Adjust lids and process using one of the following options. Slip off skins and remove cores. Leave whole or halve. Add bottled lemon juice or citric acid to jars. Add 1 teaspoon salt per quart to the jars, if desired.
Fill jars with hot tomatoes or with raw peeled tomatoes.
Add the hot cooking liquid to the hot pack, leaving -inch headspace. Adjust lids and process. Pack prepared tomatoes in hot jars, leaving -inch headspace. Fill hot jars to inch from top with boiling water. Adjust lids and process using one of the following options.