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Default Are you buying fake San Marzano tomatoes???

notbob wrote:
>Goomba wrote:
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>> I paid $3.99/32 oz can at the military commissary for the real McCoys.
>> The fakes were $2<something>

>
>The question to you, is, which is better.
>
>I've seen too many chefs with the means and wherewithall to afford/buy
>the real deal say it's all nonsense. That quality fresh canned
>tomatoes in the US are as good as anything from Italy. I'm certainly
>not paying dbl fer a freakin' canned tomato.


I've found the tomatoes canned in the US better than those canned in
Italy, they taste better, look better, and are half the price... there
are certainly some foods imported from Italy that are better than
their US counterparts but not tomatoes.