Thanks for all your opinions about using a dried tomato or two --

But
Btw, it's stupid economy to fully rehydrate sundried
> tomatoes (the OP paid a premium price for water removal and then by
stewing the
> water is being replaced... really dumb). For a small amout of tomato use
> paste.

I wasn't thinking of the economy because I buy sundried tomatoes at a
mid-eastern store; they are super-super cheap. They are not sulphited and
make great Italian reconstituted tomatoes using extra-virgin olive oil,
etc. Actually I don't care for tomato paste "taste," it reminds me of my
beef stew eating days of yore.

Thanks again. I appreciate your opinions.
Dee





Re using

"PENMART01" > wrote in message
...
> > Katra wrote:
> >
> > "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.
> >>
> >
> >AFAIK there is no flavor comparison between canned or fresh vs. sun
> >dried tomatoes. Different effect.
> >Dried tomato is richer, sweeter, more flavor dense.
>
> Sundried tomato is simply dehydrated fruit same as any other, its flavor
is
> simply concentrated same as any other fruit with it's water evaporated.
When
> dehydrated its flavor is more intense but once *fully* rehydrated the
flavor
> imparted is no more intense than from its fresh counterpart. Essentially
the
> intensity of the flavor imparted depends on how much time the sundried
tomato
> spends cooking in the stew, and how much water is available for
rehydration...
> but stews by their very nature have intense flavor because their flavors
are
> concentrated by reduction. Btw, it's stupid economy to fully rehydrate
sundried
> tomatoes (the OP paid a premium price for water removal and then by
stewing the
> water is being replaced... really dumb). For a small amout of tomato use
> paste.
>
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