Topic: URGENT questia for MATT: can I use San Marzano tomatoes instead of normal plum tomatoes in a recipe?

cccuuunnttt !RwordOooFE started this discussion 7 years ago #78,433

Thanks.

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cccuuunnttt !RwordOooFE (OP) double-posted this 7 years ago, 5 minutes later[^] [v] #915,860

Or perhaps the more important question - should I???

Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 25 minutes later, 31 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #915,865

Use tomatoes from your grocery store, thanks.

Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 5 minutes later, 36 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #915,866

No you can't you will literally be executed by italian special forces for trying to do so.

Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 58 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #915,875

cooking is not ABOUT FOLLOWING RECIPES

Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 3 hours later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #915,901

*Monsanto

Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 17 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #915,903

No. Never used canned anything. Fresh only.

Anonymous G joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 2 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #915,904

@previous (F)
Are they always canned in the US? Can you not buy them like this?

Anonymous F replied with this 7 years ago, 8 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #915,905

Becky, I may have misunderstood. If the San Marzano are FRESH, then yes you can.

Anonymous F double-posted this 7 years ago, 15 seconds later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #915,906

@915,904 (G)
Mistake: I see what she meant now.

Syntax joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 20 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #916,132

https://www.bonappetit.com/story/canned-tomatoes-are-better-than-fresh-ones

That's right: 99% of the time, canned tomatoes are better than fresh. That’s the truth.

Also If one were to compare a Fresh Ripe Whole Tomato to a Canned Tomato

Canned tomatoes offer something that fresh can't. Tomatoes are preserved using heat, which releases lycopene—a carotenoid that may help prevent prostate and breast cancer

Anonymous I joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 58 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #916,156

@previous (Syntax)
Are you suggesting Matt doesn't know what he's talking about?

Syntax replied with this 7 years ago, 25 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #916,159

@previous (I)
His resume says he attended a cooking school that taught him a few things. Clearly he spent his time in study of anything other than what the school taught. I suspect he did learn that profession wood only allow him to flip burgers at MCD's.

Locally a Pizza place that I have yet to visit advertises they use San Marzano tomatoes - This however gives one pause to wonder
https://www.tastecooking.com/fake-rolex-canned-tomatoes/

Cans I have in pantry are labeled Made In Italy.

Anonymous G replied with this 7 years ago, 11 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #916,163

@916,132 (Syntax)
Lycopene is released when you cook tomatoes full-stop, whether they're canned or fresh. Right? And if you aren't gonna be cooking them, fuck canned tomatoes.

Syntax replied with this 7 years ago, 7 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #916,169

@previous (G)
Yea and consider I did carefully say
"Tomatoes are preserved using heat, which releases lycopene—a carotenoid that may help prevent prostate and breast cancer"

This really is a matter of what is basically wrong with store bought tomatoes. They are grown for shipping and the farmers have breed out all the great tomato taste in favor of shipping characteristics. So a tomato that has most of what you want can only come from a Can UNLESS you have a source of locally grown special tomatoes - Around here people grow them in back yards and have signs to sell them and even a few special markets offer vine grown tomatoes but most of the vine grown just do not have the acid balance one wants -

So in theory a Great Can of Great tomatoes will beat wot one can normally buy in a supermarket

Minichan