Prep Tomatoes to can

[claythomas]

I haven't put up any spaghetti sauce for a few years because I haven't grown the maters.

I came on a real good deal on a buschel of Roma's the other day.

Long story short I never had a food processor and dreaded skinning all those little buggers.

Three years ago I bought a 1 hp grinder, so I fired it up with the 1/8 inch plate, and after a quick cut in half long ways and nipping the core I put them through the grinder and them came out great.

I ran approx. 300 halves through in about 15 minutes. Huge time saver. No need to skin or if not skinning, much quicker than filling up a processor 10-12 times.

[Admin]

Let us know how this works out.

[lookout]

this is interesting. Just putting the tomatoes through a grinder.

Let us know how the final sauce turns out because if this works out then it is truly a time saver for those of us lucky enough to have grinders.

[claythomas]

Lids pingin as I type this. Consistency is great. Looks like I'll get about 21 Qt of sauce out of 3/4 of the box, and the other 1/4 will be salsa.

[oldminkman]

Sounds great-I still remember mom asking us to help her count the jar lids popping as they sealed-nothing like it ;D


Thanks for sharing.

Oldminkman-

[yedi21]

Great thought using the grinder!!!...........I am canning spaghetti sauce today, and it really is a pain having to skin all those tomatoes....

[badger]

That is basically how I process mine. I started with a hand crank deal, but now have an attachment for the kitchenaid mixer. All the sauce and juice comes out the bottom, and the skin and seeds come out the end. Works like a charm.

[brunner]

I just run mine thru a food mill. Takes a little elbow grease, but it takes the skin off and removes most of the seeds. Picked mine up at a yard sale for $1.