On 9/16/2014 2:06 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:
> On 9/16/2014 6:29 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>> On 9/16/2014 1:05 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
>>> On 9/16/2014 6:49 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:
>>>> On 9/16/2014 7:55 AM, sf wrote:
>>>
>>>>> Conversely, tomato paste is a concentrated form of tomato sauce.
>>>>
>>>> Not really. Tomato paste is just concentrated tomato. The sauce has
>>>> other ingredients.
>>>
>>> Right. Tomato paste might be concentrated tomato puree. Sauce
>>> has herbs and whatnot.
>>>
>>> nancy
>>>
>>
>> I once bought a can of tomato puree. It was wonderful stuff - just
>> slightly thinner than paste and easier to handle. I used it pretty much
>> as I would paste. The next time I bought a different brand and it was
>> pretty much like sauce with a coarse grind. That was a disappointment.
>
> I think tomato puree is too loose to be subbed for tomato paste. My
> home made barbecue sauce has a base of a can of tomato puree.
>

You'd be right about that. Most tomato puree is an OK substitute for
tomato sauce. This stuff I used in place of paste. Unfortunately, I
forgot what brand it was. I think that it was Contadina puree but I'll
have to buy a can to find out. If it's just regular puree, I'll be sad.