Is Costoluto Genovese really that great?

[debles]

Slightly off subject. Most years I give the excess to various neighbors. Last year I kept several neighbors in fresh tomatoes most of the summer. A few got some beans, squash and eggplant too.

This year I'm planning to put up the excess, even though it will be many small batches.
I have a Vitamix. Has anyone tried just coring the tomatoes and putting them in a Vitamix to grind skin, seeds and pulp before cooking them down for sauce?

It would be a big timesaver if it works.

Deb

[brokenbar]

I use an electric mill and I do not loose much. I do run the contents of skin/seed bucket through the mill one time, after I am done with all tomatoes. I don't get that much pulp or juice running it through. I had a hand crank and it was about the same.

[Riceloft]

Originally Posted by taboule

Not to hijack the thread, but regarding using a food mill to remove seeds and skins. I've used a sieve/colander and it seems to remove a lot of meat and pulp. Does a specialized tool do much better, or is the loss just part of the convenience one pays to remove the skins/seeds?

Thanks.

I purchased one of these 2 years ago:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Not the best product on the planet, but it gets the job done. I end up with near zero lost juice/meat after running the "waste" through a 2nd time. Not that there's a whole lot left to squeeze out, but its fast and easy!

[debles]

I just found a thread from last year that answered my vitamix questions.
Sounds like it works fine.
http://www.tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=30153

[Tom A To]

Originally Posted by Salsacharley

Those blue ones in the windowsill are awesome!!

That's the tip of the iceberg. Everything in my house is blue. And in my yard, too. The wife likes blue. I guess that's better than pink.

Did you notice the outside temperature on the display? That's probably why I was in the house taking pictures and not out in the yard tending to the plants.

[Fusion_power]

You can get a reasonably inexpensive hand mill for about $70. Johnny's carries one that is decent.

Costoluto Genovese is an intensely flavored tomato. If you like them sweet, either grow some sweet tomatoes to add to the mix or else add some sugar when you process them. IMO, a combination of Opalka with Costoluto Genovese is pretty hard to beat flavorwise.

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by taboule

Not to hijack the thread, but regarding using a food mill to remove seeds and skins. I've used a sieve/colander and it seems to remove a lot of meat and pulp. Does a specialized tool do much better, or is the loss just part of the convenience one pays to remove the skins/seeds?

Thanks.

My mom had me use one of these for years it was a work house.
Then she got all of the credit.
We completed the operation by squeezing it through a cheese cloth.
Then like a goat I would eat the skins and seeds.
A good tomato mill or what ever you call them is off the hook for productivity and they get just about everything.
Worth

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by Labradors2

Ha ha Worth!

You Texans don't do things by halves do ya?

Linda

Mine is a small operation here is an old picture of my grand parents place.
Worth

[Worth1]

Here is a picture of me as a young lad with stick to make sure no one slacks off.

Worth

[Sun City Linda]

Originally Posted by debles

I just found a thread from last year that answered my vitamix questions.
Sounds like it works fine.
http://www.tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=30153

I own a Vitamix and while it does work fine, excess seeds will create a noticeable bitter taste in your sauce. Now, when I process, I don't worry about the core or skin but I do squeeze the liquid and most of the seeds out.

[Caspian Pink]

I'm also using Vitamix to blend the whole tomato to make sauce.
Didn't notice any bitterness though.

[brokenbar]

Originally Posted by Worth1

Here is a picture of me as a young lad with stick to make sure no one slacks off.

Worth

You must have been The Foreman...Hence the stick, the cocked hat and that pipe for added authority! Whats the metal thing at your waist? Did you make the workers deposit coins to get a drink of water?

[Labradors2]

Oh poor Worth. I'm guessing that your real name is Dickens!

Linda

[salix]

That picture makes me very sad - I'll bet he was sent to work tiny little areas in the coal mines where adult workers couldn't reach.

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by salix

That picture makes me very sad - I'll bet he was sent to work tiny little areas in the coal mines where adult workers couldn't reach.

I know how you feel, I post this stuff from time to time to not only make jest but to let people know how lucky they are.
Child labor is still a horror in some countries.

Worth