RE: allan day on cherrry tomatoes

Morty wrote:

How do you prepare your tomatoes for freezing? I dry mine with fair
success but I would like to try freezing some this year.

I grow a 100 or so varieties a year, so look for easy ways to preserve the
goodies. My favorite way to preserve whole, blemish free tomatoes is to
simply line them up (not touching) on cookie sheets. Put the sheet(s) in the
freezer and freeze solid as quickly as possible. As soon as they are frozen,
bag them in bulk in freezer storage bags. Then when I want/need a tomato
during the winter I just remove as many as I need from the freezer, rinse
off under running water to wash 'em off and then proceed with whatever
recipe I'm using. The tomatoes will peel very easily under running water.
Tomatoes frozen this way are not good for eating raw...they get watery when
defrosted. But all the tomato flavor is retained and they are excellent to
use in any cooked dish.

And freezing is a whole lot easier than canning!

Catharine/Atlanta, zone 7b
p.s. - I mostly grow OP tomatoes but there's a cherry F1 variety that I
think is tops...better than any other imho. It's "Ruby Cluster". I grew it
for the first time two years ago. Seed from Johnny's. It has a superb flavor
and is wonderfully productive in my climate. The seed was frightfully
expensive 2 years ago (5 seeds for $1!!!); I imagine it's come down quite a
bit in cost.
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