On Sun, 27 Feb 2011 23:46:01 -0800 (PST), projectile vomit chick
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>On Feb 27, 9:55*pm, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
>> On Mon, 28 Feb 2011 03:21:59 +0000 (UTC), Nad R
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>> >"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?
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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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>> >What no "Juice"... *Requires a strainer.
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>> Tomato juice is made from tomato juice concentrate, aka tomato paste.
>> Anyone who actually buys tomato juice is an idiot, they're paying a
>> premium for containers, water, shipping, and storage when they can be
>> buying cans of tomato paste on sale and mixing it with water at
>> home... it's exactly the same product. *Um, tomato soup the same.
>> Ketchup is made from tomato paste too... read the label... in the
>> industry they call it concentrate, paste doesn't sound as palatable.
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>Yes in the commercial sense it's "tomato paste" but I don't ever buy
>tomato paste, I find it bitter and I don't eat a lot of tomato based
>foods so it's a waste to me. I like to get a can of tomato juice for
>the odd pitcher of Bloody Mary's, I splash a bit in my pot roast, I
>buy diced and/or crushed tomatoes for chili and the like, but I don't
>find much use for cans of tomato paste. Guess I just don't care for
>it. *shrug*

Tomato paste is bitter because it's concentrated... when reconstituted
it's no longer bitter. Frozen OJ concentrate is bitter too until
reconstituted. For the occasional bloody mary buying tomato juice is
fine but for those who use a lot of tomato juice, for
drinking/cooking, make your own from paste and report back.... I make
tomato soup from paste very often, at least once a week I make tomato
egg drop from paste, not at all bitter, in fact better tomato taste
than any other. I don't have time now but if you go to the Sacramento
tomato juice site it clearly says made from tomato concentrate, if you
happen to have a can says so in its label too... Heinz ketchup says
made from tomato concentrate right on its label. It's not possible to
make fresh tomato tasting products at home... any one claims they make
tomato paste at home is fulla doodoo... reducing watery smushed
tomatoes over heat in a pot on your stove is NOT tomato paste, it's
tomato sludge. Many years ago folks used to rehydrate sun dried
tomatoes but that no more tastes like tomatoes than raisins taste like
grapes.