tomato juice

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tomato juice (countable and uncountable, plural tomato juices)

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tomato,‎ juice.
2. Juice made from tomatoes. In modern use, this usually refers to the comminuted flesh and juice of cooked tomatoes, prepared commercially.
   • 1839, The Select Circulating Library, volume 13, Philadelphia: Adam Waldie., page 1:

     There were the delicate keftas, […] and lastly, the national pillauf, richly coloured with tomato juice, and flavoured with quails.

   • 1847, Eliza Leslie, The Lady's Receipt-Book: A Useful Companion for Large or Small Families, Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, pages 66–67:

     TOMATO SWEETBREADS.—Cut up a quarter of a peck (or more) of fine ripe tomatoes; set them over the fire, and let them stew with nothing but their own juice till they go entirely to pieces. Then press them through a sieve, to clear the liquid from the seeds and skins. [. . .] Put [sweetbreads] into a stew-pan with the tomato-juice, seasoned with a little salt and cayenne.

   • 1979 Feb-Mar, Mother Jones Magazine, volume 4, number 11, page 40:

     "See those two bottles of tomato juice?" He points to two quart bottles on the counter. "See how in one the tomato juice is settling out?" ... "Personally, I feel that tomato juice in a can doesn't taste good."

   • 1982, Marian Morash, The Victory Garden Cookbook, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, page 316:

     [heading] Canned Tomato Juice [¶] While you have out all the equipment, why not make some homemade tomato juice as well?

   • 2003, Arno Schmidt, Chef's book of formulas, yields, and sizes, page 157:

     The juice is always purchased canned. Freshly squeezed tomato juice exists only in the imagination of menu writers.

   • 2004, Scott M. Smith with Gerald S. Albaum, Fundamentals of marketing research, page 169:

     About how long has it been since you last bought tomato juice? ... About how often do you buy tomato juice? About how many cans do you buy at a time? ...