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Codeine

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59. So true about Romas.

Sun May 19, 2019, 08:09 PM

May 2019

And it was a virtually overnight change; reliably tasty fruit with a good texture became mealy and bland just like that.

I totally get why; people cottoned on to the fact that they were the best easily-purchased variety and demand skyrocketed. Growers met the demand by breeding Romas that had all the characteristics of regular grocery tomatoes, which is all they could do, really.

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Scientists Find Genetic Reason Why Store-Bought Tomatoes Taste So Bland [View all] sl8 May 2019 OP

Tomatoes from Canada seem to have the most flavor and thinner skins katmondoo May 2019 #1

Jamaican tomatoes are the absolute best malaise May 2019 #2

Will you ship to Up-State NY ? pangaia May 2019 #33

I would if I could malaise May 2019 #35

Oh, that sounds WONderful !!! pangaia May 2019 #37

Folks tell me you get really good fresh stuff in some places malaise May 2019 #53

It shouldn't be that expensive to ship them from Queens, NY. TheBlackAdder May 2019 #87

Thanks but no thanks. pangaia May 2019 #90

I'm putting in my order for guineps SoCalDem May 2019 #47

Too early malaise May 2019 #51

When I was a kid, we would go into the jungle and pick them SoCalDem May 2019 #55

We ate them all damn day when we were kids malaise May 2019 #57

Thick skins allow for machine harvesting -- what's a little thing like flavor when compared to ... Hekate May 2019 #14

Those tomatoes are grown on hothouses under ideal conditions. Blue_true May 2019 #60

For this reason, I often marinate my store bought tomatoes before I use them LuvLoogie May 2019 #3

Thanks for that! CrispyQ May 2019 #4

I get mine from the garden of a friend. nt tblue37 May 2019 #5

The best source! CrispyQ May 2019 #9

After a couple years hiatus, we are planting tomatoes again this year. LuvLoogie May 2019 #28

You are welcome. LuvLoogie May 2019 #31

Heck yeah! Everything in the world gets better Codeine May 2019 #24

Do you marinate them whole or cut them up? n/t lordsummerisle May 2019 #77

Cut up in whatever form I will use them. Slices or wedges. LuvLoogie May 2019 #89

Also hothouse tomatoes don't get enough sun MagickMuffin May 2019 #6

Tomatoes have an astonishing number of genes. Codeine May 2019 #19

That is changing fast. Blue_true May 2019 #61

Most of the tomatoes we get here are from local farms or the Med DFW May 2019 #7

I agree - the greenhouse tomatoes have no taste malaise May 2019 #36

They can be tasty if done right. NutmegYankee May 2019 #39

I've never tasted one with real tomato favor malaise May 2019 #41

It's not the method, it's the type. NutmegYankee May 2019 #44

You have a point malaise May 2019 #49

I grow heirloom cherry tomatoes all winter in my south windows womanofthehills May 2019 #56

Actually Malaise. Blue_true May 2019 #63

Very Interesting malaise May 2019 #64

A big problem with hothouse tomatoes is how the producer handles the harvest cycle. Blue_true May 2019 #70

Thanks for the details malaise May 2019 #72

You are right. If the LED light wavelengths are optimized for a tomato plant Blue_true May 2019 #62

Could just be economics. NutmegYankee May 2019 #80

All good points. nt Blue_true May 2019 #81

I have a pet mosquito I'm bringing up as a vegetarian. Beakybird May 2019 #8

If science would fucking leave our food alone it would taste good. I fear they will replace the wasupaloopa May 2019 #10

they did all that the old fashioned way. mopinko May 2019 #11

There are no marketed GMO tomatoes. This was old fashioned breeding. NutmegYankee May 2019 #17

Exactly. NRaleighLiberal May 2019 #21

You get back from your White flower visit? NutmegYankee May 2019 #38

Had a super time! Gave three one hour talks, two on Fri, one on Sat - NRaleighLiberal May 2019 #40

The moment I saw this thread malaise May 2019 #42

. NRaleighLiberal May 2019 #43

Exactly and in doing so, scientists purposely eliminated characteristics that made the tomatoes Blue_true May 2019 #66

If science stopped "fucking" with our food Codeine May 2019 #20

Sometimes Turin_C3PO May 2019 #45

It's discouraging. Codeine May 2019 #58

Good point, but I don't fully agree. Blue_true May 2019 #69

Thank you. nt Quixote1818 May 2019 #84

Question: Act_of_Reparation May 2019 #91

and this is why we need to save the old varieties. mopinko May 2019 #12

I refer to tomatoes from the grocery as, "plastic tomatoes". Bayard May 2019 #13

Store bought tomatoes. Hybrids bred for machine harvest, picked NRaleighLiberal May 2019 #15

Strawbales? Codeine May 2019 #23

If you google NRaleighLiberal May 2019 #25

Awesome! I'll look it up! Codeine May 2019 #26

Lol Faux pas May 2019 #16

Farmer's markets shanti May 2019 #18

Meh. If you want fresh, affordable tomatoes Codeine May 2019 #22

Yup... we've become"seasonal eaters"...focusing on using NRaleighLiberal May 2019 #27

There u go being all reasonable again...get on the outrage wagon!!! lol nt EX500rider May 2019 #29

She can be like that sometimes, well often. nt Blue_true May 2019 #71

My avatar aside, Codeine May 2019 #74

Ohh, sorry. For some reason I had pegged you as a female poster. Blue_true May 2019 #75

It's all good. Codeine May 2019 #83

K& R.Planted 2 heirloom varieties this week bronxiteforever May 2019 #30

I am the lucky duck that named Cherokee Purple.. NRaleighLiberal May 2019 #46

That is so awesome! Thanks for sharing this. bronxiteforever May 2019 #50

I knew from your past posts that you were into tomatoes. Blue_true May 2019 #73

I've grown Cherokee Purple in the past Greybnk48 May 2019 #54

Ah - I've grown it - nice tomato (from 1934) NRaleighLiberal May 2019 #78

How many people know that tomatoes are supposed to taste fruity and almost sweet? DetlefK May 2019 #32

Very few, I suppose. smirkymonkey May 2019 #76

I know many. NutmegYankee May 2019 #82

Anyone who thinks today's tomatoes are awful marybourg May 2019 #34

remember hpw great fuji apples when they were exotic? SoCalDem May 2019 #48

Yes! marybourg May 2019 #67

So true about Romas. Codeine May 2019 #59

Yep. marybourg May 2019 #68

We LOVE tomatoes! I grow my own, and we belong to a CSA group. Greybnk48 May 2019 #52

It' Not just tomatoes watoos May 2019 #65

Great news! But until they get the genes back in the standard tomatoes, heirlooms are great. gulliver May 2019 #79

I figured it was just a matter of time before they figured something like this out Quixote1818 May 2019 #85

I have to grow tomatoes in the Winter. Ligyron May 2019 #86

Tomatoes aren't the problem. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2019 #88