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Primate" > wrote:

> I have a Spanish Rice and Beef recipe that calls for a can of stewed
> tomatoes. Looking in my pantry I see Tomatoes, Crushed Tomatoes and
> Diced Tomatoes. That's pretty well what is carried in the stores
> around here as far as I know.

>
> Is stewed in this case just a can of regular tomatoes? Or something
> specific I buy by name?

By name. Stewed tomatoes contain celery, onions, green pepper, and
tomatoes. Very common for use in the kind of recipe yiou mention. Or
in a hotdish. I find they are also on the sweet side - probably have
sugar added, too. The diced will be okay, especially if you add some
onion and celery and green pepper when frying the ground(?) beef.
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