WHAT ARE YOU CANNING TODAY?

[flowerbug]

...Those funky shaped heirlooms taste good, but they don't bottle very well.

we always skin, core and then chunk the tomatoes we put up so it doesn't matter what they look like. i'm not sure what you are doing with yours to worry about what they look like? are you concerned about them looking like distinct slices or quarters or halves or something else?

 

[LaurenRitz]

we always skin, core and then chunk the tomatoes we put up so it doesn't matter what they look like. i'm not sure what you are doing with yours to worry about what they look like? are you concerned about them looking like distinct slices or quarters or halves or something else?

They're harder to peel, so I use the weird shaped ones for puree or sauce. I do quarter them for bottling.