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.
>>
>
> Yep. We even make our own tomato juice from paste now (we buy paste with
> no spices), since the day we noticed that all the tomato juice we were
> buying was from concentrate anyway.
>
> Serene
>
I'm sure others add to it, but for those that didn't think to, you can
also add things like garlic powder, onion powder, celery salt, or even
other juices. Be creative. For example, I love Clamato juice, but hate
the amount of sodium in it, so adding clam juice to home made tomato
juice (tomato paste at a ratio of about 1 6oz can to 26 oz water) with a
few spices works well for me.
Bob