On 3/14/2021 7:56 AM, Taxed and Spent wrote:
> On 3/14/2021 7:47 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> On Sunday, March 14, 2021 at 10:35:19 AM UTC-4, Taxed and Spent wrote:
>>> On 3/14/2021 7:29 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>>> On Sunday, March 14, 2021 at 9:54:54 AM UTC-4, Gary wrote:
>>>>> On 3/14/2021 8:55 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>>>>> On Sunday, March 14, 2021 at 8:10:25 AM UTC-4, Gary wrote:
>>>>>>> Bruce wrote:
>>>>>>>> songbird wrote:
>>>>>>>>> when doing tomato chunks we scald the tomatoes to be able
>>>>>>>>> to remove the skins and then core them and cut into chunks
>>>>>>>>> removing any parts we don't want.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> To me, that sounds like cutting the crust of white bread. It's all
>>>>>>>> perfectly edible.
>>>>>>> I've never removed skins either and never had to "core" a fresh tomato.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You eat the nasty, hard, stem scar? Of course you do.
>>>>> Sigh.. I do cut out that stem connection in a small cone. That's not
>>>>> coring to me. (like an apple or winter tomato)
>>>>
>>>> Ah. That's commonly called "coring", even though the entire center
>>>> of the tomato isn't removed. There are any number of instructions
>>>> online for "how to core a tomato" that describe exactly what you do.
>>>> (It would appear that there are millions of people out there whose
>>>> mothers never taught them how to do that. Or much of anything.)
>>>>
>>>> Cindy Hamilton
>>>>
>>> Yes, people often say coring when the correct term is de-stemming.
>>>
>>> de-stemming and coring are two different things.
>>
>> De-stemming would be removing the stem. Unless one buys those
>> tomatoes still on the vine (like a bunch of grapes) or is using tomatoes
>> that are picked woefully underripe, the stem is gone. Removal of the
>> stem scar and underlying hard tissue is commonly called "coring".
>>
>> Cindy Hamilton
>>
>
>
> wrong.
>

Wrong as to usage. Not wrong that it is commonly used incorrectly.