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Old October 8, 2011   #4
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Originally Posted by tam91 View Post
Is a tomato mill the same as a Foley Food Mill? Or if not, would the Foley work?
A Foley Mill should work, but make sure the screen holes are small enough to prevent the tomato seeds from going through. It also may be difficult to crank because you have to hold it in place, turn the crank and use something to push the tomatoes down.

I process A LOT of tomatoes (as in more than 300 lbs...) and have an electric tomato mill. I used a "Hand Crank" tomato mill for a couple of years but it took to long, made a big mess and was just a pain-in-the-posterior to use when doing more than a few tomatoes.

To use a tomato mill it helps to put them in boiling water for a couple of minutes before putting them in the mill and it also helps to cut larger tomatoes into pieces. My mill removes all seeds, skins and stems (I do usually remove the stems because they tend to get stuck coming through...) When you are done, you have a mix that can be cooked down to use for sauce or whatever you want to use it for. You can buy several models of "hand crank" that would be easier than a Foley.
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