On Sunday, March 14, 2021 at 11:45:56 AM UTC-4, Taxed and Spent wrote:
> On 3/14/2021 8:10 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > On Sunday, March 14, 2021 at 11:01:21 AM UTC-4, Taxed and Spent wrote:
> >> 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.
> >
> > Please point me to a reference.
> >
> > Cindy Hamilton
> >
> I don't know of a reference off hand, but certainly many people call
> removing the stem portion alone as "coring".
>
> There is:
>
> de-stemming (stem scar)
> coring (entire core, seeds, liquid, fiber surrounding the seeds)
> seeding (just the seeds and liquid, no fiber)

That's not a reference. That's just you continuing to talk.

Cindy Hamilton