The original recipe says that they store in the fridge for up to two months. I have no idea because mine were eaten up way before then! I suspicion that they actually last longer than that, but why let them sit there all lonely like in the fridge when they could be keeping company with scrambled eggs?

A lot of people like to bottle the end product (V-8 juice, spaghetti sauce, tomato soup, etc.). I like to bottle stewed tomatoes and then when I pull a bottle out, I can decide at the last minute what to make. So many options! And it is faster and easier to just throw the tomatoes in the bottle and be done.

My family loves ketchup, but when it comes to hamburgers or roast, they choose this Chile sauce almost every time! Leave the ketchup for the French fries.