can you , and how do you freeze/store tomatoes and peppers ???

[whelen36]

can you , and how do you freeze/store tomatoes and peppers please explain terms and word definitions as i'm not a cook , and am not familiar with those terms really at all , thank you for your help , it's very greatly appreciated
whelen36
stephen d. 

[kyote]

I freeze and store up 100 pounds of peppers every year.I use a concrete drive way at my home.wash the area off well then I lay the peppers(washed well also) in several lines right next to each other.Then I use a weed burner(You know the kind that use propane)it only takes a couple seconds with that hot flame to burn the skin.and I go down the line and burn one side then turn them over and repeat the proccess.inssuring that all the sides are burnt also.then I put them in ziplock freezer bags,I use a stainless steel bowl full of water and when I have engough peppers in the bag I put it in the water and it pushes all the air out of the bag and as the water reaches the opening I seal it..good luck

[Haywire Haywood]

why burn the skins?

Ian

[kyote]

It makes the skin come off which you do not want in recipes.also makes the flesh of the pepper tender and easy to store.and when roasting them.they smoke when they burn and adds a great flavor to the peppers.I don't do as many as other folks around here,and 100 pounds last almost the year.but I save as many perfect looking ones as I can and roast(burn the skin)over my bar B Q grills using mesquite wood, cedar our peacan wood make them taste gooder.put a small dab of bacon grease in a double boiler and a brick of velveta cheese cut up into small chunks and a bunch of roasted over wood green chile peppers chopped up into chunks melt it together and use chips to scoop it up and eat.eemmmmgood. and an ice cold brew from the ice chest.hard ta beat if you like that kinda stuff..

[S.S.]

A friend of mine stitches them together (Peppers) with heavy cotton thread
and smokes them in his smoker to dry them out... Same principal as a torch I guess.
My grandmother would stitch them together and simply let them Air Dry in the pantry
of her Kitchen. Toe-Maters I don't know about!