On Aug 18, 12:37*pm, "jmcquown" > wrote:
> "Brooklyn1" <Gravesend1> wrote in message
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> > notbob wrote:
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> >>> I paid $3.99/32 oz can at the military commissary for the real McCoys..
> >>> The fakes were $2<something>
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> >>The question to you, is, which is better.
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> >>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.
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> > I've found the tomatoes canned in the US better than those canned in
> > Italy, they taste better, look better, and are half the price... there
> > are certainly some foods imported from Italy that are better than
> > their US counterparts but not tomatoes.
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> 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.
> Might even go as far back as Marco Polo (who introduced pasta to Italy from
> China). * 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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> Jill

Cento sells canned Italian plum tomatoes and at a higher price, canned
San Marzano plum tomatoes. Do your own taste test and see. There's no
doubt that they are different; whether you prefer that difference is
naturally a matter of taste. They are grown in the volcanic soil near
Vesuvius, and are also genetically different.

Jerry
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