Strained tomatoes, tomato sauce and pureed tomatoes?
Are strained tomatoes used any differently from pureed?

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sf wrote:
>
>Strained tomatoes, tomato sauce and pureed tomatoes?
>Are strained tomatoes used any differently from pureed?

Never heard of strained tomatoes... you're a tomato with a strained
brain... and a 'crushed' cranium.

Brooklyn1 wrote:
>
> sf wrote:
> >
> >Strained tomatoes, tomato sauce and pureed tomatoes?
> >Are strained tomatoes used any differently from pureed?
>
> Never heard of strained tomatoes... you're a tomato with a strained
> brain... and a 'crushed' cranium.

I haven't heard of them either. Possibly a misread of "stewed" tomatoes.

I think the canned tomato spectrum runs something like:

Whole
Stewed
Crushed
Pureed
Sauce

From least to most processed.

"Pete C." > wrote:

>
>Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>
>> sf wrote:
>> >
>> >Strained tomatoes, tomato sauce and pureed tomatoes?
>> >Are strained tomatoes used any differently from pureed?
>>
>> Never heard of strained tomatoes... you're a tomato with a strained
>> brain... and a 'crushed' cranium.
>
>I haven't heard of them either. Possibly a misread of "stewed" tomatoes.

http://blogs.sfweekly.com/foodie/200...d_tomatoes.php

Jim

On Sun, 27 Feb 2011 21:53:55 -0500, Jim Elbrecht >
wrote:

> "Pete C." > wrote:
>
> >
> >Brooklyn1 wrote:
> >>
> >> sf wrote:
> >> >
> >> >Strained tomatoes, tomato sauce and pureed tomatoes?
> >> >Are strained tomatoes used any differently from pureed?
> >>
> >> Never heard of strained tomatoes... you're a tomato with a strained
> >> brain... and a 'crushed' cranium.
> >
> >I haven't heard of them either. Possibly a misread of "stewed" tomatoes.
>
> http://blogs.sfweekly.com/foodie/200...d_tomatoes.php
>
Informative article... now I know what it is - thanks!

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In article .com>,
"Pete C." > wrote:


> > sf wrote:
> > >
> > >Strained tomatoes, tomato sauce and pureed tomatoes?
> > >Are strained tomatoes used any differently from pureed?

> I haven't heard of them either. Possibly a misread of "stewed" tomatoes.

Even if you and I haven't heard of them, Google has:

http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/488428

Appears to be pureed, often from Italy.

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Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA

Dan Abel wrote:

>> I haven't heard of them either. Possibly a misread of "stewed" tomatoes.
>
> Even if you and I haven't heard of them, Google has:
>
> http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/488428
>
> Appears to be pureed, often from Italy.
>
Hey! I've purchased those before and never thought to call them
strained. I just though of them as crushed tomatoes.

"Pete C." > wrote:
> Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>
>> sf wrote:
>>>
>>> Strained tomatoes, tomato sauce and pureed tomatoes?
>>> Are strained tomatoes used any differently from pureed?
>>
>> Never heard of strained tomatoes... you're a tomato with a strained
>> brain... and a 'crushed' cranium.
>
> I haven't heard of them either. Possibly a misread of "stewed" tomatoes.
>
> I think the canned tomato spectrum runs something like:
>
> Whole
> Stewed
> Crushed
> Pureed
> Sauce
>
> From least to most processed.

What no "Juice"... Requires a strainer.

--
Enjoy Life... Nad R (Garden in zone 5a Michigan)

Nad R wrote:
>
> "Pete C." > wrote:
> > Brooklyn1 wrote:
> >>
> >> sf wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Strained tomatoes, tomato sauce and pureed tomatoes?
> >>> Are strained tomatoes used any differently from pureed?
> >>
> >> Never heard of strained tomatoes... you're a tomato with a strained
> >> brain... and a 'crushed' cranium.
> >
> > I haven't heard of them either. Possibly a misread of "stewed" tomatoes.
> >
> > I think the canned tomato spectrum runs something like:
> >
> > Whole
> > Stewed
> > Crushed
> > Pureed
> > Sauce
> >
> > From least to most processed.
>
> What no "Juice"... Requires a strainer.

Yea, there is "diced" in there somewhere as well, probably between
stewed and crushed.

On Mon, 28 Feb 2011 03:21:59 +0000 (UTC), Nad R
> wrote:

>"Pete C." > wrote:
>> Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>
>>> sf wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Strained tomatoes, tomato sauce and pureed tomatoes?
>>>> Are strained tomatoes used any differently from pureed?
>>>
>>> Never heard of strained tomatoes... you're a tomato with a strained
>>> brain... and a 'crushed' cranium.
>>
>> I haven't heard of them either. Possibly a misread of "stewed" tomatoes.
>>
>> I think the canned tomato spectrum runs something like:
>>
>> Whole
>> Stewed
>> Crushed
>> Pureed
>> Sauce
>>
>> From least to most processed.
>
>What no "Juice"... Requires a strainer.

Tomato juice is made from tomato juice concentrate, aka tomato paste.
Anyone who actually buys tomato juice is an idiot, they're paying a
premium for containers, water, shipping, and storage when they can be
buying cans of tomato paste on sale and mixing it with water at
home... it's exactly the same product. Um, tomato soup the same.
Ketchup is made from tomato paste too... read the label... in the
industry they call it concentrate, paste doesn't sound as palatable.

Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
>
> Tomato juice is made from tomato juice concentrate, aka tomato paste.
> Anyone who actually buys tomato juice is an idiot, they're paying a
> premium for containers, water, shipping, and storage when they can be
> buying cans of tomato paste on sale and mixing it with water at
> home... it's exactly the same product. Um, tomato soup the same.
> Ketchup is made from tomato paste too... read the label... in the
> industry they call it concentrate, paste doesn't sound as palatable.

Sadly mistaken. I do not buy my tomato juice. I make my own canned tomato
juice directly from fresh off the vine tomatoes that uses a Victoria
Strainer. Canned tomato sauce and paste is made from tomato juice boiled
down. I do this every year in September.

Your reasoning is also flawed. In the stores tomato juice is often cheaper
than tomato paste, over buying paste and add water for the same quantity.
Most fruits in it's natural juice taste better than adding tap chlorinated
water to tomato paste, so it is not the same product. Mentioned also, just
wait for paste to go on sale? Why not wait for tomato juice to go on sale.

--
Enjoy Life... Nad R (Garden in zone 5a Michigan)

On Feb 27, 7:55*pm, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Feb 2011 03:21:59 +0000 (UTC), Nad R
>
>
>
> > wrote:
> >"Pete C." > wrote:
> >> Brooklyn1 wrote:
>
> >>> sf wrote:
>
> >>>> Strained tomatoes, tomato sauce and pureed tomatoes?
> >>>> Are strained tomatoes used any differently from pureed?
>
> >>> Never heard of strained tomatoes... you're a tomato with a strained
> >>> brain... and a 'crushed' cranium.
>
> >> I haven't heard of them either. Possibly a misread of "stewed" tomatoes.
>
> >> I think the canned tomato spectrum runs something like:
>
> >> Whole
> >> Stewed
> >> Crushed
> >> Pureed
> >> Sauce
>
> >> From least to most processed.
>
> >What no "Juice"... *Requires a strainer.
>
> Tomato juice is made from tomato juice concentrate, aka tomato paste.

Crap tomato juice is made like that. Good tomato juice -- like Heinz
from Canada, and several private label brands -- is not.

> Anyone who actually buys tomato juice is an idiot, they're paying a
> premium for containers, water, shipping, and storage when they can be
> buying cans of tomato paste on sale and mixing it with water at
> home... it's exactly the same product.

People who do that have TIAD -- like brokelyn

On Feb 27, 9:55*pm, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Feb 2011 03:21:59 +0000 (UTC), Nad R
>
>
>
>
>
> > wrote:
> >"Pete C." > wrote:
> >> Brooklyn1 wrote:
>
> >>> sf wrote:
>
> >>>> Strained tomatoes, tomato sauce and pureed tomatoes?
> >>>> Are strained tomatoes used any differently from pureed?
>
> >>> Never heard of strained tomatoes... you're a tomato with a strained
> >>> brain... and a 'crushed' cranium.
>
> >> I haven't heard of them either. Possibly a misread of "stewed" tomatoes.
>
> >> I think the canned tomato spectrum runs something like:
>
> >> Whole
> >> Stewed
> >> Crushed
> >> Pureed
> >> Sauce
>
> >> From least to most processed.
>
> >What no "Juice"... *Requires a strainer.
>
> Tomato juice is made from tomato juice concentrate, aka tomato paste.
> Anyone who actually buys tomato juice is an idiot, they're paying a
> premium for containers, water, shipping, and storage when they can be
> buying cans of tomato paste on sale and mixing it with water at
> home... it's exactly the same product. *Um, tomato soup the same.
> Ketchup is made from tomato paste too... read the label... in the
> industry they call it concentrate, paste doesn't sound as palatable.

Yes in the commercial sense it's "tomato paste" but I don't ever buy
tomato paste, I find it bitter and I don't eat a lot of tomato based
foods so it's a waste to me. I like to get a can of tomato juice for
the odd pitcher of Bloody Mary's, I splash a bit in my pot roast, I
buy diced and/or crushed tomatoes for chili and the like, but I don't
find much use for cans of tomato paste. Guess I just don't care for
it. *shrug*

On 2/27/2011 9:44 PM, Pete C. wrote:
>
> Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>
>> sf wrote:
>>>
>>> Strained tomatoes, tomato sauce and pureed tomatoes?
>>> Are strained tomatoes used any differently from pureed?
>>
>> Never heard of strained tomatoes... you're a tomato with a strained
>> brain... and a 'crushed' cranium.
>
> I haven't heard of them either. Possibly a misread of "stewed" tomatoes.
>
> I think the canned tomato spectrum runs something like:
>
> Whole
> Stewed
> Crushed
> Pureed
> Sauce
>
> From least to most processed.

And diced and paste.

Pete C. > wrote:

>Brooklyn1 wrote:

>> sf wrote:

>> >Strained tomatoes, tomato sauce and pureed tomatoes?
>> >Are strained tomatoes used any differently from pureed?

>> Never heard of strained tomatoes... you're a tomato with a strained
>> brain... and a 'crushed' cranium.

>I haven't heard of them either. Possibly a misread of "stewed" tomatoes.

>I think the canned tomato spectrum runs something like:
>
>Whole
>Stewed
>Crushed
>Pureed
>Sauce

>From least to most processed.

There's also diced in additioned to strained.

http://www.vitacost.com/Pomi-Straine...u=024321424208

I do not think they're significantly different from pureed.


Steve

Steve Pope > wrote:
> Pete C. > wrote:
>
>> Brooklyn1 wrote:
>
>>> sf wrote:
>
>>>> Strained tomatoes, tomato sauce and pureed tomatoes?
>>>> Are strained tomatoes used any differently from pureed?
>
>>> Never heard of strained tomatoes... you're a tomato with a strained
>>> brain... and a 'crushed' cranium.
>
>> I haven't heard of them either. Possibly a misread of "stewed" tomatoes.
>
>> I think the canned tomato spectrum runs something like:
>>
>> Whole
>> Stewed
>> Crushed
>> Pureed
>> Sauce
>
>> From least to most processed.
>
> There's also diced in additioned to strained.
>
> http://www.vitacost.com/Pomi-Straine...u=024321424208
>
> I do not think they're significantly different from pureed.
>
>
> Steve

Strained tomatoes does not have seeds or pulp in them. Seeds over time
gives the canned tomatoes a bitter taste. Pureed tomatoes will have the
seeds and pulp in them.

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Enjoy Life... Nad R (Garden in zone 5a Michigan)

Nad R > wrote:
> Steve Pope > wrote:
>> Pete C. > wrote:
>>
>>> Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>
>>>> sf wrote:
>>
>>>>> Strained tomatoes, tomato sauce and pureed tomatoes?
>>>>> Are strained tomatoes used any differently from pureed?
>>
>>>> Never heard of strained tomatoes... you're a tomato with a strained
>>>> brain... and a 'crushed' cranium.
>>
>>> I haven't heard of them either. Possibly a misread of "stewed" tomatoes.
>>
>>> I think the canned tomato spectrum runs something like:
>>>
>>> Whole
>>> Stewed
>>> Crushed
>>> Pureed
>>> Sauce
>>
>>> From least to most processed.
>>
>> There's also diced in additioned to strained.
>>
>> http://www.vitacost.com/Pomi-Straine...u=024321424208
>>
>> I do not think they're significantly different from pureed.
>>
>>
>> Steve
>
> Strained tomatoes does not have seeds or pulp in them. Seeds over time
> gives the canned tomatoes a bitter taste. Pureed tomatoes will have the
> seeds and pulp in them.

A CORRECTION on my part. Seeds and Skins removed... Not pulp.

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Enjoy Life... Nad R (Garden in zone 5a Michigan)

Nad R > wrote:

>Strained tomatoes does not have seeds or pulp in them. Seeds over time
>gives the canned tomatoes a bitter taste. Pureed tomatoes will have the
>seeds and pulp in them.

Right, thanks.

I am the sort who makes tomato sauce using the entire tomato;
I later pick out large segments of skin, but other than that leave
everything in.

(In recent years, we'd been freezing Early Girl tomatos from peak
season and then using them throughout the year to make pasta sauce
and a few other dishes. This works really well.)


Steve

On Mon, 28 Feb 2011 04:38:36 +0000 (UTC), Nad R
> wrote:

> Strained tomatoes does not have seeds or pulp in them. Seeds over time
> gives the canned tomatoes a bitter taste. Pureed tomatoes will have the
> seeds and pulp in them.

I'm not familiar with a commercial pureed tomato product. Would that
be AKA "crushed"?

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On Sun, 27 Feb 2011 20:44:14 -0600, "Pete C." >
wrote:

>
> Brooklyn1 wrote:
> >
> > sf wrote:
> > >
> > >Strained tomatoes, tomato sauce and pureed tomatoes?
> > >Are strained tomatoes used any differently from pureed?
> >
> > Never heard of strained tomatoes... you're a tomato with a strained
> > brain... and a 'crushed' cranium.
>
> I haven't heard of them either. Possibly a misread of "stewed" tomatoes.

I haven't opened the box yet to see. It's Pomi brand, but the picture
on the box looks like it's between crushed and sauce.
>
> I think the canned tomato spectrum runs something like:
>
> Whole
> Stewed
> Crushed
> Pureed
> Sauce
>
> From least to most processed.

Makes sense, thanks.


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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.

Pete C. wrote:

> I haven't heard of them either. Possibly a misread of "stewed" tomatoes.
>
> I think the canned tomato spectrum runs something like:
>
> Whole
> Stewed
> Crushed
> Pureed
> Sauce
>
> From least to most processed.

tomato sauce has other ingredients in it also.
Never heard of "strained" either, but it isn't too hard to imagine what
they are.

"Goomba" > wrote in message
...
> Pete C. wrote:
>
>> I haven't heard of them either. Possibly a misread of "stewed" tomatoes.
>>
>> I think the canned tomato spectrum runs something like:
>>
>> Whole
>> Stewed
>> Crushed
>> Pureed
>> Sauce
>>
>> From least to most processed.
>
> tomato sauce has other ingredients in it also.
> Never heard of "strained" either, but it isn't too hard to imagine what
> they are.

Tomato sauce is cooked.

On Mon, 28 Feb 2011 06:26:09 -0500, "dejablues"
> wrote:

>
>"Goomba" > wrote in message
...
>> Pete C. wrote:
>>
>>> I haven't heard of them either. Possibly a misread of "stewed" tomatoes.
>>>
>>> I think the canned tomato spectrum runs something like:
>>>
>>> Whole
>>> Stewed
>>> Crushed
>>> Pureed
>>> Sauce
>>>
>>> From least to most processed.
>>
>> tomato sauce has other ingredients in it also.
>> Never heard of "strained" either, but it isn't too hard to imagine what
>> they are.
>
>Tomato sauce is cooked.

When you make it at home, but the canned tomato sauce you buy is not
cooked, it's minimally heated. Most all canned/bottled tomato
products are made from tomato concentrate (paste). Commercial tomato
paste is not cooked, it's minimally heated to ensure food safety
during sealing. Tomato paste is made by extracting water under
vacuum... there are web sites that explain the process and how
expensive the machinery. But many food products have their water
removed to save the high cost of transporting, um water. It costs
much less to transport tomato paste and then reconstitute it at the
local distribution centers. Many of those huge sleek refrigerated
stainless steel tanks one sees traveling the interstates/RRs are
filled with tomato paste on their way to local canneries/bottlers.

There are web sites with more detailed explanation of this old topic
that has been discussed here often over many years but I don't have
time today to research once again:
http://www.tomatomachinery.com/1_tomato_mango.html

On Mon, 28 Feb 2011 06:26:09 -0500, "dejablues"
> wrote:

>
> "Goomba" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Pete C. wrote:
> >
> >> I haven't heard of them either. Possibly a misread of "stewed" tomatoes.
> >>
> >> I think the canned tomato spectrum runs something like:
> >>
> >> Whole
> >> Stewed
> >> Crushed
> >> Pureed
> >> Sauce
> >>
> >> From least to most processed.
> >
> > tomato sauce has other ingredients in it also.
> > Never heard of "strained" either, but it isn't too hard to imagine what
> > they are.
>
> Tomato sauce is cooked.
>
I thought all of them were cooked in some degree.

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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.

In article >,
Goomba > wrote:

> Pete C. wrote:
>
> > I haven't heard of them either. Possibly a misread of "stewed" tomatoes.
> >
> > I think the canned tomato spectrum runs something like:
> >
> > Whole
> > Stewed
> > Crushed
> > Pureed
> > Sauce
> >
> > From least to most processed.
>
> tomato sauce has other ingredients in it also.
> Never heard of "strained" either, but it isn't too hard to imagine what
> they are.

I wonder if it just means drained.

--
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Holy Order of the Sacred Sisters of St. Pectina of Jella
"Always in a jam, never in a stew; sometimes in a pickle."
Pepparkakor particulars posted 11-29-2010;
http://web.me.com/barbschaller

In article .com>,
"Pete C." > wrote:

> Brooklyn1 wrote:
> >
> > sf wrote:
> > >
> > >Strained tomatoes, tomato sauce and pureed tomatoes?
> > >Are strained tomatoes used any differently from pureed?
> >
> > Never heard of strained tomatoes... you're a tomato with a strained
> > brain... and a 'crushed' cranium.
>
> I haven't heard of them either. Possibly a misread of "stewed" tomatoes.
>
> I think the canned tomato spectrum runs something like:
>
> Whole
> Stewed
> Crushed
> Pureed
> Sauce
>
> From least to most processed.

You forgot diced and petite diced, Pete. :-) And paste.
--
Barb

Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>
> In article .com>,
> "Pete C." > wrote:
>
> > Brooklyn1 wrote:
> > >
> > > sf wrote:
> > > >
> > > >Strained tomatoes, tomato sauce and pureed tomatoes?
> > > >Are strained tomatoes used any differently from pureed?
> > >
> > > Never heard of strained tomatoes... you're a tomato with a strained
> > > brain... and a 'crushed' cranium.
> >
> > I haven't heard of them either. Possibly a misread of "stewed" tomatoes.
> >
> > I think the canned tomato spectrum runs something like:
> >
> > Whole
> > Stewed
> > Crushed
> > Pureed
> > Sauce
> >
> > From least to most processed.
>
> You forgot diced and petite diced, Pete. :-) And paste.

Whole
Stewed
Diced
Petite diced
Crushed
Pureed
Strained
Sauce
Paste

There are probably still more varieties.

Clueless AOL newbie Sheldon "Pussy" Katz blathered:

>> Strained tomatoes, tomato sauce and pureed tomatoes?
>> Are strained tomatoes used any differently from pureed?
>
> Never heard of strained tomatoes... you're a tomato with a strained
> brain... and a 'crushed' cranium.

So you are ignorant because you've never heard of strained tomatoes, and you
think your ignorance reflects badly on sf? No, it doesn't, it just means
that you're ignorant and a ****head.

Bob

"sf" > wrote in message
...
>
> Strained tomatoes, tomato sauce and pureed tomatoes?
> Are strained tomatoes used any differently from pureed?

Strained tomatoes sound like something you would feed a baby. Except that
babies don't eat tomatoes. I've never heard of them.

The puree is thicker than the sauce.

sf wrote:
>
> Strained tomatoes, tomato sauce and pureed tomatoes?

Texture - How chopped they are.

> Are strained tomatoes used any differently from pureed?

Depends on how exacting you are in your recipes. A lot of the time I am
a "cook it by how it sounds" cook doing impromptu dishes and I don't use
them differently. A good technical chef would use them differently.

On Mon, 28 Feb 2011 19:34:36 +0000 (UTC), Doug Freyburger
> wrote:

> sf wrote:
> >
> > Strained tomatoes, tomato sauce and pureed tomatoes?
>
> Texture - How chopped they are.

Thanks!
>
> > Are strained tomatoes used any differently from pureed?
>
> Depends on how exacting you are in your recipes. A lot of the time I am
> a "cook it by how it sounds" cook doing impromptu dishes and I don't use
> them differently. A good technical chef would use them differently.

Those Pomi strained tomatoes are *expensive*, over $3.50 for the box.
I also bought a can of San Marzano tomatoes that were breathtakingly
expensive too at $4.50, so I will find "special" recipes to use them
in... and not just any old tomato sauce.

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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.

On Feb 28, 4:14*pm, sf > wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Feb 2011 19:34:36 +0000 (UTC), Doug Freyburger
>
> > wrote:
> > sf wrote:
>
> > > Strained tomatoes, tomato sauce and pureed tomatoes?
>
> > Texture - How chopped they are.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
> > > Are strained tomatoes used any differently from pureed?
>
> > Depends on how exacting you are in your recipes. *A lot of the time I am
> > a "cook it by how it sounds" cook doing impromptu dishes and I don't use
> > them differently. *A good technical chef would use them differently.
>
> Those Pomi strained tomatoes are *expensive*, over $3.50 for the box.
> I also bought a can of San Marzano tomatoes that were breathtakingly
> expensive too at $4.50, so I will find "special" recipes to use them
> in... and not just any old tomato sauce.
>
> --
>
> Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.

I had to use some "oh whatever" tomatoes Sat to make tomato soup.
They were nasty and sour. I think I asam not used to so much
difference from one bransd to another, because although I may have a
fave brand, the others are OK, just not quite as good to me.