Re: O/T any of you guy can tomatos??

Posted by rpg52 on August 19, 2006 at 10:52:19 from (69.233.69.240):

In Reply to: O/T any of you guy can tomatos?? posted by old on August 19, 2006 at 08:46:18:

I can most of our tomatoes. I make salsa and sauce, some with onions, peppers and garlic. I pick into 20# lug boxes, stack until the green ones ripen to red.
I rinse off the dirt in a plastic mortar mixing tub, cut out the bad parts and pile them in a 10 gallon pot. I use a ladle to take out the clear juice as they cook. I run the cooked tomatoes through a Squeezo (brand name, others work too) which separates the skin and seeds from the pulp.
I heat the sauce again, pour in quarts and process in a steam canner for ~10 min. When I do salsa, I add some vinigar to maintain acidity (sometimes add a bit of sugar to keep it from being too sour). I do ~160-200+ lbs. a year. My wife likes whole tomatoes - they are nice but don't make much sauce when cooking.
Ray

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