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Processing Tomatoes

dirtguy50 SW MO z6a

10 years ago

As the tomatoes ripen, I don't have enough to process for storage at one time. How do you handle this? Can they be frozen and then process when you have enough. It takes a lot of tomatoes to make sauce or even can jars of chunked or diced. I have a couple dozen near ripe sitting on the kitchen counter and a lot just starting to blush, but that will not make much sauce. Any ideas would really be appreciated. Thanks so much.

Comments (3)

digdirt2
10 years ago
Freezing until you have enough is a common practice. Check out the Harvest Forum here for all the canning food preservation information.

Dave
dirtguy50 SW MO z6a
Original Author
10 years ago
Thanks Dave. I wasn't sure which forum to look to. I think I checked everyone but that one. Thanks neighbor.
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spacetogrow
10 years ago
Many of my juicier tomatoes get processed along with the firmer ones. I find that freezing them, then thawing, allows a lot of the juice to separate out, so much of it can be poured off quickly instead of cooked down slowly.

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