"Peter Aitken" > wrote in message
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> > wrote in message
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> > Glenn Jacobs > wrote:
> > > I am in the process of making fresh tomato sauce and freezing it. I
> have
> > > several cases of tomatoes. About 20% aren¢t ripe enough so I set them
> > > aside to ripen while I process the rest.
> >
> > > My wife says that they should be put in the sun to ripen and I
remember
> > > that my mom used to put them in the dark to ripen. Does anyone out
> there
> > > know?
> >
> > Exposure to sun causes tomatoes to ripen.
> >
>
> Not exactly - ripening is a chemical process that is related to
temperature.
> To the extend that the sun warms a tomato it will hasten ripening, but
> otherwise it has no effect. I find putting in a sealed brown paper bag
works
> well - the ethylene gas that is part of the normal ripening process is
> concentrated and speeds things along.
>
>
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> Peter Aitken
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>

Put a banana in the bag also, it gives off more gas and will speed up the
riping process.
Bill