Victor Sack wrote:
I explicitly mentioned the San Marzano tomatoes as canned.
Commercially. They are fairly ubiquitous in good groceries around the
world. They are always explicitly labelled San Marzano, with the DOP
(Denominazione di Origine Protetta - Protected Designation of Origin)
label and generally cost a lot more than most any other tomatoes.

Regular tomatoes are about $1.50/28-oz can, San Marzanos
run 3 to 5 dollars. And, as I've said, they're tasty,
but only about as tasty as a good can of the regular ones,
even store-brand.

Worth trying on a splurge, not really worth going out of
the way for.

--Blair