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Tomato Tomato is one of the most popular vegetables used worldwide, especially in the Italian, Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cuisine. It comes in many colors such as green, orange and yellow but the most common color is red. Tomatoes are eaten raw, in salads, or cooked in various dishes. They are a basic ingredient for tomato based sauces, the famous gazpacho soup and ketchup. Tomatoes are available worldwide, fresh or canned. They can also be found in different forms such as tomato paste, tomato puree and tomato juice. Tips about TomatoTomatoes - Improving the flavour of canned juice You
can improve the flavour of canned tomato juice by placing it in a
container, adding a chopped celery and green onion and refrigerating
for at least 3 hours Tomato based pasta sauces For extra flavour in tomato based pasta sauces add 1 or 2 tablespoons of tomato ketchup. Easy tomato peeling Put tomatoes in hot water for 30 seconds. Remove
from hot water and cool under cold water. Remove stems and peel off the skins. Eating tomatoes to prevent prostate cancer Eating tomatoes, especially cooked, in tomato based sauces for example, can prevent prostate cancer. This is due to the fact that tomatoes contain a substance called lycopene, one of the most powerful antioxidants.
Making tomato shells (for stuffed tomatoes) Cut the top off of the tomato (about 1/3 of an inch) and using a spoon scoop out the pulp. |