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"Ray" > wrote:

> I have a chili recipe that calls for using canned whole tomatoes, but
> asks you to break them up with your hand before adding them in. I
> already have a few cans of crushed tomatoes on hand. Any big deal to
> use those instead??

Go for it. DH doesn't like tomato pieces. I usually start with diced
and use the stick blender on them while still in the can. Canned
crushed tomatoes are quite thick, IME, which isn't necessarily a bad
thing.
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