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Tinned tomatoes 🍅

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smurfette11 · 29/07/2023 22:04

Settle an argument at home.

YANBU it doesn't matter which tinned tomatoes you buy they all taste the same and the trick is to cook them properly and drain off the watery stuff

YABU premium brands are so much better And have more pulp

OP posts:
Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 29/07/2023 22:17

I see Mutti are more than double the price of own brand! Wow. They'd have to be out of this world for me to spend that much on them.

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 29/07/2023 22:15

I've never bought expensive tinned tomatoes. I mostly get Ocado own brand Italian chopped tomatoes, currently priced at 60p for 400g and rated 4.5 stars out of 5, which is high for that site. I find them absolutely fine, and have never in fact had any issues with Sainsbury's, Tesco or Waitrose equivalents in the past.

SausageinaBun · 29/07/2023 22:15

I like Cirio - their chopped tomatoes are really thick, nothing to drain off.

ThePoshUns · 29/07/2023 22:14

Mutti or Lidl 'polpi'

Takacupokindnessyet · 29/07/2023 22:13

Cheaper tins are more like to be not quite ripe, have some skin still on and a watery juice, so you end up needing to use more tins.

Mistymist · 29/07/2023 22:13

Mutti!

Work2live · 29/07/2023 22:11

I came on specifically to mention Mutti, regardless of the content of the thread.

I see others already got there before me. As you were.

DannyLaRuesBestFrock · 29/07/2023 22:11

I've put yanbu, but upon reflection, I've never bought an expensive brand.

I do use tinned toms a fair bit, and I always like my cooking lol.

Maybe I will have to try this Mutti you speak of.

IaltagDhubh · 29/07/2023 22:10

lapisamethyst · 29/07/2023 22:08

You get what you pay for with tinned tomatoes
Mutti are lovely.

Definitely this. The cheap ones are nowhere near as good and usually full of big chunks of skin which is like chewing on plastic.

Twothousandandjustonemore · 29/07/2023 22:10

Add a bit of sugar into cheap tomatoes and it improves the taste by taking the bitterness out. If you slow simmer it gives the dish more depth anyway so yes, cheap tomatoes are fine.

DustyMaiden · 29/07/2023 22:10

I find cheaper ones taste metallic.

Wallabyone · 29/07/2023 22:09

Premium brands are better-Mutti is also my favourite!

TwelfthGiraffe · 29/07/2023 22:09

I agree with the post above - you pretty much get what you pay for.

lapisamethyst · 29/07/2023 22:08

You get what you pay for with tinned tomatoes
Mutti are lovely.