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Moth Offline
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#11
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.
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(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.
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Maybe a passata machine would do the job - but it costs money!! https://seedsofitaly.com/passata-machine...c-18-9-23/
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Moth Offline
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(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.

  Rolleyes You only have to put them in a poly bag and sling them in the freezer overnight.
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Veggie Offline
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What do you think about this, SC? Big Grin 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."
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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 Smile You do wonder where some of these ideas come from.
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Veggie Offline
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#17
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.
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(23-11-2023, 05:49 PM)Veggie Wrote: What do you think about this, SC? Big Grin 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."
Big Grin  Big Grin Big Grin Big Grin Big Grin Big Grin  .

just one question. Were they American?  Big Grin
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Veggie Offline
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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). "
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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.
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