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[–] 44 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

Tbh I'm not really a cheese girl. Give me fancy tomatoes. Fancy tomatoes will hold my attention.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Fav fancy tomatoe? And best way to prepare and eat it??

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    No favorite. All tomatoes are good tomatoes. Raw, sliced, lightly salted, maybe a a little pepper or paprika.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Wait, seriously? No olive oil?!

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Both of the responses to this seem to assume that my love of tomatoes comes from Italy or Italian culture. It comes from the American deep south, much closer to where tomatoes actually come from. Adding oil or extra ingredients takes away from the moist, cooling nature of a tomato on a hot summer day. A tomato is bursting with refreshment. All you gotta do is let it out.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Adding oil or extra ingredients takes away from the moist, cooling nature of a tomato on a hot summer day

    Tell me you never had Gazpacho, without telling me you never had Gazpacho /s

    Seriously though, enjoy your tomatoes however you prefer! 🍅❤️

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    My one encounter with gazpacho was... stressful. I haven't gone back to it since. I have bad memories of gazpacho.

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    I'm not going to get into details, and it wouldn't be a fun story. It's just one of my many sad, quiet stories about families paying lip service to the idea of love.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Curious too

    I like tomatoes, but don't know what makes a tomato good or bad

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago*

    Store-bought tomatoes are designed to ripen at exactly the same time, get picked early, be sturdy during transit to the produce store and store for a longer time on store shelves.

    Heirloom tomatoes are selected to taste good when grown in your region.

    No tomato can do it all, so when selecting for store bought tomato characteristics, flavor gets lost in the shuffle.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I'm not a tomato snob. All tomatoes are good tomatoes. A fancy tomato to me is pretty much anything you can't regularly get in any old grocery store. Go into any fancy supermarket or natural grocery store and get any tomato that looks more interesting than your average tomato. I'll get excited about it.

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