"Brooklyn1" <Gravesend1> wrote in message
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> notbob wrote:
>>Goomba wrote:
>>
>>> 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.


IIRC the US (it wasn't the US yet) introduced tomatoes to Italy and hence
introduced tomatoes to Italian cuisine. I'm thinking Christopher Columbus.
Might even go as far back as Marco Polo (who introduced pasta to Italy from
China). I'm sure not buying imported canned tomatoes when I can buy the
same thing that is grown and canned locally.

Jill