To Peel Tomatoes

Original Recipe

Put the tomatoes into a frying basket and plunge them into hot water for three or four minutes. Drain and peel. Another way is to place them in a flat baking-tin and set them in a hot oven about five minutes; this loosens the skins so that they readily slip off.

Ingredients

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  • 1 frying basket and plunge them into hot water for three or four minutes
  • 1 hot oven about five minutes

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Instructions

  1. 1

    Put the tomatoes into a frying basket and plunge them into hot water for three or four minutes.

  2. 2

    Drain and peel.

  3. 3

    Another way is to place them in a flat baking-tin and set them in a hot oven about five minutes; this loosens the skins so that they readily slip off.

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Recipe by Mrs. F.L. Gillette from The White House Cook Book (1887)