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Reg > wrote:

> OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
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> > Blanching and peeling is less work and less cleanup. :-)
> >
> > I used to help mom blanch and peel when she did canned tomatoes. She'd
> > can up to 20 quarts at a time and if you blanch multiple tomatoes in a
> > large pot all at once and use an ice water plunge post-blanching, it
> > literally takes SECONDS to peel a tomato!
> >
> > And it's kinda fun. <G>

>
> Blanching can be faster if you're just removing the skins. If
> you're seeding them too, a food mill is hands down the fastest.


<puzzled look> Why do you want to seed tomatoes for tomato sauce?

I don't get it...
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