Today I had a tomato sandwich for lunch. YUM!! I picked tomatoes this morning. Shared some with my neighbor Doris. And I just put a gallon of them in the freezer. I have never heard a lot about folks freezing them but I have done it for years. Actually another neighbor Theresa told me it worked just fine, I tried it and she is right.
I just slip the ripe tomatoes into a kettle of boiling water for a minute or so and then plunge them into ice water. The skins slip right off. Pack them into one quart freezer bags and I add 1/2 t. kosher salt, seal them up, label and pack them into the deep freeze to go into chili and homemade vegetable soup next winter.
Last year I canned a lot of them but now that we have the generator I am much happier to freeze fruits and vegetables. Yes, I know homeowners insurance covers the lost food stuff but our insurance rate tripled when I turned in our loss. So anyway it is easy and I thought I would pass this tip along.
Check out my heirloom tomatoes! They are so very dark.
I am crazy for cherry tomatoes. They are extremely sweet this year.
And let us never forget the summer favorite tomato and mayonnaise sandwich!!
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