Unpopular Opinions You Hold

[The Bear]

Finely chopped tomatoes HAVE to be cooked to make a decent Ragu or Bokognese sauce.

Edited Thursday at 10:28 by The Bear

[FoyleFox]

7 hours ago, Samilktray said:

Just like to clear up I mean cooking a Tomatoe and eating it as a Tomatoe. I don’t have any problem with cooking down tomatoes for sauce bases and what not. 

 

 

6 hours ago, danny. said:

This is quite shocking to read. A fried beef tomato half is amazing in a fry up. 

I'm with Sami, OK cooked in a sauce or fresh. On a fry up, absolutely not for me.  

[CornwallFox]

On 09/06/2026 at 22:03, Samilktray said:

Cooking a Tomato ruins the tomato experience. Much better fresh and uncooked imho. 

Raw tomatoes are evil

[Jon the Hat]

4 hours ago, CornwallFox said:

Raw tomatoes are evil

That is certainly an unpopular opinion.  I don't have them in my work lunch though, risk of covering yourself in tomato pips and juice is too high.

[The Bear]

6 hours ago, Jon the Hat said:

That is certainly an unpopular opinion.  I don't have them in my work lunch though, risk of covering yourself in tomato pips and juice is too high.

Vine or cherry tomatoes are delicious to eat straight out of the pack. 

 

Cooked or raw they are great IMO. 

[ajthefox]

11 hours ago, CornwallFox said:

Raw tomatoes are evil

You rotter 

[Suzie the Fox]

I grow tomatoes and freshly picked, eaten raw with a bit of salt, they cannot be beaten by any other other fruit. 

 

Cherry, Plum and Beef tomatoes. (for salads, sauces and soup) 

 

[Blarmy]

Either raw or cooked into a sauce. NEVER anything in between. 

[foxfanazer]

Probably not unpopular in this country but Maradonna should've been booted into the stands in the build up to that goal. I think the same thing everytime I watch it

[JonnyBoy]

3 hours ago, The Bear said:

Vine or cherry tomatoes are delicious to eat straight out of the pack. 

 

Cooked or raw they are great IMO. 

San Marzano's from Aldi are a winner 

[JonnyBoy]

3 hours ago, Suzie the Fox said:

I grow tomatoes and freshly picked, eaten raw with a bit of salt, they cannot be beaten by any other other fruit. 

 

Cherry, Plum and Beef tomatoes. (for salads, sauces and soup) 

 

 

Sourdough, bit of cream cheese, home grown tomatoes with salt, bit of basil and EVOO. Can't beat it 

[cambridgefox]

23 hours ago, The Bear said:

Finely chopped tomatoes HAVE to be cooked to make a decent Ragu or Bokognese sauce.

I’m going to sound like a dick,but not meaning to be,but can’t help it. I’m a bit precious about my Italian cooking .

passata in a bolognaise sauce.Less watery against your main meat ingredient, over the long cooking period.Better texture.Less acidic than tinned( and they have to be the right ones)

Really mean this,I’m not brilliant at a lot of things ,but anyone who wants to cook authentic Sauces,lasagna even tray pizzas that will stand out,I’m happy to share.

 

[The Bear]

9 hours ago, cambridgefox said:

I’m going to sound like a dick,but not meaning to be,but can’t help it. I’m a bit precious about my Italian cooking .

passata in a bolognaise sauce.Less watery against your main meat ingredient, over the long cooking period.Better texture.Less acidic than tinned( and they have to be the right ones)

Really mean this,I’m not brilliant at a lot of things ,but anyone who wants to cook authentic Sauces,lasagna even tray pizzas that will stand out,I’m happy to share.

 

Yeah yeah I know, I share your ethos. But for us English it's fine. Bolognese sauce doesn't really exist for Italians any way does it? It's all Soffrito in a Ragu. 

 

I only buy decent tomatoes for my sauce too, with very little acidic content - Mutti Finely Chopped (or peeled). Cheap brands are all acidity as you say. 

Edited yesterday at 06:33 by The Bear

[foxy tiler]

The soviet war movie come and see is over rated rubbish. 

[DJW1]

On 11/06/2026 at 16:09, foxfanazer said:

Probably not unpopular in this country but Maradonna should've been booted into the stands in the build up to that goal. I think the same thing everytime I watch it

If only there'd been VAR, for the first goal

[Grebfromgrebland]

On 11/06/2026 at 15:09, foxfanazer said:

Probably not unpopular in this country but Maradonna should've been booted into the stands in the build up to that goal. I think the same thing everytime I watch it

They tried he was too good

[Izzy]

17 minutes ago, Grebfromgrebland said:

They tried he was too good

Butcher, Reid, Fenwick etc. have all admitted since that they couldn't get anywhere near him that day. He was pretty much unplayable in his pomp.

[cambridgefox]

11 hours ago, The Bear said:

Yeah yeah I know, I share your ethos. But for us English it's fine. Bolognese sauce doesn't really exist for Italians any way does it? It's all Soffrito in a Ragu. 

 

I only buy decent tomatoes for my sauce too, with very little acidic content - Mutti Finely Chopped (or peeled). Cheap brands are all acidity as you say. 

Spot on,on all counts.Especially the Mutti😂

[Parafox]

On 11/06/2026 at 15:16, JonnyBoy said:

San Marzano's from Aldi are a winner 

As are the Peccolino ones

[worthosoriginals]

On 09/06/2026 at 22:03, Samilktray said:

Cooking a Tomato ruins the tomato experience. Much better fresh and uncooked imho. 

Health wise, warmed up/ cooked  is better for us, 

its to do with the powerful antioxidant lycopene.