Originally Posted by
Needles
Did you ever try doing this with your own fresh tomatoes? This sounds like the way my grandmother did it. Of course, that was 60-70 years ago, her tomatoes all came from the garden or the basement, where she had shelves full of her fresh canned vegetables, including, whole tomatoes, tomato juice and tomato sauce (which she made with onion and butter).
Last year, when my neighbor had too many tomatoes and was complaining that he didn't know what to do with them, I made him some of this tomato sauce with his tomatoes. I am not sure if I did the right thing or not, as this year he hasn't given me any of his tomatoes. He probably used them all making pasta sauce.
Whenever, I have tomatoes that I haven't eaten and I think that it is time to 'do or dump' them, I make the sauce out of these tomatoes. It even works for cherry tomatoes, but you need a lot.