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Old 06-06-2008, 13:36
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Why is it that in all brands of tinned tomatoes, whether a top brand or cheaper one, they never seem to take the cores out.

If they can go to the trouble of peeling them (which cannot be an easy task) why can't they remove the cores also.

When they are cooked they go into a horrible black/green hard lump.

I can't imagine anyone liking to find these on their plate and I always go to the trouble of searching for and removing them prior to cooking.

There is only one brand I have found to date that actually attempt do this and it is "Morrisons Breakfast Tomatoes".


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Old 06-06-2008, 13:40
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I had some pasta last night using sainsbury's chopped tomato from a carton. The only thing left on the plate was the gnarly bit of core from a tomato.

I couldn't agree more.

It's like sarnie places. I think they only use the sliced off the tops of the tomatoes with the gnarly bit and discard the rest of the tomato. You open a sarnie up and all 4 slices are the tops with the gnarly bit in.
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Old 06-06-2008, 13:47
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Yes I totally agree, they are just as bad in sandwiches.

Nothing worse than a horrible green hard piece of core that they seem to purposely give you.

When will the people who prepare these things take note.
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Old 06-06-2008, 13:53
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Glad it's not just me! I bloody hate them. I always tip out the tomatoes into a bowl and cut of the core at the top with a small sharp knife. I never buy chopped tomatoes for 2 reasons: 1, they always seem to have more core bits and 2, what's the point? Invariably more expensive but tomatoes break down in the pan anyway!
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Old 06-06-2008, 14:06
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Again I have to agree.

I thought recently I would try a more expensive brand like Napolina (42p) as I assumed they would be prepared better. I was wrong as there were more "core bits" in them than Asda's own brand at 21p and there wasn't all that much difference in taste (if any).

Also you are right with not buying the "chopped variety" as the whole plum ones can easily be chopped at the cooking stage.

Thanks for all your replies so far.
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Old 06-06-2008, 14:19
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To be honest I have started using fresh tomatoes I have chopped up myself in pasta. obviously I lop out the gnarly bits myself. I just didn't have any to hand yesterday.
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Old 06-06-2008, 14:30
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Removing the skin can be done by the process they use - probably scoring the skin, then plunging into boiling and cold water, then pressure washed.

To remove the middle bit they'd probably need to export them to Malaysia to get a million workers on 10p per day to core them. They'd still cost nearer £1 a can even if they did that.

I mainly use them in curries and stews cooked in the pressure cooker - which makes every bit of them soft and edible.

My only problem is when I have soime with a breakfast - and it isn't too difficult to cut out the harder bits.
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Old 06-06-2008, 16:20
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Actually I would have thought it is quite easy to remove the cores of tomatoes (especially the tinned chopped ones) as if you cut a plum one in half you can remove the core by a vee-shaped cut either side of it.

As for the plum ones which are to be left whole I've found that an inexpensive potato peeler with a suitably shaped end is quite adequate.
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Old 06-06-2008, 16:36
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Actually I would have thought it is quite easy to remove the cores of tomatoes (especially the tinned chopped ones) as if you cut a plum one in half you can remove the core by a vee-shaped cut either side of it.

As for the plum ones which are to be left whole I've found that an inexpensive potato peeler with a suitably shaped end is quite adequate.
Invent a machine to do that and you will be a millionaire!
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Old 06-06-2008, 17:03
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Invent a machine to do that and you will be a millionaire!
Well that would be great.

Seriously, I have been using a simple potato peeler for years to do this when you want the tomato left whole.

You know the one I mean - it's got an end shaped for taking the "eyes" out of potato's. Just insert either side of the core to a suitably determined depth and the core can be removed relatively easily.

Just put the cheque in the post.
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Old 06-06-2008, 18:47
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I am a little wary of tinned tomatoes at the moment, especially Tesco ones after my sister put some in a bowl and saw what looked like a grain of rice in them; she then realised it was segmented, and in fact was a maggot.

That was a sad day.

Apparently the legal maggot limit in tinned tomatoes is 2.

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Old 06-06-2008, 19:53
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not tinned tomatoes but tomatoe puree in that tin tube thing.

It wasn't coming out so i pressed bit harder and suddenly a core tomotoe thing shot out followed by tons of tomato purree in an arc all over the kitchen.


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Old 06-06-2008, 21:12
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What did it look like...and did you continue to eat.

Are you sure it WAS a core or something else?
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Old 06-06-2008, 21:17
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I can't recall ever having to cut out any part of a tomato before eating it. But I wouldn't class myself as a particularly fussy eater.
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Old 06-06-2008, 21:36
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I take it you eat the core in tomatoes then..?
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