Has anyone used this successfully to separate seed &/or skin from tomatoes? Thanks.
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Yes, I have used this attachment for both tomatoes and making applesauce. You do not have to cook the tomatoes. Just cut them up and push them through. I have sometimes ran the "skins/seed" that come out the small hole in the front a second time to get a little more pulp out and this works great. You do have to cook your apples if you want to make a smooth applesauce using the appliance. Again - no peeling or coring - just cook the apples. If you have more questions, I'd be happy to answer them. It is a great attachment and I've already gotten my money's worth out of it - made over 30 jars of spaghetti sauce and plain tomato sauce and 50 jars of applesauce - it worked great on everything! Yes, I have used this attachment for both tomatoes and making applesauce. You do not have to cook the tomatoes. Just cut them up and push them through. I have sometimes ran the "skins/seed" that come out the small hole in the front a second time to get a little more pulp out and this works great. You do have to cook your apples if you want to make a smooth applesauce using the appliance. Again - no peeling or coring - just cook the apples. If you have more questions, I'd be happy to answer them. It is a great attachment and I've already gotten my money's worth out of it - made... » Read More Yes, I have used this attachment for both tomatoes and making applesauce. You do not have to cook the tomatoes. Just cut them up and push them through. I have sometimes ran the "skins/seed" that come out the small hole in the front a second time to get a little more pulp out and this works great. You do have to cook your apples if you want to make a smooth applesauce using the appliance. Again - no peeling or coring - just cook the apples. If you have more questions, I'd be happy to answer them. It is a great attachment and I've already gotten my money's worth out of it - made over 30 jars of spaghetti sauce and plain tomato sauce and 50 jars of applesauce - it worked great on everything! « Show Less
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We have had this attachment for at least 10 years - just love it. We do bushels of raw tomatoes into tomato puree and tomato juice to use as soup base. Yes - run the skins back through to get more pulp. We use an old toothbrush to clean the screen when we are done. I hand wash the metal parts. Keep checking your mixer for heat and give it a break when running through a lot of product.We also make applesauce (wash, quarter, core and cook the apples al dente), peach and apple butter and winter squash all the time with this.I have also purchased the large food tray and it saves a lot of time for feeding the machine and clean-up if you use the unit a lot. We have had this attachment for at least 10 years - just love it. We do bushels of raw tomatoes into tomato puree and tomato juice to use as soup base. Yes - run the skins back through to get more pulp. We use an old toothbrush to clean the screen when we are done. I hand wash the metal parts. Keep checking your mixer for heat and give it a break when running through a lot of product.We also make applesauce (wash, quarter, core and cook the apples al dente), peach and apple butter and winter squash all the time with this.I have also purchased the large food tray and... » Read More We have had this attachment for at least 10 years - just love it. We do bushels of raw tomatoes into tomato puree and tomato juice to use as soup base. Yes - run the skins back through to get more pulp. We use an old toothbrush to clean the screen when we are done. I hand wash the metal parts. Keep checking your mixer for heat and give it a break when running through a lot of product.We also make applesauce (wash, quarter, core and cook the apples al dente), peach and apple butter and winter squash all the time with this.I have also purchased the large food tray and it saves a lot of time for feeding the machine and clean-up if you use the unit a lot. « Show Less
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We purchased this add-on to our KitchenAid in time for the tomato canning season this year and just loved the results. We blanched our tomatoes first to pop the skins off then ran the meat and seeds through the mill. It worked great. We tried a few tomatoes with skin still on them, but found that the skins had a tendency to plug the strainer leading to more meat being pushed out to waste, so we opted to simply remove the skins before processing through the mill. We are very pleased with our purchase, and it's not like we have money to throw at every little gadget -- we're frugal, that's why we have a huge garden, and this device helped significantly reduce our tomato processing time. We purchased this add-on to our KitchenAid in time for the tomato canning season this year and just loved the results. We blanched our tomatoes first to pop the skins off then ran the meat and seeds through the mill. It worked great. We tried a few tomatoes with skin still on them, but found that the skins had a tendency to plug the strainer leading to more meat being pushed out to waste, so we opted to simply remove the skins before processing through the mill. We are very pleased with our purchase, and it's not like we have money to throw at every little gadget -- we're frugal, that's why... » Read More We purchased this add-on to our KitchenAid in time for the tomato canning season this year and just loved the results. We blanched our tomatoes first to pop the skins off then ran the meat and seeds through the mill. It worked great. We tried a few tomatoes with skin still on them, but found that the skins had a tendency to plug the strainer leading to more meat being pushed out to waste, so we opted to simply remove the skins before processing through the mill. We are very pleased with our purchase, and it's not like we have money to throw at every little gadget -- we're frugal, that's why we have a huge garden, and this device helped significantly reduce our tomato processing time. « Show Less
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I have processed over 2 gallons of tomato's this summer. It works great, and makes the job a lot easier and much faster than using a food mill. I just cut the tomatoes in half and they go right through. Good luck.
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Yes used it for tomatoes for juice and sauce it dose a great job easier than the hand crank juicers
1436613
I used mine for applesauce but had to peel them first because the end cup burst off when the peels clogged up the insides! So after peeling using an cheap apple peeler/corer/slicer it worked perfect, the skins were just too tough!
2013109
I have never made seedless jelly but I have used this food mill to make tomato sauce and it keeps tomato seeds out if the sauce.
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I've only used it on blackberries. As I recall, all that came out of the tube was juice. The pulp in the basket contained the seeds. I really like how easy this steam juicer is to work with. Easy to clean, easy to fill and no real work involved, other than picking the fruit and making the goodies, jam, wine, etc. Good luck!
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Though I haven't attempted tomatoes, I think first of all it would have to be a smallish tomato, and secondly, that the slices would be too thin. Don't think the cutting wires would be strong enough to get through the skin of the tomato. It would require force and that would end up squishing the flesh. Maybe it would do well with the perfect size and texture tomato. I don't think it is what you are looking for.
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Haven't used it for that but I would think it could. It is sharp and powerful. No problem for tomatoes .
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I have cut not only tomatoes, but cucumbers also. It will cut anything as long as it isn't too soft.
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I have never noticed any seeds in mine but have seen a bit of skin a few times. The tomato chunks are fairly small.
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Hi Nancy. I used used Captan on my tomatoes last year to cure early blight, i tried to avoid fruits.I also used other fungicides and I think Captan is not very good.I was afraid of side effects although I used it when there were no birds or bees around.I was working in goggles,long gloves and so on.Personally I don't like it.Better use other fungicides-more environment friendly.. Dorota
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I'm not sure if the B2B food strainer is like mine, and I don't have a salsa screen. What are you putting through that has seeds coming through? I use the regular screen for apples and Autumn Olives and it comes through very satisfactory. I have a berry screen, but it didn't do as well for Autumn Olives, and I've not used it for anything else. It's supposed to be good for tomatoes, but I like my old fashioned cone shaped sieve and wooden plunger for tomatoes. Sorry that I can't tell you more.
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It Seems like it should. I use it to remove the seeds and skins from tomatoes, when I make sauce. Make sure to use the scrren with the smallest sized mesh.
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The salsa screen does let tomato seeds and small pieces of skin through. You could put the tomatos in boiling water for 60 seconds and then put in ice water. Remove skins and break open to remove seeds. Then you could run it through the salsa sceen.
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I found that if you cut the vegetables up a bit smaller it seems to work better. I've had good results with just two tomatoes. Keep experimenting to see what works for you.
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I used it for trying to separate tomato skins and seed from the pulp. I found that the disk with the larger holes let the seeds through and even some skin. My guess is that even the disk with the smaller holes would let berry seeds through. Another problem is that the pulp oozes up above the plunger and then when you open it, this pulp spills out.
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Yes... I usually put a cut up dehydrated tomato slice and some sunflower seeds....it's great. I really like this product.
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Yes, why not? What other method might you use? I have used for tomato plants and watermelon seeds so far.
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I don't spray peppers or tomatoes... with anything... Ever!This is a Registered Organic product, I would think you could wash this easily from those two veggies.I mostly use this on my Broccoli, Cabbage, and Cauliflower. I gave at least a week, and then I still rinse well.