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Old July 25, 2018   #9
saltmarsh
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Originally Posted by AlittleSalt View Post
Saltmarsh, that is interesting. I would like to try that with some store bought tomatoes to see if it might help with their taste? (I'm not meaning to go off-topic.)

Linda, your thread caught my attention. Now I'm curious.
I've been using the hot water bath for a year and a half on store bought tomatoes.

Doesn't work on "Tomatoes on the Vine".

Works great on the red slicers. Improves both flavor and texture. Choose unblemished plump less-than-ripe fruit. If the tomatoes have "woody stem" from improper watering when growing the hot water bath won't fix it. If the tomatoes have sprouted seeds when you slice them, they were too ripe when you gave them the bath.

Works well with roma tomatoes, but it is hard to find romas that aren't too ripe to bath.

I haven't tried it with cherry tomatoes because I don't eat mayonaise and cherry tomato sandwiches. Claud
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