How to Shop For and Cook With Canned Tomato Products



Ingredient expert Jack Bishop gives a primer on tomato products.

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  2. These are literally the worst brands
    For the past 2 years I've tried every single canned tomato product and made notes about every single one from pure garbage to the most expensive imports
    Hunts, SM, and muir glen are the absolute fking worst, maybe 2 points above dollar store back-warehouse trash but these are so truly awful I wouldn't use them in any recipe
    ATK is insane to call these the "best", they're not even passable

  3. Currently standing in the grocery store, looking at the side of a can: The Muir Glen whole peeled tomatoes (organic) has calcium chloride as an ingredient (appears to contradict what he’s saying).

    Perhaps the whole tomatoes have “less” calcium chloride than diced?

  4. I can't believe you have Muir Glen as a top choice. Cento is far better. And Hunts? You must pick these based on advertising support. Even Sun Gold is better than Hunts. I now am truly starting to doubt your tasting picks.

  5. I miss Hunt's tomato juice in a can. Now to get it, I have to buy several cans of Hunt's whole tomatoes, and strain off the delicious tomato juice. To recreate the same flavor of several old family recipes, I have to use Hunt's! I grew up with Hunt's; I still love Hunt's.

  6. why don't they do this type of thing anymore on this show? where are the taste tests? where are the kitchen gadget stuff? now, all I see is like 2 recipeis then a woman comes on and tells us some boring history of stuffing. I mean she's a nice lady, but I'd rather have it the way they used to do it with both the sort of blind taste tests and the gadget reviews in the same show.

  7. Seriously, after watching Jack Bishop in "the tasting lab", I feel like I've attended a high end culinary class. Obviously, he's done the research well in advance of presenting it on ATK, and for the home cook, it's highly valued info.

  8. I just wish I could find whole tomatoes in smaller cans. I don't need 28 ounces now that my kids are gone. I end up defaulting to crushed because I'm not fond of the firming in the diced. I didn't realize I was giving up fresh taste. Perhaps I'll try freezing half of the whole tomatoes for use later.

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