What is the best way to peel a tomato?

Answer 1

Score an X on the bottom and drop them in boiling water for no more than a minute. Then put into cold water to cool them off and peel.

Answer 2

Get a bowl full of boiling water.
Cut the skin of each tomato with asharp knife all the way round.
Put the tomatos in the bowl and after a short time the skins will lift around the cut.
You can then take out the tomatos (carefully) and just peel them with your hands.

Answer 3

Drop it in boiling water for about 5 seconds. The peeling will slide right off and the tomato is still solid.

Answer 4

Score the stem end with a small 'x' .Put it in boiling water for 1-2 minutes. Take it out and immediatley immerse in a bowl filled with ice and water. When tomato is cool enough to handle the skin will peel right off.

Answer 5

Drop the tomato in hot water 180 degrees, for 10 seconds. Remove and drop in cold water. Using a pairing knif to peel it, the skin will come right off.

Answer 6

soak it in hot water for 30 seconds--not quite boiling, but close enough. the peel will come off completely without damaging the tomato!

use your thumb nail to get under the peel for the first time, then just carefully peel off... well, the peel, piece by piece! ;) good luck, hope i helped. ;)

Answer 7

With a knife, seriously score the bottom put in boiling water, just for a second, then place in a bowl of ice water, I don't really like to do this, I would rather just peel them & then seed them.But I'm a little bit old fashion.

Answer 8

To encourage the skin to loosen, rub the tomato with the dull edge of a knife and then peel it. You may also peel certain varieties of tomatoes -- firm fleshed Romas, especially -- using a standard vegetable peeler.

Answer 9

score an x on the bottom and drop them in boiling water for no more than a minute. then put into ice water to cool them off and peel.

Answer 10

First put it in a hot water bath for a minute or two, and the peel comes right off...