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Default Are you buying fake San Marzano tomatoes???

On Aug 17, 6:44*pm, notbob > wrote:
> On 2011-08-18, Goomba > wrote:
>
> > I paid $3.99/32 oz can at the military commissary for the real McCoys.
> > The fakes were $2<something>

>
> The question to you, is, which is better. *
>
> I've seen too many chefs with the means and wherewithall to afford/buy
> the real deal say it's all nonsense. *That quality fresh canned
> tomatoes in the US are as good as anything from Italy. *I'm certainly
> not paying dbl fer a freakin' canned tomato.
>
> nb


I have done a side by side comparison in the past. The San
Marzano's won hands down.