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Old Jan 10, 2021 | 4:43 pm
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Originally Posted by YVR Cockroach
You will see "San Marzano style" as a descriptor by imitators, much as you see "method champenois" for sparkling wines that are not Champagne, or "Serrano style".for ham that isn't authentic Serrano.
Agreed on “style” plus as a brand name ... of tomatoes made in USA. Lol.

Originally Posted by YVR Cockroach
I'm hoping the Italians don't gas their tomatoes with ethylene to get them to turn colour (hope that isn't permitted under San Marzano DOP, or better yet, Italian or preferably E.U. laws). The hard, tasteless but red and perfect tomatoes one gets in N. American supermarkets may be a result of ethylene gassing , or breeding, or both.
I’ll buy organic diced for making mexican rice and yes, there’s risk that it’s not safest but still not horrid.
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