Dee Randall wrote:
>
> Has anyone ever just thrown in a dried tomato in a pot of stew/lentils/soup
> that is going to cook for an hour or so, vs. opening a can of tomatoes for
> ONE plum tomato? or when you don't have a fresh tomato.
>
> I'm talking about a completely dried tomato, vs. one that has been
> reconstituted.
>
> thanks,
> Dee

Yes, we do it all the time with our home-grown sun-dried tomatoes. We
don't use much in the way of tinned tomatoes, so we rarely have them
around. Tomato quantities are hardly stoichiometric in a soup or stew
recipe anyway.