Are you supposed to drain tins of chopped tomatoes when ?

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Just wondering...

I’ve never drained a tin of chopped tomatoes!

No, in fact I rinse them with a little water and add that to whatever I'm cooking to make sure I don't lose any.

Are you meant to? Why?

I never have

I don't.
If I'm doing a stew or casserole or soups i use the whole tin.

It depends if you like the juice or not, but it seems a shame to waste it.

I rinse them with a little water

How do you rinse chopped tomatoes?

Nope.

That would be madness. The juice is half of it.

Never done that. I always rinse out the can with a little water to make sure I get every last scrap of tomato juice!

@watcherintherye

I rinse them with a little water

How do you rinse chopped tomatoes?

Rinse the tin, then you get all the extra bits out.

@watcherintherye

I rinse them with a little water

How do you rinse chopped tomatoes?

I think that poster means that they rinse out the can and pour the rinsing water into the cooking pot before binging/recycling the can.

Of course not.

@watcherintherye

I rinse them with a little water

How do you rinse chopped tomatoes?

I think she means rinseout the can to get the last bits into your pan. I def do that

I do drain them in one recipe - the juice would flood the rest of it. But in stews, soups etc I don't and often add a can of water too.

@watcherintherye

I rinse them with a little water

How do you rinse chopped tomatoes?

As others have said, presumably rinses the tin not the tomatoes. I do the same, albeit with red wine

Binning not binging the can! I’ve just spotted my typo

I saw in a cook book once to drain them a little. It was for making a thick pizza ragu. I personally never bothered.

No

@watcherintherye

I rinse them with a little water

How do you rinse chopped tomatoes?

I meant that I rinse out the tin!

The only time I've ever drained them was to make a salsa when my fresh tomatoes weren't ripe enough.

Re rinsing the tin: I usually put a teaspoon of vegetable bouillon powder, tomato purée and any herbs I'm using in the tin, add a little boiling water & swirl, add to pan, then rinse with a little more boiling water (I learnt the hard way not to fill the tin with boiling water and then pick it up - obviously the tin gets very hot! )