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tash11 · March 9, 2016

I asked this on a cooking forum once. They all said "roma".

I am still experimenting (probably always will be), but a few years ago I made some excellent sauce with black prince and green zebra. Then one year when I couldn't grow much myself I got a 'great deal' on 3 bushels of 2nds for $10! They were juicy so they took forever to cook down as expected. And the end result just wasn't worth it. I used the same recipe I used with the black prince and green zebra, but it was just bland and not as good as before. IDK what variety they were but bleh. (FWIW the black prince and green zebra also probably had some others thrown in, but I had made some fresh salsa with only individual toms for a 'sauce taste test' and those were the winners even with my kids). The main other one that year was Peiping Chieh which was very productive.

I think that good tomato sauce is much like a good apple cider or pie, you should use different varieties of different tasting ones to get the best result.

March 9, 2016	#10
tash11 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Ohio Posts: 156	I asked this on a cooking forum once. They all said "roma". I am still experimenting (probably always will be), but a few years ago I made some excellent sauce with black prince and green zebra. Then one year when I couldn't grow much myself I got a 'great deal' on 3 bushels of 2nds for $10! They were juicy so they took forever to cook down as expected. And the end result just wasn't worth it. I used the same recipe I used with the black prince and green zebra, but it was just bland and not as good as before. IDK what variety they were but bleh. (FWIW the black prince and green zebra also probably had some others thrown in, but I had made some fresh salsa with only individual toms for a 'sauce taste test' and those were the winners even with my kids). The main other one that year was Peiping Chieh which was very productive. I think that good tomato sauce is much like a good apple cider or pie, you should use different varieties of different tasting ones to get the best result.