Question on Tomatoes

[carross]

I didn't put in so many plants this year, so the tomatoes are few and not so many at once.
So can I cook a few up and put in freezer and then when I have more just add to it and then can?


Thank you,  

[tasty]

I might be inclined to freeze them first and then, when you have enough, cook and can as normal.

Like you, Carol, our tomatoes have not produced well this year.  So far I have made one batch of soup,  one batch of marinara sauce and one batch of plain tomato sauce.  Because they were all small quantities I froze them thi.s year

[carross]

Thank you Tasty, I thought I read that somewhere, but wanted to be sure. I did use 2 up last night for supper.

[pippin3]

Must have been an all around bad year for tomatoes because ours didn't do well here in Texas either. Still have frozen ones from last year and didn't freeze many this year at all.

[wilderness]

I have never tried freezing them and canning them later but have never tried it.  I don't mind doing a couple of quarts at a time since I have a steam canner that takes the place of a waterbath canner and only uses 8 cups of water so no lifting heavy pots.

[carross]

Bette, I don't mind doing a couple of qts, either but I'm far from it. I think I picked 6 tomatoes and now I'm down to 4. Maybe I will take them to the neighbor.


Thanks

[davehhhj]

my  wife   took   some  extra tomatoes
 cut  then up a little  put in frezzer bags  and  put them  in freezer
 when  she  use then just unthaw
dave arkansas

[carross]

Dave so she freezes, then she adds them to a soup, chilli, etc.  I could do that as we don't eat them fresh, I only use them in cooking.  That's sounds pretty easy, thank you.

[pippin3]

I'm with Dave, I usually peel then, dice, and freeze them. Use them in our soups and pasta sauces all winter long instead of buying the cans.

[carross]

Thank you, I guess that's what I will do.

[Deleted]

I can tell you what I used to do with to many tomatoes. Most of you probably already know this method.
I put the tomatoes in the freezer whole and unpeeled. When I'm ready to use them for cooking I pour boiling water over them while still frozen and the skins slide right off. Core and they're ready for cooking or in soups..

[Carole]

I don't even peel the tomatoes when I freeze them. I just core them and put them in the food processor and then in the ziplock freezer bag. I don't even see the skins when they're cooked. And they smell like summer when I add them to soup!

[carross]

Thank you , I guess I have been doing it wrong, I always have canned them, no more. In the freeze they go.

[Deleted]

Aug 30, 2016 18:57:55 GMT -5 carross said:

Thank you , I guess I have been doing it wrong, I always have canned them, no more. In the freeze they go.

Hey, nothing is better than canned tomatoes! ;)  I only threw them in the freezer after I had canned many quarts. Or at the end of the season before a frost.
We have also wrapped green tomatoes in newspaper and stored them in baskets in the basement just before a frost.
Sliced and frozen green tomatoes are pretty good to if you like fried green tomatoes. I would put those on a cookie sheet to freeze then separate with wax paper and freeze in freezer bags. You want to dip in batter while frozen then fry.  
There's some facts here that you didn't ask for. Sorry about that.  

[davehhhj]

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