Still Searching
by: Ciaotebaldi
What I've discovered is they are all inconsistent. I have tried Hunts, cento, red pack, real San Marzano (with dop and the other seal) canned tomatoes and probably a bunch I can't remember. At one point, red pack won. Others like Hunts were "in the hunt! but every once in a while, my sauce came out drab tasting. I started tasting the tomatoes before I made the sauce. If I found one that didn't taste good enough, I'd use it for salsa or freeze it. Most of the time I threw it out. The above tomatoes were all consistent for a time. Good years for tomatoes may be the same as wine grapes. The true San Marzano elongated tomato even on a bad day, doesn't make a bad sauce. Look for the labels though. Don't buy crushed or the round. I'm not saying their bad, but the elongated appear to be most consistent to me up to now. Hey, It costs a lot for a good sauce. Use the best you can afford. Good food is always appreciated. From now on, when I get a canned tomato that doesn't taste right, I'm bringing it back.