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Helpful Tomato Tips
Avoid cooking tomatoes in an aluminum pot. The aluminum reacts to acidic and alkaline foods, causing it to corrode and affect the taste of the food. The tomato will develop an unpleasant metal taste and can be harmful when consumed.
Helpful Tomato Tips
More All About Tomatoes tips:
- It is best to boil tomatoes with the skin, this will help retain the shape of the tomato.
- When cooking tomatoes, adding a little sugar or honey will decrease the acidity of the tomatoes.
- To remove juices from cooked tomatoes, allow them to sit overnight in a bowl in the refrigerator. The juices will rise to the top and can then be spooned off.
- Firm up ripe tomatoes by placing them in a bowl of cold salt water and leaving them sit overnight.
- Storing tomatoes in the refrigerator causes them to lose their flavor and their texture becomes mushy or mealy. Store out of the sunlight in cool temps, above 50 degrees.
- Cut tomatoes crosswise through the middle when removing seeds. This will expose all the cavities in the tomato for easy seed removal.
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