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Are these tomatoes safe to can?

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Posted by marti8a DFW (My Page) on
Mon, Aug 25, 14 at 14:53

Lately, the tomatoes at the top of the cage have yellow shoulders. We haven't had a high temperature less than 95 in a couple of weeks, so that isn't unusual. However, Friday I picked all these tomatoes and the normal ones that were shaded from the sun and left them on the counter to ripen a bit before canning them today.

I've washed them and cut off the top third of all the ones that had yellow shoulders. Even though they had all turned red, the part that was yellow was now soft and wrinkled.

Are they safe to can or should make juice and freeze it?

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RE: Are these tomatoes safe to can?

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  • Posted by digdirt 6b-7a North AR (My Page) on
    Mon, Aug 25, 14 at 17:31

It comes down to your choice. All the guidelines say is to use good quality fruit from non-diseased plants. If the fruit tastes ok to you then assuming you properly acidify the jars they will likely be fine to can. Ideal for canning? No. Ok for canning? Probably. But the choice is yours.

Personally I will can sun scorched fruit as you describe but I mark the jars and insure they are only used in well cooked recipes. just an extra safe-guard.

Dave

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