What do you folks do with all the tomatoes? - Page 5

NarnianGarden · April 19, 2016

Joseph bwahahaha! Great freezing system

Gardeneer · April 19, 2016

You can also pitch them .

Jeannine Anne · April 19, 2016

You can take the seeds from them and grow them next year

Lindalana · April 19, 2016

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Originally Posted by joseph

Chicken Food
Worm Food
In-Place Composting
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And those are in addition to selling, giving-away, donating, trading, bottling, drying, eating, spitting, photographing, etc...

Freezing Tomatoes:

aww, I did some freezing tomatoes by accident too...

Labradors2 · April 19, 2016

Jen,

I really want to be your friend, so here's another idea for you.

When I have too many tomatoes I put them in gallon freezer bags and stash them in the freezer. When I'm ready to make tomato sauce, I take out 5 bags at a time, run the tomatoes under hot water and the skins split and come off quite easily. I then put them into colanders with bowls underneath and leave them to thaw overnight. A lot of liquid comes out, resulting in less cooking time needed.

I always end up with a few bags of frozen tomatoes, and I take out 4 or 5 at a time, run them under the hot tap to de-skin and then toss them into the pressure cooker when making stews, soups and spag sauces.

Linda

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NarnianGarden Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Finland, EU Posts: 2,550	Joseph bwahahaha! Great freezing system

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Gardeneer Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: NC - zone 8a - heat zone 7 Posts: 4,923	You can also pitch them .

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Jeannine Anne Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 1,557	You can take the seeds from them and grow them next year

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Labradors2 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Ontario Posts: 3,898	Jen, I really want to be your friend, so here's another idea for you. When I have too many tomatoes I put them in gallon freezer bags and stash them in the freezer. When I'm ready to make tomato sauce, I take out 5 bags at a time, run the tomatoes under hot water and the skins split and come off quite easily. I then put them into colanders with bowls underneath and leave them to thaw overnight. A lot of liquid comes out, resulting in less cooking time needed. I always end up with a few bags of frozen tomatoes, and I take out 4 or 5 at a time, run them under the hot tap to de-skin and then toss them into the pressure cooker when making stews, soups and spag sauces. Linda