Locally Grown Vine Ripe Tomatoes
And now a few words about tomatoes. The poor tomato has had to endure many trials to get the respect it still fights for today. Although the history of the tomato begins in South America, it eventually worked it way across the ocean and into Europe where long ago, they were believed to be poisonous and not consumed (Italy!) It was famine and hunger that eventually brought them around and they discovered how wonderful they were. We are fortunate in today’s world to be able to enjoy the wide variety that this fruit has to offer. This is one particular food that is worth the extra money to buy organic and local or even better, grow your own. When you pick up a big tomato in the store, most people think they that a prime tomato is big, super firm and bright red. ….. WRONG. Those big beefsteak tomatoes that you think are the prize, really are not even ripe. They were picked green and messed with to become the red that you see. The flavor is muted and bland. If you have to buy in the grocery store, pay for the vine ripened ones, the flavor is so much better and they even smell more like a tomato should. I would compare it to eating a green bell pepper versus a red bell pepper. There is simply no similarity between flavors. You should still look for a firm tomato, just not one that would hurt someone if you threw it at them. So what should you take away from this? Buy local if you can, use within 48 hours of purchase and remember, the refrigerator is not a tomatoes friend.
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There is a huge difference between fresh local grown, or even store bought vine ripe tomatoes as opposed to the big beefsteak ones. The taste is so much richer and is what a tomato should be!