On Mon, 04 May 2009 13:46:28 -0700, Serene Vannoy
> wrote:

>James Silverton wrote:
>> wrote on Mon, 4 May 2009 12:36:26 -0700 (PDT):
>>
>>> Thanks
>>> I looked on the label of a small can of tomato sauce, and I noticed
>>> that the main ingredient was tomato paste. So would you be better off
>>> just buying paste, and adding liquid to it? or would it not make
>>> muchdifference. I have been a label reader for forty years, and
>>> cannotbelieve that I never noticed this before.
>>
>> It's just a matter of convenience. There's less bother if a brand of
>> sauce pleases you but you might start with the paste if you intend to
>> add your own herbs etc.

Dang, I didn't know that. I just tossed out the better part of a can
of tomato paste after using a couple tablespoons to thicken a sauce.

Never again.