Sun-dried tomatoes used more for gourmet in the US than tomatoes as a staple in Italy?

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I find this really hard to believe, and without a citation, I will remove it.

CORRECTION: Someone made an edit referring to Sun-Dried Tomatoes and switched it to Tomatoes. I further altered the sentence. YusufMJH (talk) 14:26, 19 November 2009 (UTC)Reply

Sun dried tomatoes are chalked full of protein and I did not see that anywhere. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.60.69.3 (talk) 21:15, 29 January 2013 (UTC)Reply