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Default Tomatoes - faulty measurements?

On 2/25/2021 1:04 PM, Lenona wrote:
>>> 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!
>>>
>>> How can there be more than six?

>> How big were those tomatoes when they came out of the can? How many were there?
>>

>
> Um, as I said, some were already diced and some were crushed. Before being canned.
>


Lenona, next time buy one 28oz can of whole tomatoes. You can chop them
up yourself but count them first. You'll notice the canned tomatoes are
very small ones. Not much bigger than a golf ball. I can see how 10
might fit in a 28oz can.