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Darius Kazemi

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Fun tomato fact: if you freeze a tomato with the skin on, all you have to do is run it under hot water for a few seconds and you can just kind of squeeze the skin off of it.

And frozen tomatoes keep for a very long time -- basically you just lay them on a pan to freeze them initially so they don't stick together, and then put them in a container. I leave the skin on until I have to use them. It's a lot easier than canning, though it does take up more space per tomato.

Emma H :blobcatcoffee:

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@darius

Cool. Something to remember for next year. But I gotta get my raised beds made.

Erik

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@darius I did this with a bunch of cherries last year and both cherries and halved plum tomatoes this year. It’s great!

Charles Randall

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@darius same trick works with bananas if you want to save over-ripe bananas for like banana bread or whatever.

brennen

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@darius this is possibly my favorite frozen food trick. got most of my little harvest from this year in their right now waiting their turn in the chili.

Clair :squidified:

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@darius that’s cool! Will have to remember that.

Kit Sunny

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@darius What a lovely tip. I usually can my tomatoes when they come in cheap on my farm box subscription, but I also then panic every time I eat them because I'm afraid this can will surely be the one I messed up and gave everyone botulism with.