"Mike Lyle" wrote in message
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Peter Stockdale wrote:
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We are now in the ripened glut situation here at Nanneys Bridge.
Much being converted to soup and then into in to the freezer.
We did try tomato sauce once but it was a dead loss.

Ah, you're talking to the former store-sauce-and chutney prince of
West Wales. In what way a dead loss?

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Mike.

AFAICR it wouldn't thicken up - ended up more like a weak tomato juice.
ISTR that tomato puree was an ingredient in the recipe - bit of a cheat
AFAIAC.
My " chef du range" does a super soup though !!

Pete
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