How do you peel a tomato?

Answer 1

1Turn on the stove and begin boiling water. Prepare an ice bath high enough to cover the tomato. Step2 Clean the tomato of any debris and remove the tomato stem by twisting it off.

Step3 Score the bottom of the tomato with a paring knife. Do this by cutting an x on the bottom of the tomato. This will make it easier to peel away the skin once the tomato is blanched.

Step4 Immerse the scored tomato in boiling water. Leave the tomato in the boiling water for 30 to 45 seconds. Any longer than this and the tomato will begin to cook and the meat will soften.

Step5 Remove the tomato from the boiling water and immediately place it in an ice bath. This will ensure that the tomato does not continue to cook and makes peeling the skin a breeze.

Step6 Remove the tomato from the ice bath and peel away the skin with your fingers. The skin should come right off. If there are areas where the skin seems to be sticking, you can easily remove it with your paring knife.

Answer 2

With a knife. Carefully. And don't cut too much off or you're just wasting it. :)

For a couple dollars you can pick up a potato peeler - a tool used specifically for peeling potatoes. You can get a cheap one for $2, but spend a little more and get one with a large rubber handle (easier and more comfortable). You can find one in the "kitchen gadget" section of Walmart, Target, or any home goods stores, and most large grocery stores. It's much quicker and safer than using a knife. I peel them over a paper bag (potato skins can get bound up in the garbage disposal).

AnswerI agree with the answer above. Do not throw the skins away in the garbage disposal because it will back up. I've done this before and it was a mess. The same thing happens with carrots. Another thing that I've found that many people do was taught to me by my mother. Many people love to "chop away" at potatoes and waste much of the potato when pealing it. Instead, with a potato peeler, peal towards you. It will give you longer cuts and it will take half the time.

Answer:

Use a potato peeler. You can buy them at Walmart, Target, and grocery stores. It's a very simple tecnique.

Answer 3

You first peel the tomato by cutting a small cross at the top, pouring boiling water over it, and leting it sit for a while - perhaps 1 minute. Test as you go - you can always put it back in the water. After a minute, get hold of one of the corners of the cross and try to pull off the skin. When this is done, you can cut the top off the tomato, or halve it. It depends on how picky you want to be about removing all seeds or just most of them. To do the latter, simply squeeze the tomato as you would a lemon. More precise work can be done by scooping out the seeds with a small spoon.

Answer 4

First, you go to a store. Buy a potato peeler. After that, go to your house. Get a potato. Put the peeler at the top of the potato. Push the peeler down the potato very hard. Repeat this process until all skin is peeled.

Answer 5

Fill a pan with water and bring to the boil. Have a bowl of iced water ready. Put the tomato in the boiling water for a few seconds. Lift out and put immediately into bowl of ice water. When cool enough to handle, take out of ice water. Skin should just slip off.

Answer 6

Drop the fresh tomato into a pot of boiling water for one minute then remove the tomato. The skin should come right off

Answer 7

You get a knife from the kitchen and cut! :)

Answer 8

The easiest way to peel a tomato is to dip the fruit into boiling water for 10 seconds then to plunge it into cold water. The skin will separate from the flesh and be easy to remove.