Nancy Young wrote on 31 Oct 2006 in rec.food.cooking

> Sounds good to me, although usually I don't put tomato in stew.
> Don't they cook down?
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No not really, But I only put them in stews in the last 20 minutes of
simmering or so. I've braised using them as an ingredient and a few broke
(err minor exploded), but not that many.