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Nad R > wrote:
> Steve Pope > wrote:
>> Pete C. > wrote:
>>
>>> 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?

>>
>>>> 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.

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


A CORRECTION on my part. Seeds and Skins removed... Not pulp.

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