The Old Folks Home

[Beer can]

FIL gave me a old, looks antique, squeezo food strainer, didn't even know they had one or I'd had borrowed it. He's a awesome gardener but has never had good luck with tomatoes. I've been giving him tons of maters for a few yrs now. Those Park's whopper improved I'm growing are just amazing, way bigger and nicer than the Early girls. I've ate a tomato or more a day on sandwiches for a month now, and given many away.
Used that squeezo thing today, holy cow it was awesome! I usually scaled and peel, can or freeze, that squeezo thing was so awesome, all seeds and skin spit out the end, chickens loved it.
Boiled down a gallon of sauce today.

 

[drumstick diva]

That's one product that lived up to it's name.

 

[Alaskan]

FIL gave me a old, looks antique, squeezo food strainer, didn't even know they had one or I'd had borrowed it. He's a awesome gardener but has never had good luck with tomatoes. I've been giving him tons of maters for a few yrs now. Those Park's whopper improved I'm growing are just amazing, way bigger and nicer than the Early girls. I've ate a tomato or more a day on sandwiches for a month now, and given many away.
Used that squeezo thing today, holy cow it was awesome! I usually scaled and peel, can or freeze, that squeezo thing was so awesome, all seeds and skin spit out the end, chickens loved it.
Boiled down a gallon of sauce today.

if only I could. ...
I would be a bum, and couch surf, slobbering up the crumbs from the tables of you awesome cooks!!!!



fresh homegrown tomatoes are like sunshine on your plate!

 

[CapricornFarm]

if only I could. ...
I would be a bum, and couch surf, slobbering up the crumbs from the tables of you awesome cooks!!!!



fresh homegrown tomatoes are like sunshine on your plate!

Yes! Next year i am planting more tomatoes for sure!

 

[Alaskan]

Yes! Next year i am planting more tomatoes for sure!

grow some of the funky ones...like the striped ones and the super bumpy ones.

My dad's mom loved the pear ones.

 

[CapricornFarm]

grow some of the funky ones...like the striped ones and the super bumpy ones.

My dad's mom loved the pear ones.

I love beefsteak tomatoes and cherry tomatoes but i am going to try some different ones too. Going to try growing from seed again.

 

[Latestarter]

FIL gave me a old, looks antique, squeezo food strainer, didn't even know they had one or I'd had borrowed it. He's a awesome gardener but has never had good luck with tomatoes. I've been giving him tons of maters for a few yrs now. Those Park's whopper improved I'm growing are just amazing, way bigger and nicer than the Early girls. I've ate a tomato or more a day on sandwiches for a month now, and given many away.
Used that squeezo thing today, holy cow it was awesome! I usually scaled and peel, can or freeze, that squeezo thing was so awesome, all seeds and skin spit out the end, chickens loved it.
Boiled down a gallon of sauce today.

I don't eat raw tomatoes and the primary reason is because of the seeds. I love real tomato sauce, and when there was more than just me, I grew tomato plants and made sauce that I would freeze. Problem was, like you, I'd scald the tomatoes to peel them then have to squeeze out all the seeds (or as many as I could) before putting them in the pot for sauce. Could you post a pic of this squeezo thing? Maybe provide an actual name? If it works as you described on raw tomatoes, I absolutely need to find one!

 

[drumstick diva]

I don't care for tomatoes but like the flavor like in tomato juice.

 

[maddysmamaw]

I love beefsteak tomatoes and cherry tomatoes but i am going to try some different ones too. Going to try growing from seed again.

I have the little yellow tomatoes. I planted them one year and now I just transplant the ones that the chickens plant. This year they gave me 17 plants. I make spicy yellow tomato jam that my family eats on everything.

 

[Alaskan]

@Latestarter with the romas getting the seeds out is pretty fast. They all sit in an easy pop out/scoop out pocket.

The beef steaks are way more work.