No matter how I want to preserve tomatoes, the skins usually need to come off. Unless they're dead-ripe, it can be tedious to peel pounds and pounds of tomatoes. Often, a hot water dip will help loosen the skins. Instead of individually dipping each tomato into hot water, I go a step beyond and do a big batch so I can quicken the process! - Core the tomatoes, cutting out the stem and the hard core. - Cut out any blemishes or rotten areas. - Make an X cut in the bottom of each tomato and fill a d