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Default tomato paste vs tomato sauce

In article >,
thudpucker > wrote:

> 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.


Leftover tomato paste in a can freezes just fine. There is no reason at
all to waste it!
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