Peeling tomatoes

Any ideas?

 

No ideas Scrungee, but that is one ugly tomato!

 

I would not pick it up let alone consider eating it ugh

Jack McH

 

The ugliest I've ever grown. I'll have to keep the seeds from that one separate and see if I can get some more like it.

 

What a monster !!

Seriously, if you want to peel him. Pop it in the freezer, then thaw out, the skin will slip off quite easily.

(The seed will probably not be viable after this treatment though)

 

That's an unusual one when I make Bruschetta I pop the tomoatoes in a bowl of just boiled water for a few mins. The skins normally split themselves with the heat and will slip off very easily in one go. Don't know if it would work quite the same on that one though, but worth a try.

 

I've just had a horrible thought - what will it look like naked?

 

Just to say, Shiney's method works very well; I pour boiling water over my tomatoes and the skins usually just fall away. At least, that's what happens with normal-looking fruits. I'm not so sure about Elephant Man.

 

I'll try this method with some I'm not going to save seeds from, like this difficult to skin one:

 

Well, it couldn't look much worse. That one has definitely kissed the ugly tree. What have you been feeding it on, Scrungee?

Get in touch with Heston Blumenthal. He'll probably add a garnish of fresh slugs to your elephant man toms, give them a fancy name and charge his clients a fortune for the privilege of eating them.