Comments on: How to peel tomatoes

By: donielle

donielle — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:23:42 +0000

I did the same thing for when I used them for sauce! I decided to do mostly salsa this year though as we didn’t get as much harvest as we could have due to blight.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 04:16:51 +0000

Smart idea. I hate the pot-bowl transition, especially when there are other things you need to get together. I’ll have to give it a try!

By: Lenetta @ Nettacow

Lenetta @ Nettacow — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 03:53:30 +0000

I think I read sometime last year at Amy’s Finer Things that she fills up big yogurt containers and the like to freeze for occasions like this since the big blocks of ice melt more slowly than small cubes (which are gone in an instant!). I suggested my method to her last summer, and I think she’s used it some – freeze the tomatoes first, then the skin slips off no problem when you run the still-frozen tomato under warm water. I finally got a blog and posted on how I freeze tomatoes here. I also do this when I don’t have enough tomatoes to really mess with – I freeze them, and then use them later to make salsa, spicy tomato juice, and tomato sauce. Of course, freezing changes the texture a bit, but so does canning, I think. :>)

By: donielle

donielle — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 03:20:42 +0000

I so want one of those! Maybe next year – this year I’m spending my extra $ on jars.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 01:07:49 +0000

Hey, I have a tomato/peach peeler, its a zylis. I love it!
Also, I have a food mill from the hardwear store and it seperates the skin and seeds out of the yummy stuff.

By: Leslie- La Mama Naturale

Leslie- La Mama Naturale — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:30:09 +0000

Lovin’ the new look, Donielle! What a beautiful pic of your tom’s taking a lovely bath. This is the way I know how to do it.

By: angi

angi — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:10:18 +0000

I think i will try this way as well seems much easier

By: Phoebe @ Cents to Get Debt Free

Phoebe @ Cents to Get Debt Free — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:38:35 +0000

I do mine the old fashioned way–but I really like this way!

By: joanna

joanna — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:28:33 +0000

I’ve been doing the ladle-tomatoes-from-boiling-pot-to-ice-water method, and it IS time consuming! I still have plenty more tomatoes- I think I’m going to try this trick this week! Thanks!