Jke wrote:

>
> "biig" > schreef in bericht
> ...
> >
> > I made a pot of the Beef Barley Soup that was posted here last
> > week. I didn't have whole canned tomatoes, so substituted a can of
> > crushed. The soup was waaaay too tomatoey. Is there that much
> > difference in the tomato content? I added more beef broth and lots
> > of sliced cabbage and that helped, but it still had too much tomato
> > flavour for my taste. Anyone??
> >
> > Thanks......Sharon
>
> In my part of the world, those 2 kinds of canned tomatoes ARE
> different. The calorie count is different (crushed is higher), which
> leads me to suspect there's less juice and more solids in a can of
> crushed tomatoes.

Whole tomatoes are typically packed in tomato juice, crushed tomatoes
in "puree", actually reconstituted tomato paste.



Brian

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