Have you ever read in a recipe that requires 'skinned tomatoes' and thought that it would be easier to deseed strawberries?!? Well, it's a piece of cake if you do these two easy steps first! Step One: Bring water to a boil, turn off the heat, and submerge your tomatoes - whole - into the water. Let sit for two minutes. Step Two: Quickly plunge the tomatoes into ice water. They can sit in there for as long as you like. Step Three : Peel 'em! Now you can score the skin and easily peel the skin off! Piece of cake.