Food mill options

[digsdirt]

I would rather not have to boil down as I will mainly be using it for salsa and had planned on just flash boiling/halving then processing.

If you are planning to use the Victorio to make salsa then I think you may be disappointed in the results - unless you like pureed salsa. We prefer a chunkier salsa in our house and even using the Victorio salsa screen makes it far too pureed for our tastes. We prefer just canning the tomatoes plain in whole, halves or quarters (depending on the fruit size) and then making the salsa after opening the jar of tomatoes. Even canning them using the crushed tomatoes instructions produces better salsa consistency.

The Victorio is great for making tomato sauces and tomato juice or V8 juice for canning but anything you want some real texture in is over-processed in it IMO.

Dave

PS: and forget about running raw, unheated tomatoes through it. That makes a real mess all over the kitchen with juicy squirts many feet away.