Tomato Corer

Such a simple thing and, for me, a complete godsend.  I like to store enough tomatoes to last us the year.  This year we planted 300 tomato plants.  Canning is so much work for tomatoes.  And I’d have to can them in gallon size jars.  Half of the tomatoes have individual weights of 2 pounds!  And where would I even put all the giant jars?  And all that blanching.  I’d be blanching for days.  Actually, I was still blanching tomatoes to store in the freezer when a friend of mine, Diane, told me that I can freeze the tomatoes with the skin on.  She told me that the skin slips right off when they thaw.  I clutched my pearls and gasped.  Well, she was right.  All I had to do was core them and move on.  Love that woman.  No more ice baths and standing for hours over a pot of boiling water.  Needless to say, I was still stabbing myself in the hand with a paring knife when I came across this lovely little gadget.  I can process so much faster now and with way less mess.  Now if I just had another chest freezer…..