You may well have an easier method and just as good Porboy. I picked up all my canning/preserving skills as a kid from my mother and grandmas, many a time I am told by people who I am sure know their stuff that I am going overkill, or doing something that could be done in a simpler way.
Thanks-now I am gonna try that with some tomatoes and see what I think. Like ya said after freezing they are just going in soups or stews not like yur gonna be eating slices.
The diversity of all the folks on here is a wonderful thing!
Thanks!!!