Spaghetti Sauce

JJBean · July 29th, 2007, 10:27 PM

Can I freeze some of my tomatoes and then make a spaghetti sauce to can at another date. Having a time issue this week.
Thanks in advance,
JJ

D'Butterfly · July 29th, 2007, 10:32 PM

Yep!
peace, D'Butterfly

sparrowgrass · July 30th, 2007, 11:34 AM

Yep, sure can. You don't even need to do anything much to the tomatoes--wash and remove the stems and put them into plastic bags. When you get ready to make sauce, run the tomatoes under water, or just let them thaw a little, and the skins will slip right off.

Advice from a woman who once planted a half acre garden and then got a full time job starting July 1.

Sandbar · July 30th, 2007, 04:15 PM

When we freeze whole tomatoes, we put them on cookie sheets. Then, after they are frozen, we put them into plastic bags. That way they aren't frozen together in one big blob.

Good advice on removing the stems. Didn't do that one time ...

My wife and I also chunk the fresh tomatoes and process them through a food mill to get the seeds and skins off ... leaves us with tomato puree. We pour it in quart tubs and put them in the freezer and pull out what we need for stews, chili, etc. Maybe you don't have time for that, either.

Sandbar · July 30th, 2007, 04:18 PM

BTW, here's the food mill we use. We bought the accessory kit, too.

http://www.lehmans.com/jump.jsp?item...%2C1107%2C1110

Best money I ever spent!

July 29th, 2007, 10:27 PM	#1
JJBean Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 112	Spaghetti Sauce Can I freeze some of my tomatoes and then make a spaghetti sauce to can at another date. Having a time issue this week. Thanks in advance, JJ

July 29th, 2007, 10:32 PM	#2
D'Butterfly Life long redhead Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: NW Louisiana, 8a Posts: 50	Re: Spaghetti Sauce Yep! peace, D'Butterfly __________________ "As crude a weapon as the cave man's club, the chemical barrage has been hurled against the fabric of life." - Rachel Carson

July 30th, 2007, 11:34 AM	#3
sparrowgrass Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Missouri Ozarks Posts: 235	Re: Spaghetti Sauce Yep, sure can. You don't even need to do anything much to the tomatoes--wash and remove the stems and put them into plastic bags. When you get ready to make sauce, run the tomatoes under water, or just let them thaw a little, and the skins will slip right off. Advice from a woman who once planted a half acre garden and then got a full time job starting July 1.

July 30th, 2007, 04:18 PM	#5
Sandbar I banned myself. Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Ohio, Zone 5a (new zone 5b/6a) Posts: 1,714	Re: Spaghetti Sauce BTW, here's the food mill we use. We bought the accessory kit, too. http://www.lehmans.com/jump.jsp?item...%2C1107%2C1110 Best money I ever spent!