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>> On Tuesday, September 16, 2014 4:07:50 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
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>>> > On Tuesday, September 16, 2014 2:33:19 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
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>>> >> "sf" > wrote in message
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>>> >> > On Tue, 16 Sep 2014 10:10:06 +0100, "Ophelia"
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>>> >> >> I think I am not understanding your 'can of tomato sauce'. I use
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>>> >> >> about
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>>> >> >> a
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>>> >> >> one inch squeeze from the tube.
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>>> >> > You use paste in a tube (a very expensive way to go) she's using a
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>>> >> > looser product in a can. Both are tomato.
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>>> >> So it is a diluted type of tom paste? I suppose what you see and
>>> >> very
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>>> >> expensive is arguable. I don't need to use a whole tin (whatever
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>>> >> might be) I can use just a very small amount and it keeps good in the
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>>> >> tube
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>>> >> for a long time and doesn't deteriorate ... no waste.
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>>> > Tomato paste in a tube is something you'd be more likely to see in
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>>> > part of the world. We mostly use 6 oz canned paste in the US. If I use
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>>> > partial can, I stick the leftover in a plastic bag and freeze it. A
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>>> > would certainly be handy. The only thing that I use that comes in a
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>>> > is tube paste, err, tooth paste.
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>>> Thank you for your reasoned and non competitive response! Would you say
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>>> they are a similar product, just sold differently?
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>> The paste in the cans are fairly thick but I don't believe that it's as
>> concentrated as the tube stuff. For a tube, you'd probably need really
>> concentrated paste. I can buy the stuff at fancy food places. My guess is
>> that fancy European food is called "food" in the UK. :-)
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> ???

Paste in a tube is not widely available here. You can get it at stores that
sell imported foods. It's considered fancy to us and it is very expensive.
I just got lucky and found it at Big Lots for cheap. But in most cases,
here, it will cost so much more than the canned that most people and
certainly not very frugal people would buy it. If they even had access to
it. Most of the time you really would have to look hard for it here to even
get it. It would for sure fall under the category of gourmet food.

So while it might be common to you, canned is what is common here. That is
why you are getting the responses from sf that you are getting.

And ds1 was making a joke. What we would call fancy European food here, is
probably stuff that you eat every day over there. It's fancy to us because
it is uncommon here.