Tomatoes--a hint

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Categories:	Other Main Dishes, Beef Soups, Turkey Soups, Bean Soups, Other Soups, Quick & Easy, Vegetable Soup

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Dorothy Curtis

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CanbyDorothy

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Dorothy's Notes:

I read this hint and thought some others might find it interesting. I have no idea how well it works.

Directions

Don't let tomatoes go to waste at the end of the growing season if you don't have time to put them up. Just wash them and freeze them in bags--cutting large ones into quareters--until you are ready to use them. The night before making a sauce or soup, transfer the bags to the fridge. The next morning, just put the tomatoes on a baking sheet and let them thaw to room temperature--after about an hour the skins will slip off.

Then use the tomatoes to make your favorite tomato sauce or soup.

I have not tried this but it sounds like something that would work..if you have the room to store the tomatoes in the freezer.

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Jeanne Benavidez jeanneben

Jun 7, 2012

Dorothy, I have done this with all of the tomatoes at the end of the season....even the green ones. I put them in freezer bags and put them in the freezer. I make LOTS of hot sauce, red and green, and these are just perfect after they are thawed. The skin does just slip off and they are ready to be put in the blender to make any kind of sauce that you wish. This is a great tip.....

CC MCCART-FROST CCMCCART

Jun 7, 2012

Dorothy' this is something my Mother always did and now I do as well. It works great.

Sometimes, if I have the time, I'll peel the tomato before freezing it. Either way, it works quite well.

CHEERS,
CC

Dorothy Curtis CanbyDorothy

Jun 7, 2012

I am so glad to hear this does work great. I didn't know if I should add it because I hadn't tried it yet, but at least your comments will help other. Thank you, cc and Jeanne. :)

JoAnn Mac Diarmid wholelottacookin

Jun 7, 2012

This is a great way to take care of those extra tomatoes. I do peel them before freezing. And when the last of them are slow to ripen, they can be done a few at a time and just added to a partially filled zipper freezer bag. A real time saver!

Dorothy Curtis CanbyDorothy

Jun 7, 2012

Great tip JoAnn, thanks! Now if we would just get some sun so the tomatoes would do good so I would have lots to freeze some.

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Joey Wolf 8of10

Jun 9, 2012

If you are impatient like me, you can run cold water over the frozen tomatoes to make the skin slip off. I do this with my late season tomatoes and mash them with the tator masher adding them to chili or casseroles....a salt free tomato product!

Dorothy Curtis CanbyDorothy

Jun 9, 2012

Thanks, Joey. We love fresh tomatoes in soups and stews.

Melanie B MelBelle

Jun 13, 2012

I also drain them after I have frozen them. They tend to let loose a lot of juice and it can make you sauces extra 'soupy'.

Dorothy Curtis CanbyDorothy

Jun 14, 2012

Thanks for the tip, Melanie. I am hope we have so many tomatoes that I will have to freeze some and have them on hand for soups.

Nancy J. Patrykus Finnjin

Jan 18, 2013

I freez the whole tomato and even bananas in their skin

Takes up room in the freezr but so mwhat
better than waisting them to the garbage!

Makes great banana bread...
tomatoes go to mush...I strain the to get ridd of the skins, etc
Then use the "mush" for soup or spaghetti sauce!...Nancy...1/18/13

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