this time, put them in glass bottles prepared in advance, seal them and put them in the refrigerator.

I often go to Xinjiang on business. I used to know that Xinjiang is rich in tomatoes, and many fast food restaurants in the mainland have ketchup raw materials from Xinjiang. One day, my friend showed me around their market. I was surprised to find that there are dried tomatoes made of tomatoes, which is very rare for a bumpkin in the mainland. I immediately decided to buy some to taste. It was a little salty and I loved it. I found a way to eat tomatoes in winter, so I got them from my friends and gave them to my dear sister on WeChat. The method is still very simple, but it is still cumbersome and time-consuming. In the process of slicing, drying and sun drying, it is more convenient to sprinkle a little salt in the oven. Slice and bake in the oven for dehydration.

I am a foodie, and that's all I know about tomatoes at present. I will share more tomato practices with you after I realize my dream of eating all the delicious food in the world in the future.