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Forgive the interference, but this is bigger than 'how to eat beans'??

moonbells - great report. As to bottling, should you not add citric acid or lemon juice to get pH4.6?? Too late I remembered the 'second squeeze' - I think I could have achieved another 1/2 cup, at least.

snail - maybe moonbells can add to that point, but my machine (repeat photo) has to have a different mesh for each fruit. The tomato one is 1mm.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v164/photo04/pulper.jpg

Tim   forgive my ignorance of preserving tomatoes but why is it necessary to remove the seeds?  Is it something to do with that seeds effect the storage capability or is it purely aesthetics?

They get stuck in your teeth?

Wardy - in many cases I don't bother. but sieving purées has been around since Pontius was a Pilot. And it does make a luxury offering. But I only do it when I have enough toms to make it worth getting the machine out.

Tim - yes, I totally forgot to add citric acid, dozy crow that I am.

I am tempted to crack open the bottles, reheat the passata with some citric acid put it back and then resterilise them.

Got some more cherry toms today so might have another jar by the time I'm done  ;)

Tim - your pulper doesn't look terribly different to the one I bought.  I hadn't realised you already had one like that.  My mesh is exactly 2mm (just measured it) so I suspect yours is better!!!!

I shall shut up now - and wish I'd got one like you...

moonbells

Fired by your enthusiasm for preserving toms I picked loads of little cherry toms yesterday to turn into sauce

Tim - where did you get your machine from? I'd love to get one like that.

wardy - sacrilege! Sweet little cherry toms mushed into a sauce? Roast 20 min with a drizzle of olive oil - a bit of torn basil half way through - till starting to caramelise. Freeze if you have to. Much more fitting an end for such delicacies?? Or in a kebab?

jenny - I was afraid someone would ask that. Bought many years ago &, a week or so ago, thought I wouldn't need the box again, so used it to post something in!!
Mail order, but can't find anything like it on the net.

PERSEVERANCE!!

'Deseeder' - not 'juicer' or 'pulper' -

http://www.kitchenemporium.com/cgi-bin/kitchen/prod/vw200.html

Expensive? It cost me dollars=pounds I think. But great!

Thank you very much for that Tim, very helpful.

Hi Tim....I've been looking for a fruit pulper, and your picture suggests those old meat grinders with seperate mesh blocks and a winding handle.Always see them in auctions and bric- a -brac shops.

Tim

Sorry about that!  I have been doiing as you suggest and serving them to breakfast guests (leaving the stalk on) and they do look very nice on the plate  :)

Even better for dinner leaving a whole load on the vine and then roasting them drizzled in oil and thyme etc

Lovely

Great looking tool that Tim

ken -  I know what you mean - we have one - but no - this has a worm gear that progressively squeezes the pulp through the cylindrical mesh 'sleeve'.
Lucky guests, wardy! Your supper dish is right out of River Café!

Where did this thread start?

I'd like to know how to bottle tomatoes. I'm trying to save room in the freezer for other things!

And Wardy - if you have any left, don't forget Delia's roast ratatouille?? She uses cherries.

Aqui - if you can trust me with your address, I'll mail you the HMSO guide?
5 pages!

Or, meanwhile, start at http://www.uga.edu/nchfp/how/can_03/tomato_intro.html

We always pressure cook.

Tim  Thanks for that.  The ratatouille looks fantastic - just where I'm coming from food wise.  All in the one dish too which makes it even better  :)  I shall certainly be doing that with my one and only aubergine  ;D

Aubs? Who cares? Potato, celeriac, fennel, carrots, artichokes, parsnips, swedes ...............& call it roast veg??

Exactly!  A man after my own heart Tim.  Whatever is available goes in.  In my case there'll be some squash in it too

Cooked this dish tonight Tim and can't believe I forgot to include my one and only aub and courgettes.  My husband said "oh look, no courgette"  Cheeky so and so  ;D