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Steve Pope > wrote:
> Pete C. > wrote:
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>> Brooklyn1 wrote:

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>>> sf wrote:

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>>>> Strained tomatoes, tomato sauce and pureed tomatoes?
>>>> Are strained tomatoes used any differently from pureed?

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>>> Never heard of strained tomatoes... you're a tomato with a strained
>>> brain... and a 'crushed' cranium.

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

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>> I think the canned tomato spectrum runs something like:
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>> Whole
>> Stewed
>> Crushed
>> Pureed
>> Sauce

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>> From least to most processed.

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> There's also diced in additioned to strained.
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> http://www.vitacost.com/Pomi-Straine...u=024321424208
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> I do not think they're significantly different from pureed.
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> Steve


Strained tomatoes does not have seeds or pulp in them. Seeds over time
gives the canned tomatoes a bitter taste. Pureed tomatoes will have the
seeds and pulp in them.

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