2006-10-09 19:50:14 · 18 answers · asked by colin050659 6 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
The following is taken verbatim from the website whose URL is listed below:
"How to Seed a Tomato and Why
"Sometimes a recipe will call for seeded tomatoes. Tomato seeds have a tendency to go bitter with cooking and leave your (otherwise perfect) sauce full of little crunchy bits.
"So -- to remove them, simply cut the tomato in half crosswise (not through the stem end) and gently squeeze it over a bowl. Most of the seeds should ooze out, and the ones that don't are no big deal. That's it."
2006-10-09 21:07:34 · answer #1 · answered by Wolfeblayde 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a matter of taste, and what you're doing with the tomatoes as to whether or not you leave them in, or take them out. Personally, I'd leave them in. It appeals to the rustic look of any recipe that you might be following, and the suspension that they're in adds to the liquid content of the sauce /whatever it is you're making.
I simply can't be bothered to go to all the hassle of removing the pips if I'm only cooking for immediate family!
2006-10-10 03:17:36 · answer #2 · answered by bouncingtigger13 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It all depends really. By removing the seeds you also remove a lot of liquid at the same time. Which is fine if you want dry tomatoes possibly for a salsa not a pasta type sauce.
By cooking down the tomatoes you will remove a vast amount of the liquid anyway and intensify the flavour.
2006-10-10 03:56:59 · answer #3 · answered by Nedster 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pips? Tomato seeds aren't pits like peaches and cherries. Leave them in, they're completely edible and I'd think too much of a hassle to try to remove all of them.
2006-10-10 04:19:00 · answer #4 · answered by AlaskanCutiePie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
of course you can eat them! You can remove them but that depends on how you're going to serve the tomatoes. A few examples: if I am preparing a quick tomato sauce for your pasta and are using ripe tomatoes, I just peel them and seed them, cut them into cubes, quickly stir fry them with a table spoon of oil and garlic and chili. If you want to fry your tomatoes (and serve them with a main), for instance, the best way is to just halve the tomatoes and fry them with the seeds (I usually put some breadcrumb and herbs to hold the juice). In a salad, tomatoes are not seeded.
2006-10-10 03:40:01 · answer #5 · answered by Stefania 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That all depends on what you're cooking. Like in salsa I leave them in. If you're using tomatoes in salads you should leave them. Recipies where you are actually making sauces and cooking the tomatoes you will want to remove them.
2006-10-10 04:16:54 · answer #6 · answered by SHIELA M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
DEpends what you are cooking, there is a lot of water around the pips so if you want a 'dry ' dish then you should remove them. My fiance deos, I don't, it's a personal choice.
2006-10-10 05:31:52 · answer #7 · answered by emily_jane2379 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Leave them in for sure, I have never heard of anyone removing them. Did you know that if you like a particular tomato you can grow that same one by removing the seeds and letting them go mouldy to germinate them, then plant in small punnets and whaala!
2006-10-10 02:59:45 · answer #8 · answered by kermarek 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pips in !!!
however tomato skins off that's a different question?
2006-10-10 04:32:34 · answer #9 · answered by sid 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most recipes / chefs seem to remove the pips and sometimes the skin as well. If youuse tinned, doesn't really matter - they are pretty good.
2006-10-10 06:24:19 · answer #10 · answered by MIKE D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋