How well does it peel ripe tomatoes? Lots of recipes call for peeled, seeded tomatoes. Generally, one must dunk the tomato in hot water to remove ski
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I've never peeled tomatoes with any peeler. What I do peel with this peeler (carrots, potatoes, cucumbers) is peeled better than with any other.
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I had never tested this peeler on a tomato, but I had half a tomato in the refrigerator so I used it to test it out. It did a pretty good job on it, I think because the blade is serrated. I really do love this tool though, and I've tried a LOT of peelers that are on the market.
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I hate serrated knives, but on peelers, it's the way to go. It works very well even for vegetables with very smooth skin.
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Yes. I cannot emphasize this enough. Yes, you must peel any fruit or vegetable that has a thick or very waxy skin, as it will clog and possibly break the juicer. Oranges, grapefruit, bananas, clementines, etc. all fit into this category.
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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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Save your money:I purchased cherry tomato seeds, hot pepper seeds, use rock wool for a seed base, and kitchen plastic wrap for pod covers (less than $10 spent). Cleaned out the pump real well (use vinegar to dissolve hard water deposits). I use a dilute (half the recommended concentration, for now) Miracle-grow solution for fertilizer. Tomato plants are doing well, peppers have been a struggle to get to sprout but are doing fine once they get going. Hope they dont get too large for the aerogarden :)
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the only vegetable i have ever used was potatoes, i have loosened the spiral blade and used the peeler part only to make hash brown potatoes. my brother in-law peels and slices potatoes and fries the core part along with the slices when i do pears, the firm ones work best as the more ripe tend to not hold onto the prongs, so i guess that you cant slice and peel ripe tomatoes
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I've used the pan for years to easily peel my peaches and tomatoes. I've never used it to steam any vegetables. There is some space for water before the inside pan touches the water.
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I've never sliced tomatoes with this product and I don't think it would be good to use it on because of the amount of pressure you need to apply. I think you'd end up ruining your tomatoes and that would be quite messy. When using your slicer you need to have firm, fresh vegetables, nothing too soft or delicate like tomatoes.
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Well, you don't leave the cloth, or the peel in the oven. You use it to transport the pizza on to a stone or tray. You don't touch any thing hot with the cloth; just the edge of the pizza touches down and then the cloth slides the rest onto the peel.
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No, it takes most of the skin and seed from tomatoes, that's all I have used it for.
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Just saw this. In case others have this question: See my note on basil cuttings - tomato cuttings will often just root in room temperature water, change the water every few days with fresh, room temperature water.
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Being more fragile than citrus fruit I don't know if this would work well unless you were very careful. If the tomatoes are real ripe and don't need pulling or cutting off the vine, then yes. If you need to pull them (as you often do with citrus, then you will damage the plant, as it has no snipping ability. You would have to do it carefully. There is a foam piece on the bottom of the picker to soften the blow when the fruit falls (nice addition especially for softer fruit). The pulling on the plant is what I would be most concerned about. For citrus, I love mine!
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Yes, it does! We discovered that you have to cut the tomatoes into small pieces in order for them to get caught,so that they don't just float out in front of the turning Mill. It does trap the seeds quite well! Mike and Judi Orlando
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If the jar is wet, dry it off. Wrap the jar in a rough dish towel or use one of those rubber sheets intended for that purpose. I have been amazed at how well this gripper works. It even easily removes those thin lids on the tops of pickles. I do not have a very strong grip so need something like this.
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Cherry tomatoes, probably depending on the toughness of their skin. If they are very ripe, it might.
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I'm probably too late to help you, but tomatoes can be water bath canned (which is probably why the recommend not using the pressure gauge and having the hot water bath up above the lids). I use a large tamale pot. You don't actually need the pressure canner for tomatoes. Some directions recommend it for a shorter canning time, but results are very good with the straight water bath and a little lemon juice for higher acid.
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Recommend that you just pulse your tomatoes and other salsa ingredients with a couple of short blasts...squeezing and holding the trigger more than a second or two total will give you salsa soup
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Carefully. Hot water helps but it really is just a matter of catching an edge and working it out. A small flat blade screwdriver goes a long way to get under it and to lift it. Any small pieces that get left behind in some of the small nooks and cranny's can just be left.