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Eric Wynkoop - Ask Me Anything (Office Hours)
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Tuesday, March 21, 2023 at 11:00 am Pacific, 2:00 pm Eastern
Join Chef Eric Wynkoop in his virtual office as he welcomes all of your questions. This event was created for you and we encourage you to Ask Anything – from cooking techniques to co… Read More.
Question:
How do chefs work around hard, waxy tomatoes?
— Leonora Miller
Answer:
Well, if a restaurant is going to maintain, you know to dishes that require Tomatoes or or otherwise heavy on tomatoes, then a shift to canned products is in order some places. We'll use can product year round in order to maintain consistency. Okay in those given menu items okay. There's a lot of consistency that comes out of these processed food items that come in jars or cans and bags and boxes. Um, of course, you know, they're from from other perspectives or a little bit different than fresh items. And you know, we might have preferences along those lines that that guide us toward using only fresh produce in this case tomatoes. And if that's that your your goal then you know in restaurants as well. We will remove Items that are out of season and instead right bring in replacement dishes that feature things that are in season and so those are a couple of ways that you know, this conundrum this situation this this issue is handled in the professional kitchen.