I just bought four big perfect looking tomatoes
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I just bought four big perfect looking tomatoes
These tomatos @ $1.27/lb were perfect.
SIZE = 100/100 - perfectly big
SHAPE = 100/100 - perfectly round
COLOR = 100/100 - perfect red/orange
PRICE - not bad
COSMETICALLY - perfect - 100/100 (not a blemish to be seen)
FLAVOUR - 3/100 - tasted like cardboard.
Don't you think that's cool, how our food is looking better and better?
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SIZE = 100/100 - perfectly big
SHAPE = 100/100 - perfectly round
COLOR = 100/100 - perfect red/orange
PRICE - not bad
COSMETICALLY - perfect - 100/100 (not a blemish to be seen)
FLAVOUR - 3/100 - tasted like cardboard.
Don't you think that's cool, how our food is looking better and better?
discuss
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Re: I just bought four big perfect looking tomatos
Where are they from? Maybe they were picked green.
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Re: I just bought four big perfect looking tomatos
it actually would be nice to know exactly how that tomato came from
mexico to the shelf in the store.
how green was it picked
how many days it spent travelling
any pesticides used after harvesting?
most people don't have a clue and I'm one of them.
mexico to the shelf in the store.
how green was it picked
how many days it spent travelling
any pesticides used after harvesting?
most people don't have a clue and I'm one of them.
WHEN WILL WESTERN WAR PIGS WIND THIS UKRAINIAN GENOCIDE DOWN?????????????
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Re: I just bought four big perfect looking tomatos
Aim to buy BC...I always buy BC tomatoes
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Re: I just bought four big perfect looking tomatoes
If you want to learn more about the tomato industry check out a great book called Tomatoland. It will answer all of your questions in great detail (it really only focuses on field tomatoes from Florida though). This book is right up your alley Thinktank.
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Re: I just bought four big perfect looking tomatoes
IMO, anything not grown locally or in my own garden, tastes like nothing. We pay so much for tomatoes in the supermarkets and they are so bland. If I could, I would grow them year round, but we have no space here to do so. I am anxiously awaiting the first of the year. I think we have 40 plants this year.
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Re: I just bought four big perfect looking tomatoes
There is no tomato in the world that has flavour comparable to a fresh Brandywine from my backyard.
When I don't have my own I also buy as locally as possible.
When I don't have my own I also buy as locally as possible.
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Re: I just bought four big perfect looking tomatos
Thinktank wrote:it actually would be nice to know exactly how that tomato came from
mexico to the shelf in the store.
how green was it picked
how many days it spent travelling
any pesticides used after harvesting?
most people don't have a clue and I'm one of them.
Why would you buy a tomato from Mexico just to complain about it????
As for your questions, it would be trucked most likely, picked green, travelled a few days, dunked in fungicide.
Instead, why not avert your eyes, move to that location in the store, and buy something local?
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Re: I just bought four big perfect looking tomatos
LANDM wrote:Why would you buy a tomato from Mexico
It looked perfect.
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Re: I just bought four big perfect looking tomatoes
Lots of things can look perfect till you actually try them.
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Re: I just bought four big perfect looking tomatoes
Bsuds wrote:Lots of things can look perfect till you actually try them.
Sort of like my ex-husbands ;)
Truthfully Think, buying local is usually a safe bet it will taste better than the Mexican and US ones. Plus, you are supporting your own province by buying local.
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Re: I just bought four big perfect looking tomatoes
Here is 1 word = year round fresh produce, the word is:
Greenhouse
Greenhouse
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Re: I just bought four big perfect looking tomatoes
Thinktank wrote:SIZE = 100/100 - perfectly big
SHAPE = 100/100 - perfectly round
COLOR = 100/100 - perfect red/orange
What exactly is this scale you're basing it on, and what makes you an expert to use such a scale?
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Re: I just bought four big perfect looking tomatoes
I too can't wait for the garden and fresh picked tomatoes, in the meantime, when we buy they are BC even if they are more money at least they taste like one.
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Re: I just bought four big perfect looking tomatoes
Sort of like my ex-husbands ;)
Truthfully Think, buying local is usually a safe bet it will taste better than the Mexican and US ones. Plus, you are supporting your own province by buying local.[/quote][/quote]
That's funny...I just spit my coffee out...how true...snort
Truthfully Think, buying local is usually a safe bet it will taste better than the Mexican and US ones. Plus, you are supporting your own province by buying local.[/quote][/quote]
That's funny...I just spit my coffee out...how true...snort