On Tue, 9 Jun 2015 22:55:18 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>I am not sure what this means but they often seem to use this term on the TV
>show, Chopped. Usually in reference to tomatoes. Tonight it was about
>tomato soup. They always say that it should have been cooked longer to get
>the taste out.
>
>Now maybe it's because I grew up eating a lot of canned food but I just
>don't get it.

Tinned food *does* have a particular taste, it's not something I lose
sleep over though. I do use tinned tomatoes sometimes, usually in Spag
Bol, and any 'tinned' taste seems to dissipate or be dominated by the
other flavours.

In fact, I really like tinned peas and asparagus, even though I also
love the fresh version of both. And I can't seem to cook chick
peas/garbanzo beans as well as the tinned version.
Hmm, I haven't made houmous for quite a while, might have to do
something about that.