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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 15 2013 at 13:11
Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

I haven't noticed  supermarket tomatoes tasting any worse that greengrocer. I  never buy in  winter because they are awful. The best imo are summer imported from around the med.
The taste of a tomato is determined more by temperature and smell than where they were bought. Supermarket toms are just as good as grocer-sold or home-grown if you buy ones that smell like tomatoes and serve them at room temperature. The thing to avoid is on-the-vine toms as what you are smelling there is the vine not the tomato.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 15 2013 at 13:13
Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

I haven't noticed  supermarket tomatoes tasting any worse that greengrocer. I  never buy in  winter because they are awful. The best imo are summer imported from around the med.
The taste of a tomato is determined more by temperature and smell than where they were bought. Supermarket toms are just as good as grocer-sold or home-grown if you buy ones that smell like tomatoes and serve them at room temperature. The thing to avoid is on-the-vine toms as what you are smelling there is the vine not the tomato.

I'm not totally sold on vine toms anyway. A great tasting tomato is a rare find I think. My local Greengrocer swears by Dutch tomatoes while I have no time for them.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 15 2013 at 13:21
Not a fan of any tomatoes unless they're cooked or in some kind of paste. Tongue
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 15 2013 at 13:35
Option #1: "They are alright". Sour enough for me.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 15 2013 at 15:52
We grow our own. But I don't completely mind supermarket ones.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 15 2013 at 15:55
Originally posted by DisgruntledPorcupine DisgruntledPorcupine wrote:

I love both cherry and grape tomatoes.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 15 2013 at 16:17
Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

Originally posted by Triceratopsoil Triceratopsoil wrote:

Storebought tomatoes are disgusting regardless of the type.
 
Homegrown tomatoes are ok, the only ones I really care for though are the orange ones.
 
Ian - cherry tomatoes are the ones that are more spherical, not oblong

My point is that they are not called that here. They are baby plum  tomatoes as far as I  can tell.

edit. Thanks Dean. Got there first.Smile
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 15 2013 at 18:25
I don't care for tomatoes to begin with but sometimes I'll make myself eat them in a salad.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 15 2013 at 19:01
Originally posted by smartpatrol smartpatrol wrote:

Originally posted by DisgruntledPorcupine DisgruntledPorcupine wrote:

I love both cherry and grape tomatoes.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 15 2013 at 21:25
I only learned to love tomatoes once I tasted homegrown (first from my father-in-law's garden, now our fledgling one).  Supermarket tomatoes are a non-starter.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 16 2013 at 01:16
Let's just say I'd rather eat other things
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 16 2013 at 09:19
Tasty.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 17 2013 at 18:07
Grapes aren't getting any coverage here.
Concords can't be beat, except for the damned seeds
Grapes are also best eaten frozen, unless you're having ambrosia.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 17 2013 at 18:19
Originally posted by Bitterblogger Bitterblogger wrote:

Grapes aren't getting any coverage here.
Concords can't be beat, except for the damned seeds
Grapes are also best eaten frozen, unless you're having ambrosia.

I haven't had frozen grapes, but frozen blackberries are heavenly.  My aunt and uncle have bushes in their back yard, and they freeze pounds of them when they're ripe.
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