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Old 04-25-2010, 03:41 PM
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Since you're not making your chili in Texas Taltarzac [], if you want to use the tomatoes in a recipe, you might add tomato paste to the cooker. I have found that the paste is needed whenever I make a meal with a tomato sauce base. I need a minimum of one small can of paste to one large can of tomatoes...maybe more depending on the meal.

I have seen some Better Homes and Gardens recipes call for using a teaspoon or so of tapioca [not the pudding] which will act as a thickener.

And of course there is my sister's old standby of cornstarch - not my preference, but it works for her!
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