Cardboard Tomatoes

Post by **Roy Hersh** » Sun Jul 08, 2012 11:59 am

Sad but true: http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/ ... d-tomatoes

Your thoughts?

dan s · Post by **dan s** » Sun Jul 08, 2012 1:22 pm

Tomatoes come from my garden or I don't have them. I grow heirloom varieties that still have flavor in them. They are never refrigerated which is the fastest way to remove all the flavor from them.

Eric Menchen · Post by **Eric Menchen** » Sun Jul 08, 2012 1:40 pm

When we can, we buy heirloom varieties at the farmers' market.

Eric Ifune · Post by **Eric Ifune** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 10:07 am

When I lived in Italy, I'd buy my tomatoes around the corner at the local market. They were as sweet as peaches but with the high acidity of tomatoes. I still miss them.

Post by **Roy Hersh** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 7:46 am

There is nothing like the great flavor of a fresh home-grown tomato or one purchased from a local farm stand or farmer's market. Then again, there's nothing worse than plastic red-looking tomatoes that have zero flavor and only the texture of a tomato. My parents used to grow them at our home in Queens (NYC) and they were fantastic beefsteak tomatoes. We'd just put a little salt on tomato slices and eat them as snacks between two slices of bread.

Derek T. · Post by **Derek T.** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 12:29 pm

Isn't it wonderful when the world of science catches up with what everyone else has known for decades

Perhaps they will soon be telling us that a diet of Vintage Port, medium-rare beef and full-fat unpasturised cheese is good for your health?

For The Love Of Port