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Why Heirloom Tomatoes??
On Sat, 06 Sep 2008 10:56:22 -0500, Omelet
wrote: In article , Isabella Woodhouse wrote: We are close to Mexico and our local store sells some tomatoes that are "on the vine" (and they really are!) Tomatoes still attached to the vine. Our groceries have those too. They look like Jet Stars but our regular grocery has a very bad habit of chilling the tomatoes and ruining the taste of even the decent tomatoes. When you cut them open, you can see that line around the circumference that indicates they've been held at too low a temperature. There are other problems too. They order far too much produce and it often sits until its rotten on the inside. Ugh! I have to be very careful. A somewhat close Whole Foods opened recently so I might be able to get better ones there. Perhaps... but I've done best at the farmers market when I can attend. I seldom shop at Whole Paycheck. Sun Harvest is just as good, and more reasonable price-wise. Must be chemistry as those are actually decent. If the price gets too high, I, too, will use canned, even on tacos! I sometimes used canned diced tomatoes in salsa. Brands vary a lot. Meh, I use generic. I have noted that canned tomatoes at least have decent flavor. :-) I did grow a pair of tomatoes last winter in my greenhouse and it sorta worked. I had a few ripe tomatoes in early March, but I had to make sure I paid attention to the plants and hand-pollinated the flowers. I was doing that with cucumbers before we uncovered them. The zucchini were far easier...lol. So long as you get male and female blooms at the same time! :-) Been there, done that. I was out just this morning helping the zucchini to commit lewd and lascivious acts. Lots of boys, not so many girls. Some of the boys got left out. ( Sue |
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