Freezing ripe tomatoes whole

I've always frozen my surplus tomatoes (except this year when they got blighted). They can easily be then be used for sauces, soups and casseroles throughout the winter. The skins just ping off when run under the hot tap. Drained a bit with a dash of Lea Perrins they're good on toast too.

Fab, thanks, everyone. Going to be freezing and storing this weekend then.

When frozen they are as hard as billiard balls so they are easy to store in bags.

Oh that is useful mrsjj
On the rare occasions that i have had a surplus I just cook them up into a tomato and onion mush and freeze. useful base for many recipes - bolognese, pizza etc and takes less room than whole.
But if you dont like the skins...

They are fine for cooking, and I find that the great advantage is that the skins peel off easily when they are partly defrosted. No need to fiddle about with boiling water.

So do Farmfoods and Iceland, jingl. I use them often!

Waitrose sell frozen onions already chopped!

They would probably be a bit squishy when they defrosted but they would be fine in cooking.

I don't see why not if you're only going to use them for cooking. It works for chopped onions and chopped mushrooms.

My neighbour's been giving me big bags of tomatoes over the last week or so. We've eaten what we can, and I've made soup with the rest, but haven't thought of trying to freeze them whole. Wonder if it would work ok