"Bob Hobden" wrote in message
It's about the time everyone gets a glut of tomatoes, ours are all
ripening
now on the allotment. Passata is used for most Italian dishes (and
others)
and freezes well in bags so ...

http://www.seedsofitaly.com/catalogue/18

The top item sounds just the job, anyone got one?

Yes I do. Don't know if it that exact model (mine is ancient and all
metal) but mine spits the pips and the skins out one side and the
pulp out the other as described for the model you are considering. It
works extremely well and the only device I've foudn that does work so
well for the job - everything is too much faffing about. However,
unless you have the fat meaty "paste" style tomatoes it does need for
you to do some simmering to get a thick rich tomato paste. but it's
great if you don't have the "paste" tomatoes for juice or soup type
freezer packs.

I lent it to friend last year for their great tomato glut but they
complained that it was more like juice than paste. Since I know they
are good cooks but not into Italian food then I didn't even bother to
explain to then the error of their ways.