Volunteer plants would seem to indicate that freezing a tomato is OK, but I've not done the experiment. Think I'll do that...
My method.
1. Seed tomato
2. Get a smooth plastic plate, put a label on it with masking tape, tomato type & date.
3. Put seeds/gel in cup.
4. Add a teensy bit of water.
5. Add about 1/4 teaspoon Oxi Clean & stir
6. Wait at least 30 min.
7. Stir cup, dump into fine strainer.
8. Gently smoosh seeds around the strainer to remove bits of goo.
9. Rinse thoroughly. If seeds are still gooey, repeat step 8.
10. Rinse out cup & fill to brim with water.
11. Carefully updump strainer contents into cup.
12. Examine water in cup. If it has bits of tomato or floating seeds, pour off the water and re-fill. Repeat until water is clear.
13. Rinse strainer clean. Pour water & seeds into strainer.
14. Dab bottom of strainer onto dish towel to blot excess water.
15. Updump strainer onto labeled plate.
16. Using popsicle stick, arrange seeds in rows of 10. (Can get about 300 seeds on 1 plate).
17. Count seeds & put that # on the label. (If seeds come unstuck from the plate, you still know what you've got.)
18. Dry for 2 weeks or more.
19. Put in coin envelope so they can continue drying, if need be. Transfer label from plate to envelope. Or, process in lots of 10 seeds into plastic envelopes with little labels, ready for the MMMM.
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