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wryter2000

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36. I don't buy tomatoes in the store

Fri Jul 5, 2013, 02:43 PM

Jul 2013

I've been suckered in so many times by gimmicks, like still on stems and hothouse grown.
All of them taste like damp cardboard.

I'm with everyone else. Keep the 'maters out of the fridge. I'd probably sit down and eat all seven of them. When I get a really good tomato, I eat it out of hand, like an apple, maybe with a little salt. And tomato sandwiches.

A good tomato is the most delicious food on Earth, as far as I'm concerned.

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Tomatoes - to put in the refrigerator or not to put them in the refrigerator [View all] Aerows Jul 2013 OP

Store tomatoes are not vine tomatoes. NYC_SKP Jul 2013 #1

I'm learning that vine tomatoes Aerows Jul 2013 #50

Real tomatoes are just like *****. NYC_SKP Jul 2013 #51

No, don't BainsBane Jul 2013 #2

They aren't? Aerows Jul 2013 #6

They are probably shipped in cool trucks BainsBane Jul 2013 #8

they are picked green or at "break" stage (meaning a faint hint of pink) - and gassed with ethylene NRaleighLiberal Jul 2013 #10

Given your sig line BainsBane Jul 2013 #11

Doesn't that first tomato Aerows Jul 2013 #13

I have my eye on the fourth. BainsBane Jul 2013 #20

They all look good, don't they? Aerows Jul 2013 #22

My tomato book will be published on Dec 2014! NRaleighLiberal Jul 2013 #14

Too cool BainsBane Jul 2013 #17

thanks! I am actually the Adviser for Tomatoes to the Seed Savers Exchange! NRaleighLiberal Jul 2013 #21

Wow, very impressive BainsBane Jul 2013 #23

We have a nursery here, small mom and pop, that deals with tons of varieties of tomatoes and peppers mtnester Jul 2013 #30

I'll be a customer :) Aerows Jul 2013 #18

Banana better source of ethylene. /nt TheMadMonk Jul 2013 #26

Is that how they use the ethylene glycol to ripen them? Aerows Jul 2013 #47

Yes, but because the fruit is not attached to vine, it's not getting that last "sugar rush"... TheMadMonk Jul 2013 #54

You just threw out a term Aerows Jul 2013 #55

Let's just say getting caught scrumping may involve high velocity rock salt. :D /nt TheMadMonk Jul 2013 #56

Err, chemistry geekery here Sentath Jul 2013 #57

Absolutely not unless you are using them for decorations. eom Purveyor Jul 2013 #3

Unless the health department is coming by to check, TexasTowelie Jul 2013 #4

Thanks for the response. Aerows Jul 2013 #48

tomatoes in the fridge - never! because.... NRaleighLiberal Jul 2013 #5

Thank you for the science behind it Aerows Jul 2013 #49

They will never taste the same after being in the fridge. Arkansas Granny Jul 2013 #7

I've finally gotten that drilled into my thick head Aerows Jul 2013 #46

Well ya'll answered my question to a T Aerows Jul 2013 #9

Or the opposite - if you learn to love that flavor when young, it is a shock to taste NRaleighLiberal Jul 2013 #12

The best thing I ever went to Aerows Jul 2013 #16

Wait until the mix I send you some day soon! NRaleighLiberal Jul 2013 #19

I'm salivating thinking about it! Aerows Jul 2013 #25

Fresh tomatoes from a garden always taste better than storebought. We never used to put applegrove Jul 2013 #15

That's why I love this group Aerows Jul 2013 #24

If you find yourself with too many tomatoes freeze them. TheMadMonk Jul 2013 #27

Oh that's a great idea :) Aerows Jul 2013 #33

Wait a second Aerows Jul 2013 #45

Why bother. bag for convenience if you like, but the skin's coming off anyway. TheMadMonk Jul 2013 #52

Thanks for that explanation :D Aerows Jul 2013 #53

Dad said, NEVER put tomatoes in fridge, so I don't, elleng Jul 2013 #28

NEVER in the fridge. Lugnut Jul 2013 #29

Tomatoes get mealy in the fridge if left there more than overnight Politicub Jul 2013 #31

There should be Aerows Jul 2013 #40

definitely, in my experience with growing, and enjoying other's abundance of tomatoes.... northoftheborder Jul 2013 #32

I have mine in a single layer Aerows Jul 2013 #41

You have the answer to your question, but I wanted to share a story. CrispyQ Jul 2013 #34

That's awesome :) Aerows Jul 2013 #35

I don't buy tomatoes in the store wryter2000 Jul 2013 #36

They certainly are Aerows Jul 2013 #39

By the way Aerows Jul 2013 #42

I love potlucks! CrispyQ Jul 2013 #43

I love potlucks too! Aerows Jul 2013 #44

NEVER! However.... The empressof all Jul 2013 #37

Ooo! Good information :) Aerows Jul 2013 #38

Not libodem Jul 2013 #58

Put them on the window sill, stem side down. bif Jul 2013 #59