Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>
> In article .com>,
> "Pete C." > wrote:
>
> > Brooklyn1 wrote:
> > >
> > > sf wrote:
> > > >
> > > >Strained tomatoes, tomato sauce and pureed tomatoes?
> > > >Are strained tomatoes used any differently from pureed?
> > >
> > > Never heard of strained tomatoes... you're a tomato with a strained
> > > brain... and a 'crushed' cranium.
> >
> > I haven't heard of them either. Possibly a misread of "stewed" tomatoes.
> >
> > I think the canned tomato spectrum runs something like:
> >
> > Whole
> > Stewed
> > Crushed
> > Pureed
> > Sauce
> >
> > From least to most processed.
>
> You forgot diced and petite diced, Pete. :-) And paste.

Whole
Stewed
Diced
Petite diced
Crushed
Pureed
Strained
Sauce
Paste

There are probably still more varieties.