On Mon, 19 Aug 2013 12:28:47 +0200, "ViLco" > wrote:

>Julie Bove wrote:
>
>> Where did you find such a thing? I never see anything like that in
>> this area. Not that I would likely buy it. Canned tomato products
>> can be bought for cheap here. I do have canning supplies but it just
>> doesn't seem very cost effective to can, given all the time involved
>> and the other supplies I would have to buy.
>
>Better jarring than canning, it's easier: all you need is a 20 bucks mill
>and some jars, which can be jam/marmalade jars so they don't cost you a
>cent.
>My mother uses and old crank operated one, it's the one in the upper right:
>http://www.borghiprogettoenologia.it...Id=2229.htm l
>My sister has one with an electric engine attached, like the bottom one in
>that picture.
>In both of them you add tomatoes from the top, tomato sauce will drop down
>from that perforated conical exaust on the left while the peels and seeds
>will exit the cone from the tip.
>
>Saturday, if my GF won't be able to come to town I'll be helping mom and
>sister in a conserva day: from 8Am to 6PM boiling tomatoes, pressing them
>through the mill, jarring them and boiling the jars, then the next day we'll
>remove the jars from the big pot. Just tomato, salt and a tablespoon of EVO
>oil on top, nothing else, not even a leaf of parsley or basil. That's what I
>call conserva, or plain tomato sauce.

That is basically what I have done with the bulk of the tomatoes,
except I have added about a 2 tablespoons of lemon juice per litre for
acidity. Do you think the EVO on top would aid in preservation, as in
excluding air?

I could have done with a food mill, I peeled and seeded them all by
hand.

Julie's comment about it not being worth it when expense and time is
taken into account just does not make sense. I had everything except
the tomatoes (which cost $3.00) and I was not doing anything else that
might bring in income. Factoring in time expense is silly unless you
are forgoing income making activities or paying someone else to do
what you would normally being doing instead of making tomato sauce.

JB