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Default Are you buying fake San Marzano tomatoes???

Il 18/08/2011 18:37, jmcquown ha scritto:

> IIRC the US (it wasn't the US yet) introduced tomatoes to Italy and
> hence introduced tomatoes to Italian cuisine. I'm thinking Christopher
> Columbus.




He brougth tomatoes to europe and they got used as decorative plants.
Then someone had a bite and they became food, but it took a century or
alike. Then, in Italy tomatoes grew so well that they spread all over,
and the weather and soil contributed to the birth of some very special
strains as san marzano, pachino, roma and many other local varieties.
It's like if a "raw" vegetable from the new world got to the old world
and evolved there. And it didn't happen in Sweden, by the way... But
what about all those strains of tomatoes who never made their way to
Europe, isn't there something new and interesting there also? I bet a
car wheel that something is boiling under the lid, discovery and
re-discovery of old or ancient varieties is a consolidated trend now and
you, there, have the oldest strains ever of tomato. I'm positive
someone's working on that
North America offers a lot of temperate areas who can be similar to
Italy, mediterranean influx apart (which however doesn't cover the whole
nation).

> Might even go as far back as Marco Polo (who introduced pasta
> to Italy from China).


Make lasagna instead! LOL
[a proud northerner]

> I'm sure not buying imported canned tomatoes when
> I can buy the same thing that is grown and canned locally.


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