Store bought canned tomatoes

[Gonna Smoke]

Since I'm about out of my home canned tomatoes, I'm going to have to resort to other sources. Does anyone use the San Marzano canned tomatoes? If so, are they worth the premium price and can you really taste the difference? What would you use them in?

I've never tried them and was just wondering what the SMF collective thinks.

 

[cansmoke]

San Marzano are best canned tomatoes

 

[tropics]

I have grown my own and made some really good sauce, that I did can
Richie

 

[TuckersBarbeque]

Good eye. San Marzano are the top of the line in canned tomatoes in my opinion. You have to be really really good on your own to beat them.

 

[Steve H]

Best out there IMHO.

 

[wild west]

I think there are some members here that use the San marzanos grown in California. As good or better quality but less spendy. I'm sure they will chime in if they see this. I've grown my own but wasn't happy with the quality Maybe too cold climate here on the prairies.

 

[SmokinAl]

We use them in everything that calls for tomato’s, they are the best out there.
Al

 

[Gonna Smoke]

I think there are some members here that use the San marzanos grown in California. As good or better quality but less spendy. I'm sure they will chime in if they see this. I've grown my own but wasn't happy with the quality Maybe too cold climate here on the prairies.

So the ones I've seen that are grown stateside are labeled San Marzano Style tomatoes. Are they the same? To call them San Marzano, do they have to be grown in Italy?

 

[Hamdrew]

yep. i get the ones grown in california, theyre very good for canned tomatoes

 

[sandyut]

Like other have said - yes. those absolutely are the best canned tomatoes. I get what they have...they dont always have one brand here...

 

[Wurstmeister]

To reduce costs, I generally buy all of my canned tomatoes in 6lb #10 cans regardless of type or style and place the remainder into glass mason jars with twist off lids. There is ~ 3 qt. of tomatoes per can with salted juice. I can add more tomatoes to my recipe & find uses for the leftovers.

 

[Gonna Smoke]

To reduce costs, I generally buy all of my canned tomatoes in 6lb #10 cans regardless of type or style and place the remainder into glass mason jars with twist off lids. There is ~ 3 qt. of tomatoes per can with salted juice. I can add more tomatoes to my recipe & find uses for the leftovers.

I never seem to have any problems using tomatoes. That's why I'm about out of my own canned ones...

 

[motocrash]

I made chili a while ago and the recipe called for these by name. I thought they were very good and have used them since.
$1.35 at my local Walmart.

 

[Gonna Smoke]

I made chili a while ago and the recipe called for these by name. I thought they were very good and have used them since.
$1.35 at my local Walmart.
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Heck, that's a lot better price than the $3.24/can for the same size Cento San Marzano at my local Walmart. There again, I've noticed that those tomatoes grown/canned here in the USA are labeled Italian Style. Interesting.....

 

[Gonna Smoke]

I made chili a while ago and the recipe called for these by name. I thought they were very good and have used them since.
$1.35 at my local Walmart.
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Well after a quick search using Brickseek, only style sold locally are crushed and pureed, both with basil and out of stock anywhere nearby.....

 

[noboundaries]

I live outside Sacramento, CA. Since it is so close to the HUGE tomato growing region in Central CA, it had the nickname SacOtomatoes, but I haven't heard anyone call it that in a while.

I've tried a lot of varieties of canned tomatoes, including the San Marzanos. The taste difference wasn't worth the price to me. My wife is a super taster and could not tell the difference

I believe it was ChefJJ who recently posted that most of the San Marzanos canned in Italy are actually grown in CA's Central Valley. Consequently, my location may have an influence on the generic canned tomatoes. They're the same dang thing!

 

[Bearcarver]

I just started using Canned Tomatoes since this Pandemic started.
I found the "San Marzano" to be the best, but for me it's more important to get the ones that are low in Sodium than the Name Brand.
I've used them on Burgers & on BLTs.
Here are some BLTs I made with them:
blts-with-canned-tomatoes-experiment.300627

BTW: I get them from Walmart's Web Site.
Free Delivery, if you get over $35 worth of products.

Bear

 

[Braz]

I made chili a while ago and the recipe called for these by name. I thought they were very good and have used them since.
$1.35 at my local Walmart.
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Tuttorosso is a Red Gold brand. They also make their own brand along with many other house brand labels. They are located about 20 miles from me and they have a factory outlet store where they sell case quantities of all their tomato products for cheap money. We make at least a couple of trips every year.

 

[chef jimmyj]

I believe it was ChefJJ who recently posted that most of the San Marzanos canned in Italy are actually grown in CA's Central Valley

That was Forktender, post #22, in the thread linked below.
The other two links discuss CentoCertified being Ligit...JJ

The unoffical SMF marinara/gravy thread

A quick Google search distinguishes between no meat (sauce) and added meat (gravy) as terms used in New York and the East Coast. Apparently, it became gravy after immigrants moved to America. I don't recall my Calabrian born grandparents who lived near the East Coast ever calling their sauce...

www.smokingmeatforums.com

https://www.cento.com/san-marzano-truth.php

Did You Know Your Canned San Marzano May be Fake?

Did you know that 95 percent of canned San Marzano tomatoes are considered fake? Find out how to spot the real thing in the store.

www.google.com

 

[noboundaries]

That was Forktender, post #22, in the thread linked below.

My apologies, sir.