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Re: Tomato freezing for storage

At 07:59 AM 1/15/97 EST, you wrote:
>A letter came in a few days ago which I deleted by accident concerning
>black spots ionside frozen tomatoes.  I may be losing my mind in
>cyberspace in remembering this post but I wish to comment.
>
>My wife as an experienced cook informs me that freezing tomatoes will
>result in tasteless mush on thawing.  Dehydrating slices may be the way
>to go.
>
>As for the black insides noticed and removed, sounds like a fungus.  I
>may have had similar substances inside some growing tomatoes at the end
>of last season.  Would flash freezing to destroy biogical activity be the
>answer?
>
>Sorry to get off topic of gardening but many years my SQFT garden yields
>abundant tomatoes and I would welcome methods of preservation.
>
>Is there anybody out there who noticed this post and wishes to comment?
>
>
>Bill
>wnryan@juno.com
>
>Hi Bill, (and everyone)
Thanks for answering my post.  I freeze the tomatoes so that the skin
removes easier.  30 seconds in the micro and they peel off.  Perfect for
sauce and such.
(Thank you to the poster of this tip from several monthes back.)
I don't think that freezing them is the problem.  I had noticed the brown
spots on some fresh tomatoes just before pulling the last of the fruit but
didn't think it was that prevalent so didn't worry.  I checked out some of
the tomatoe web pages out there, but couldn't find anything like my problem.
The outside of the tomatoe looks great.  No blemishes, no dark spots.  You
can only see the problem when you cut into them.  It's brown patches that
are a little fuzzy looking.
Two of my plants I know had blossom end rot, (I id them from off the net)
but they were in containers and far away from the others.  The tomatoes in
question came out of the sqft bed and look nothing like those.
Could this be a deficientcy in the soil, bugs, or a disease?
Thanks Again,
Dawn S.
Long Beach CA (zone 10)
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