I've been keeping busy lately in the kitchen. I've filled nearly every jar with something, so I guess it's about time to quit. 
Rob has reminded me that he thinks I've been having a lot of fun, and it's true. I have canned some of the tomatoes plain and also made some Tomato Jam and some Roasted Tomatoes. I found the recipe for the Tomato Jam over on Elizabeth's blog and was fascinated by the idea. I just made one batch, so far, and have it in the refrigerator. It is quite tangy and delicious. I found many directions online for making Oven Roasted Roma Tomatoes. I made a couple trays worth and have a few in the refrigerator and put the rest in a quart jar in the freezer.
Our fig tree has been producing a lot of figs this year and for some reason the birds are not bothering them too much. (It might be the three rubber snakes Rob put in the tree, although the first day he put them out near the berries he looked out the window to see a bird sitting on one and eating berries through the netting!) I've made several batches of this Spicy Orange Fig Jam which I posted about here.
We aren't big pickle eaters but I wanted to try a couple of recipes for refrigerator pickles. I tried this recipe for Tupperware Pickles. They were very good and I will be making these again.
I also tried a recipe for some refrigerator dill pickles which tasted good but aren't as crisp as I would like. It might have been the cucumbers which I used. They were about halfway between a pickling cucumber and a regular cucumber.
Anyway, that's what's been going on here in our kitchen lately.
