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Food & Drink > Laura? (Freezing Tomatoes)
 

Laura? (Freezing Tomatoes)

I was ready to send a PM to Laura asking about a post she did years ago. There's a way to freeze tomatoes by making a simple sauce. I figured I'd post instead in case somebody else knows how or remembers the instructions.

I have an excellent tomato crop this year, and with the price of food what it is, I can't afford to give too many away. So the freezer it is.

I know how to get the skin off: Lightly slice an "X" in the bottom end and dip into boiling water for a minute.

But then what?

I was thinking I could squish them in a strainer to get some liquid out and then freeze them as chunks, but they probably need to be cooked longer than the one minute to get the skin off.

Anybody got a suggestion?

posted on Aug 23, 2015 5:46 PM ()

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I tried to grow tomatoes in a pot and the plant died. I tended to it daily and it died. I buy tomatoes at the market and pay for the ones on the vine. I envy anyone who can grow tomatoes at home and get any at all.
comment by tealstar on Sept 2, 2015 5:58 AM ()
It wasn't me talking about freezing tomatoes a couple of years ago. I've never gotten enough ripe tomatoes that I didn't know what to do with them. I always end up with lots of green tomatoes and I wait weeks and weeks for them to ripen. I just now googled 'freeze tomatoes from the garden' and found an instructive extension site Univ of Nebraska at Lincoln: https://food.unl.edu/preservation/freezing-tomatoes They say don't bother peeling them first, the skins slip right off when you remove them from the freezer.
comment by troutbend on Aug 24, 2015 7:24 AM ()
I would have watched a youtube, but I prefer to have real people's experience, so I did what Jeri said. I also peeled them first. I wouldn't want to deal with that later. Now I have two size bags for chili or spaghetti.
reply by jjoohhnn on Aug 25, 2015 4:27 PM ()
I chunk them up and cook them for a few minutes, then freeze them. There
has to be a better method out there.
comment by elderjane on Aug 24, 2015 3:14 AM ()
This is how I'll be doing it since I need to get it done this morning.
reply by jjoohhnn on Aug 24, 2015 4:47 AM ()
Buy some in a can? Kidding--I just mash them up throw them in a pot add herbs and spices and let it cook slowly for hours and/or days.
comment by greatmartin on Aug 23, 2015 6:30 PM ()
I'm actually more interested in freezing them than making sauce. If they are just tomato chunks drained that could go in chili or anything else that needs just tomatoes.
reply by jjoohhnn on Aug 23, 2015 6:35 PM ()
First I'm jealous you have extra tomatoes! I was too many straight off the vine (when I get any) but this year was a bust for me. 0 tomatoes yet!
Second I'm curious to hear how to make sauce as well.
comment by kristilyn3 on Aug 23, 2015 6:27 PM ()
I'll be doing what Jeri said (above). This is probably my best year for tomatoes (at least in a long time), but not so good for squash. And the bean plants and pepper plants were eaten by ground critters before they had a chance.
reply by jjoohhnn on Aug 24, 2015 4:49 AM ()

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