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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>

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> 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.


But not everyone has a food mill. Not everyone would have a use for one,
either. Not to mention storage space for something that might be used a few
times a year. Sheldon is fortunate enough to have a nice big kitchen and
room to store things.

Jill