Brooklyn1 wrote:
>
> sf wrote:
> >
> >Strained tomatoes, tomato sauce and pureed tomatoes?
> >Are strained tomatoes used any differently from pureed?
>
> Never heard of strained tomatoes... you're a tomato with a strained
> brain... and a 'crushed' cranium.

I haven't heard of them either. Possibly a misread of "stewed" tomatoes.

I think the canned tomato spectrum runs something like:

Whole
Stewed
Crushed
Pureed
Sauce

From least to most processed.