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Peaches and Tomatoes

The easiest way to peel peaches and tomatoes is to lower half a dozen or more in a wire basket into a saucepan of actually boiling water, let stand three or four minutes, then lift from the boiling water to a saucepan of cold water.

Lift the peaches after about two minutes, then drain; start the skin with a knife at the stem end, and the whole of the skin may be slipped off in the hand. Plums may be treated in the same way, whenever the skin is undesirable.

If pears or peaches are to be put up in halves, they should be divided before the skin is removed, then the skin is taken off with a knife; in this way the shape is preserved.