On 3/14/2021 11:31 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> 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
>

True. But why is a tomato core different than an apple core?

As I said, the terms get mushed over time.