Originally Posted by shasta5718
(Post 6722572)
You should be able to find a colunder at a canning supply store, sorry about spelling, they are a cone shaped item with a wooden stick . They have holes in the cone and sit in a stand, you partially cook the tomatoes and place in cone using stick to go around and it pushes out seeded tomatoes and the skin is retained in the cone.
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Do you scald your tomatoes before peeling them?
Drop a whole tomato into boiling water for 15 to 20 seconds (you will need to experiment with the timing) - take the tomato out of the water and put it in cold water. The skins peel off very easily this way. If the skins don't come off easily, leave them in the water for a few seconds longer. If the top layer is mushy, leave them in the water for a few seconds less. You can peel the tomatoes and then squeeze a lot of the seeds out - if you want, you can squeeze the juice and seeds in a jar and strain the liquid out. Sometimes they say to remove the seeds to get some of the extra liquid out and the sauce will be thicker. |
I remove seeds from fresh tomatoes because I do not like the slime like substance around the seeds. If cooking I use canned products that do not include the seeds. If I end up with lots of seeds (whole canned tomatoes) then they go in the blender first.
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Originally Posted by red-warrior
(Post 6722515)
My grandma didn't peel or seed her sauce, when cooked she put it thru a foley food mill and that took out the seeds and skins. This went back into the pot and the peppers, onions, and spices were added and cooked before canning.
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I also use an immersion blender. It makes the BEST sauce and juice. When cooking the tomatoes, I don't add water - I add a can of tomato juice (Red Gold is best). Less water separation at the top and for sauce, it cooks down faster.
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I've been making my own sauce for years and never take the skin off nor discard the seeds. I cook the sauce to the degree I want it then put it through my blender and voila', seeds and skins are chopped right into the sauce. I think this is a more healthy alternative to taking the skin off plus, I'm lazy. Time doing that is time taken way from my quilting :-)
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Originally Posted by shasta5718
(Post 6722572)
You should be able to find a colunder at a canning supply store, sorry about spelling, they are a cone shaped item with a wooden stick . They have holes in the cone and sit in a stand, you partially cook the tomatoes and place in cone using stick to go around and it pushes out seeded tomatoes and the skin is retained in the cone.
https://www.lehmans.com/p-3101-alumi...food-mill.aspx |
I love my food mill. Once I go through the tomatoes with the immersion blender, making it into almost a sauce, I run it through the food mill and all that's left are the seeds and maybe a few stubborn skins.
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Tomato seeds can be an irritant, very painful, for those who have intestinal difficulties.....along with cucumber seeds, nuts, etc.........
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The seeds are bad for people who have Diverticulitis also. My mom had that before she passed last July.
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