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Re: Tomato freezing for storage

At 12:14 PM 1/15/97 -0800, you wrote:
>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)
>
I have a lengthy paper on tomatoes and possible things that could account
for the interior rot. I think I downloaded it from this site:
http://sulaco.oes.orst.edu:70/11/ext/vegetables  Then look for tomatoes.
Margaret
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