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You know what's actually better and often cheaper (unless you're billing your own time for it): buying basics and making your own! Here's a good essay on the b

You know what's actually better and often cheaper (unless you're billing your own time for it): buying basics and making your own! Here's a good essay on the broad topic "Fight Back with Real Tomato Sauce": https://sue.coulstock.id.au/fight-back-with-real-tomato-sauce/ https://sue.coulstock.id.au/fight-back-with-real-tomato-sauc...

BenFranklin100 3y ago
I make my own tomato sauce. Super easy and freezes well. Tastes better too. There’s also plenty of non-sugary options at the supermarket if you’re pressed for time.
- lacrimacida 3y ago
  Where do you get good tasting tomatoes though? It’d become increasingly hard and expensive pursuit in the US for example, not sure where you get yours.
  - BenFranklin100 3y ago
    Canned work great. In fact, most Italian cookbooks recommend canned. I like Cento and it’s found in most grocery stores.
  - kibwen 3y ago
    Try farmer's markets (you can find these even in urban areas if you know where to look, e.g. Boston's Haymarket) or a food co-op.
analog31 3y ago
In the US, there are plenty of canned tomato products -- sauce, crushed, puree, whole -- that are pretty much just tomatoes. I find that it's hard to beat canned tomatoes, because the fresh tomatoes available at the supermarket are cardboard. The canned sauces can be canned close to where they're picked, and thus don't have to be optimized for transportation and storage. And they're convenient. Like the article says, the glass jar stuff is loaded with sugar. Of course I still enjoy fresh tomatoes from my garden every summer, but am not too disappointed if I don't get enough to freeze or can.
- gnicholas 3y ago
  Pretty much just tomatoes, and then loads of salt. I have to hunt around to find some that don’t have 20% of my daily sodium, per serving. It’s fine to eat 20% in one serving of a meal, but tomatoes are always accompanied by other stuff, including ingredients that are always salty, like cheese.
  - analog31 3y ago
    Fortunately our supermarket has sufficient number of no-salt selections.
- patmorgan23 3y ago
  The tomatoes in your super market where bread for their appearance, like a rose, not their taste. Heirloom tomatoes will always taste much better.
dumpsterdiver 3y ago
Let's also keep in mind that the folks who are notoriously exposed to sugar also happen to be poor, and those folks may not have the time to prepare meals that they otherwise could if they weren't poor. I grew up in a relatively poor family (five boys, single mom most of the time), and my mom spent a lot of her time struggling with her own issues. She can still cook a mean lasagna, but those dinners were tempered by macaroni and hotdog slices (which I love, btw, and still make). Ketchup (edit: and single packaged cheese) on toast? Yes please!
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BenFranklin100 3y ago

I make my own tomato sauce. Super easy and freezes well. Tastes better too. There’s also plenty of non-sugary options at the supermarket if you’re pressed for time.

lacrimacida 3y ago
Where do you get good tasting tomatoes though? It’d become increasingly hard and expensive pursuit in the US for example, not sure where you get yours.
- BenFranklin100 3y ago
  Canned work great. In fact, most Italian cookbooks recommend canned. I like Cento and it’s found in most grocery stores.
- kibwen 3y ago
  Try farmer's markets (you can find these even in urban areas if you know where to look, e.g. Boston's Haymarket) or a food co-op.

analog31 3y ago

In the US, there are plenty of canned tomato products -- sauce, crushed, puree, whole -- that are pretty much just tomatoes. I find that it's hard to beat canned tomatoes, because the fresh tomatoes available at the supermarket are cardboard. The canned sauces can be canned close to where they're picked, and thus don't have to be optimized for transportation and storage. And they're convenient. Like the article says, the glass jar stuff is loaded with sugar. Of course I still enjoy fresh tomatoes from my garden every summer, but am not too disappointed if I don't get enough to freeze or can.

gnicholas 3y ago
Pretty much just tomatoes, and then loads of salt. I have to hunt around to find some that don’t have 20% of my daily sodium, per serving. It’s fine to eat 20% in one serving of a meal, but tomatoes are always accompanied by other stuff, including ingredients that are always salty, like cheese.
- analog31 3y ago
  Fortunately our supermarket has sufficient number of no-salt selections.
patmorgan23 3y ago
The tomatoes in your super market where bread for their appearance, like a rose, not their taste. Heirloom tomatoes will always taste much better.

dumpsterdiver 3y ago

Let's also keep in mind that the folks who are notoriously exposed to sugar also happen to be poor, and those folks may not have the time to prepare meals that they otherwise could if they weren't poor. I grew up in a relatively poor family (five boys, single mom most of the time), and my mom spent a lot of her time struggling with her own issues. She can still cook a mean lasagna, but those dinners were tempered by macaroni and hotdog slices (which I love, btw, and still make). Ketchup (edit: and single packaged cheese) on toast? Yes please!

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