Peeling Tomatoes
My Mom could not stand to eat a tomato that was unpeeled. I love eating them just washed and sliced with the peeling still on.
I feel it is a waste to throw away the best part of the tomato and a waste of the time spent peeling them. They tear up so easily without the peeling to hold them together. I also have heard that most of the nutrients are in the peel. So it is a double waste to peel them.
I love tomatoes and I have a garden every year and plant lots of tomatoes. I can juice and whole tomatoes for my use all winter in soups, stews , spaghetti and just for eating plain. I do peel the tomatoes for canning because the peels roll up and are not pleasant to eat canned.
My Mom used to spend quite a bit of time peeling the tomatoes. I tried to tell her about the nutrients but she didn't care, she was not going to eat tomato peelings! She felt the same way about peaches. I can understand the peaches a little easier than the tomatoes but I still just wash my peaches and eat them unpeeled--YUM YUM!
posted by kyra lafain @ 1/27/2009 12:30:00 PM
2 Comments:
I never peel my tomatoes, either. I had forgotten about Grandma doing that, but when I read your post, I could just see a plate of Grandma's peeled and sliced tomatoes.
You are so right...I had forgotten about Grandma doing that too, but after reading about it..I had that same vision of peeled, sliced tomatoes! Her home-grown tomatoes were so good...mmmm! nh
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