Surviving Minnesota!

[jerryse]

Ok looked it up . Looks similar to a Victorio or Squeeze . Do you do them raw or cooked ?

 

[R2elk]

Do you have any extra screens and do they work well?

I bought their pumpkin screen last fall but have not tried it yet. The tomato screen that it comes with works really well.

 

[R2elk]

Ok looked it up . Looks similar to a Victorio or Squeeze . Do you do them raw or cooked ?

I cut them into manageable pieces and run them through raw after washing them. Once I get the juice, I cook it before canning it.

 

[Molpet]

I cut them into manageable pieces and run them through raw after washing them. Once I get the juice, I cook it before canning it.

I was looking to get rid of the skins and keeping the pulp. Does this smush the pulp and put it with the juice or kick the pulp out with the skins? I guess I'm making sauce, Not following a recipe.....maybe I need the sauce screen too.
Any recommendations?

 

[saysfaa]

For what it is worth... I have a victorio, haven't heard of the Norpro... but the easiest way I know of to deskin tomatoes is to freeze them then dunk in boiling water. It is different than my mother's method of dunking in boiling water... freezing first is much, much faster in the boiling water and cleaner. The skin splits off before the flesh cooks.

Still need to deseed if you want but that is easierfaster to do without the seeds.

 

[Molpet]

For what it is worth... I have a victorio, haven't heard of the Norpro... but the easiest way I know of to deskin tomatoes is to freeze them then dunk in boiling water. It is different than my mother's method of dunking in boiling water... freezing first is much, much faster in the boiling water and cleaner. The skin splits off before the flesh cooks.

Still need to deseed if you want but that is easierfaster to do without the seeds.

I have had a freezer half full and never got around to taking the skins off. Ended up throwing them in soups and picking out the skins as I ate them. Fed some to the poultry in winter.

 

[jerryse]

Went and bought a half bushel of tomatoes . Processed into juice and 7 quarts and in the water bath canner . Another 7 quarts to go after those finish . Took less than an hour to turn them into juice .

 

[mn farm gal]

I have had a freezer half full and never got around to taking the skins off. Ended up throwing them in soups and picking out the skins as I ate them. Fed some to the poultry in winter.

if you run whole frozen tomatoes under warm/hot water while they are frozen the skins slide right off if i was reading that right you just threw them in soups then had to fish out the skins?

 

[Molpet]

if i was reading that right you just threw them in soups then had to fish out the skins?

Yep
The skins mainly float so it's not that difficult.

 

[R2elk]

I was looking to get rid of the skins and keeping the pulp. Does this smush the pulp and put it with the juice or kick the pulp out with the skins? I guess I'm making sauce, Not following a recipe.....maybe I need the sauce screen too.
Any recommendations?

The discard is mostly the seeds and skins. The pulp goes on through with the juice. I use it to make tomato juice. One could cook it down to make sauces.