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RE: Canning/bottling/preserving - Moth - 17-11-2023
Mark, have you tried freezing tomatoes to skin them? if you freeze them, then hold them under cold running water, the skins just slide off.
RE: Canning/bottling/preserving - Mark_Riga - 17-11-2023
(17-11-2023, 01:52 PM)Moth Wrote: Mark, have you tried freezing tomatoes to skin them? if you freeze them, then hold them under cold running water, the skins just slide off.
I couldn't be doing freezing lots of tomatoes. As long as they're fully ripe, alicante, orange banana and delicious varieties skin easy enough if softened up in microwave. So I microwave, skin then transfer to pan to boil.
RE: Canning/bottling/preserving - Veggie - 17-11-2023
Maybe a passata machine would do the job - but it costs money!! https://seedsofitaly.com/passata-machine-large-dispatch-w-c-18-9-23/
RE: Canning/bottling/preserving - Moth - 19-11-2023
(17-11-2023, 03:19 PM)Mark_Riga Wrote:(17-11-2023, 01:52 PM)Moth Wrote: Mark, have you tried freezing tomatoes to skin them? if you freeze them, then hold them under cold running water, the skins just slide off.
I couldn't be doing freezing lots of tomatoes. As long as they're fully ripe, alicante, orange banana and delicious varieties skin easy enough if softened up in microwave. So I microwave, skin then transfer to pan to boil.
You only have to put them in a poly bag and sling them in the freezer overnight.
RE: Canning/bottling/preserving - Veggie - 23-11-2023
What do you think about this, SC?
Posting it because I don't want you to miss it!"Homemade powdered milk. I bought a gallon of milk, boiled it slowly until it reduced down to the consistency of Play-Doh. Then I mushed it flat onto cookie sheets and put it in the oven on low until it gets bone dry. After that, I ground it in the blender until it was dust. It'll keep for months in a sealed mason jar."
RE: Canning/bottling/preserving - JJB - 23-11-2023
If you were in the middle of nowhere with a glut of milk but no access to fresh milk in the future, it might be worth it. But I can't see the point really. I'd rather try making butter with excess whole milk, but that's not likely either
You do wonder where some of these ideas come from.
RE: Canning/bottling/preserving - Veggie - 23-11-2023
Stage 1 - go out and buy a gallon of milk
Stage 2 - boil it slowly until its reduced to Play doh. How long does it take to reduce a gallon of milk? If I tried it the milk would boil over, burn and stink the house out.
Stage 3 - put the "play doh" in the oven and cook it until it dries out.
Stage 4 - put it in the blender and pulverise it.
Stage 5 - put it in a jar in the back of the cupboard and forget it.
Even if someone gave me a free gallon of milk I wouldn't go to all that effort to store it.
RE: Canning/bottling/preserving - Small chilli - 23-11-2023
(23-11-2023, 05:49 PM)Veggie Wrote: What do you think about this, SC?
"Homemade powdered milk. I bought a gallon of milk, boiled it slowly until it reduced down to the consistency of Play-Doh. Then I mushed it flat onto cookie sheets and put it in the oven on low until it gets bone dry. After that, I ground it in the blender until it was dust. It'll keep for months in a sealed mason jar."
.just one question. Were they American?
RE: Canning/bottling/preserving - Veggie - 24-11-2023
Good question, SC, because, as we all know, the US Gallon is smaller than the UK Gallon.
"In the Americas, a gallon is equivalent to 128 fluid ounces or 3.785 liters (American spelling). But in the UK, it's 160 fluid ounces or 4.546 litres (British spelling). "
RE: Canning/bottling/preserving - toomanytommytoes - 24-11-2023
Couldn't you just freeze it? Or buy powdered milk? I doubt they've saved much money by making it themselves, considering how much time and energy it would take to get all of the water out of milk.