On 2/25/2021 12:00 PM, Lenona wrote:
> I made about a gallon of spaghetti sauce last night and I'd say it tasted very good. Just the right amount of pepper, for one thing.
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> The recipe called for 18 tomatoes. I only had cans of diced and crushed tomatoes.
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> Here's the weird part. When I googled, it said that there are two large or three medium tomatoes per pound, which certainly sounds right. But...when I asked how many tomatoes are in a 28-oz. CAN, it said...TEN tomatoes!
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> How can there be more than six?

Contadina used to advertise "Eight Great Tomatoes in That Little Bitty Can"

They are talking about factory grown fruits and probably water somewhat
removed. Tomatoes vary from grape size to the big beefsteaks.

In Italy I spent time in the Pompeii region and they have acres of
tomatoes growing in tented fields. Veru colorful with the green leaves
and red fruits. They are an elongated types of tomato, not the balls in
most of our gardens.