The refrigerator was invented for so many purposes and among the purpose is to help maintaining vegetables and fruits longer. However, we have to agree on one thing, fresh food is always the best. Then there would be some question raised about the food that can only be obtained in the summer such as tomatoes. What to do in order to preserve a large quantity of tomatoes for the next season? Some people would prefer to freeze them but the others can simply can them. Let us concentrate on freezing tomatoes and find out the advantages as well as the disadvantages of the action.
The advantages of freezing tomatoes:
1. Freezing tomatoes is the easiest and most convenient way of preserving tomatoes. You do not need to cook the tomatoes before freezing them. All you need to do is to wash the tomatoes and remove the stems before placing them inside a freezer bag. On the other hand, if you are going to can your tomatoes, then you will have to process it first and the process is fairly difficult for the beginners as there will be problems arising from the water or even the length of cook.
2. After the freezing process, the tomatoes can still work well for different recipes such as casseroles, stews, soups, sauces.
3. The freezing system works well for small quantity of tomatoes. This is because most of us do not have that much extra space in the freezer to store in the tomatoes in the first place. On the other hand, if you have a large quantity of tomatoes, then you can consider canning. However, as the process is longer, make sure that the large amount is large enough to worth the time and effort that is spent on the process.
The disadvantages of freezing tomatoes:
1. The texture if the tomatoes are lost. The process of freezing has destroyed the pulp fibers because they contain water and will freeze as well as expand at the process. After the freezing, the tomatoes will be too soft and watery.
2. The flavor of the tomatoes is reduced greatly
3. After being frozen, the tomatoes will not be appealing and tasty to be eaten by themselves. The appeal lost is caused by the texture destruction, so cooking them would be the only option.
4. Freezing tomatoes will take up so much space in the freezer and that is why many people cannot afford to freeze tomatoes and have no space left in the freezer for other food.
