Jeßus wrote:
> On Sun, 21 Dec 2008 22:10:16 -0800, wrote:
>
>> On Dec 21, 9:53 pm, "Peter-Lucas" > wrote:
>>
>>> And the truss tomatos are roasting in the oven......
>>>
>>> http://i43.tinypic.com/27y2tz8.jpg
>>>
>> What are truss tomatoes?
>
> Long story cut short - they're trellis grown tomatoes - usually grown
> hydroponically - just to ensure they lack any flavour.
>

I believe they lack flavor for the same reason most industrial tomatoes
do. That is because they aren't ripe when the vine & tomato are clipped
off. And as you noted later it is largely a scam to make people think
they are somehow different because there is a segment of vine attached.


> The gullible buy them, who assume they must be better, because they leave
> some of the vine attatched - which results in the price being double that
> of the usual tomatoes.
>
> Of course, one could simply use cherry tomatoes to do the same job, AND
> get decent flavour. But they don't have the same wank value...
>

Thats we we do. We grow tomatoes but when they are done we get vine
ripened cherry tomatoes that are grown by regional Amish farmers. They
actually taste like tomatoes.