Victor Sack > wrote:
>BOBOBOnoBO® > wrote:
>
>> I do have one question though. You call for "300 g (2 cups) ripe of
>> canned plum tomatoes, chopped,"
>
>"Of" is a typo... should be "or".
>
>> then you say, "Choose ripe, plump and
>> juicy summer tomatoes for this sauce." Which is it? preferably fresh,
>> but if you can't get them, then canned?
>
>Yes, exactly. That said, good canned tomatoes are not really inferior,
>just different, rarely substitutable for fresh ones and vice versa. San

Since they're already skinned, they're a heck of a lot easier
to deal with.

>Marzano ones are universally regarded as superior, but I find that the
>local widely marketed Sonnen-Bassermann brand is nearly as good at a
>third of the price. When the weather is hot, I like to eat refrigerated
>canned tomatoes right out of the can - such juicy, cool goodness...
>Can't really do that with fresh tomatoes.

Sure you can. I often end up eating half of any tomato
I'm slicing.

--Blair