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On one hand the tube costs three times as much. On the other hand it has the handy cap so you can store it longer. Which wins?

>> No.18997926

The tube stuff is generally better quality. The stuff in the cans tastes like...cans.

>> No.18998153

>>18997918
can wins every time. take the leftover paste from your can and transfer it to a small 1-2oz plastic container, the sort of thing they sell at the grocery store for holding the sauce for your bento or lunch bag, e.g.
https://www.randalls.com/shop/product-details.970026029.html

>> No.18998546

>>18997926
That's why you cook it in oil to get rid of the metal taste

>> No.18998627

Both, I use a can if I'm making something that needs a lot and I keep a tube in the fridge for when I only need a bit at a time.

>> No.18998638

I took the tube pill. No one likes seeing a can of open tomato paste in plastic wrap in the fridge and people will toss it out thinking it's old.

>> No.18998843

>>18997918
Freeze what you don't need.

>> No.18998862

>>18997918
I'm undecided on this issue. Most recently I purchased the can, froze the contents in ~1 tbsp increments using an ice cube tray and then transferred the cubes to a freezer bag. This was a giant fucking hassle and occupies a non-negligible amount of space in my freezer since the cubes need to lay flat. However, the can cost like a buck, and I don't like to waste food. I would say this is preferable to paying 3X as much for the tube, but now with a little googling I see there are people whose tubes last several months in the fridge. So I dunno, maybe I'll buy the tube next time and chalk up the extra cost to time savings + the cost of using a heavy freezer bag to store the frozen cubes.

>> No.18998869

>>18997918
>Which wins?
Glass jars with a lid.

>> No.18998916

>>18997918
The can. Get one of the can openers that makes a smooth edge and doesn't distort the lid, allowing you to just place the lid back on nicely and store it away.

>> No.18998925

I fling tablespoons of leftover tomato paste in a ziploc, so theyre easily separated then freeze

>> No.18998926

>>18997918
I use tomato paste in the can a lot so I found this method of placing whatever is left over inside of a freezer safe ziplock bag, flattening it a bit, and softly dividing it over the bag into even squares. One small can lasted me 3 months because I preserved it, when usually it would just go moldy sitting in the can in the fridge. I use it for creamy pasta dishes so I never noticed a difference.

>> No.18998928
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>>18998925
Like so.

>> No.18998936

>>18997918
i'm not going to use tomato paste more than once a month, i'll use what i need from the can and toss the rest

>> No.18998941

>>18998936
Wasteful/10

>> No.18998948
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18998948

i present to you the humble jar
you can also freeze it

>> No.18998957

>>18998869
>>18998948
This doesn't solve any of the problems. Tomato paste from a can be transferred to an airtight container in which it will last as long as in a glass jar (weeks, maybe a month). Alternatively, you can take the stuff from the jar and freeze it, but you can do that with the canned stuff as well. And if you freeze it you're going to incur time and material costs. If paste in a tube truly lasts a few months without going bad then I think it's preferable even if it costs more because you don't have to spend time freezing it, or paying for freezer-safe bags and parchment paper etc. I'd like to hear from someone who uses the tubes: how long does it really keep in the fridge?

>> No.18998969

>>18998957
>130 grams
>lasts a few months without going bad
Do you practice homeopathy?

>> No.18998982

>>18998969
Are you making fun of me for entertaining the thought that tomato paste in a tube can last a few months without going bad? I genuinely don't know if it does; I think it probably gets less exposure to air and ambient bacteria in your fridge than tomato paste in a can or jar.

>> No.18999171

>>18998982
He's saying you're using tomato paste absurdly slowly if it takes you months to go through a tube. To the point where it's probably more the kind of thing you're buying once for the rare times you use it, then finding it in the fridge months later and throwing it out (in which case it'd be cheaper for you to buy a can and then chuck the excess).

If you can't go through a little can of tomato paste in a week or two then you either don't cook, or you have a serious inability to plan.

>> No.18999173
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>>18998982
A can which, if you use this style of can opener, you can just close right up as easily as a jar or tube.

>> No.18999186

>>18998638
Opened cans will rust in the fridge, FYI.

>> No.18999196

>>18999171
>little can of tomato paste
They come in cans of like 400mL/$1.99 here in Canada. If you can get through that in a couple weeks then OK good for you, fagtron; you eat a lot more Mexican rice and tomato sauce than I do. I use maybe 5 tbsp per month.

>>18999173
Growing more and more convinced that none of these options seal as tightly as a tube. I've had tomato paste grow mold within weeks in a sealed container.

>> No.18999214

>>18999196
They usually come in small cans (6oz, about half the size you mentioned) in the US. You can, of course, buy regular and extra large cans of tomato paste too. And yes, clearly I use more tomato paste than you. Tomato sauce, soup, stew, curry, ragu / sauces, etc. Rarely Mexican rice, but sure, that too.

At 5 tablespoons per month it'll take you almost half a year to get through the cans of tomato paste you are buying. Any preservation method other than freezing is a fantasy. Just buy smaller amounts, or resign yourself to chucking out the dollar's worth of tomato paste you aren't going to use.

>> No.18999218

>>18999186
can have a plastic liner

>> No.18999220

>>18999218
Pretty much 100% of cans are lined with polymer, usually PTFE I think.

>> No.18999227
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>>18997918
That's not El Pato and you should feel sad.

>> No.18999228

>>18999214
>At 5 tablespoons per month it'll take you almost half a year to get through the cans of tomato paste you are buying. Any preservation method other than freezing is a fantasy.

YEAH, IT'S ALMOST AS IF YOU HAVE ARRIVED AT THE SAME CONUNDRUM THAT I HAVE.

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>>18999220
OMG, I'm becoming Robbie the Robot

>> No.18999231

>>18999228
FEEL ME >>18999229

>> No.18999311

>>18999196
>If you can get through that in a couple weeks then OK good for you, fagtron; you eat a lot more Mexican rice and tomato sauce than I do. I use maybe 5 tbsp per month.
stop living off of mcdonalds

>> No.18999332

>>18997918
Tube. Every time I get the can I find little metal shaving from the can opener.

>> No.18999380

>>18998941
Yeah, throwing out 20 cents worth of a 60 cent can adds up. That's $2.40 a year in 6 years you might be able to afford a pack of menthol cigarettes and a 40oz bottle of malt liquor.

>> No.18999381

>>18999220
>I'm pretty sure they line cans with Teflon
Based retard

>> No.18999391

>>18999380
>Measuring waste on a purely monetary level
((((())))))

>> No.18999460

>>18998957
i just use what i need then put the jar in the freezer, why are you overcomplicating this shit so much

>> No.18999486

>>18999227
but those aren't tomato paste