On Fri, 19 Aug 2011 07:31:51 -0400, Jim Elbrecht >
wrote:

>"Kent" > wrote:
>
>>
>>"gloria.p" > wrote in message
>-snip-
>>>
>>> What volume of sauce do you get from the 24 lbs?
>>>
>>> gloria p
>>>
>>>
>>That's an easy question that has multiple answers. It depends on how much
>>you want to reduce the tomatoes.
>
>And what kind of tomatoes you have-- which I guess is the same as how
>much reducing is needed. A Roma style tomato can give you a
>50%[?] more sauce than a bucket of slicing tomatoes.
>
>I haven't canned sauce in years-- but I'm giving Kent's 'roast 'em
>first' trick a run as soon as my Polish Linguisa'a are ready. They
>aren't showing any sign of color.
>
>Jim
Check out Alton Brown's recipe for reducing the tomatoes for sauce.
The Sauce recipe is pretty good too.
--
Susan N.

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