The return of the dishy tomato
Remember when a tomato was really a tomato? Big, squishy, juicy, seedy
and tasting like a tomato? Old-timers do, and yearn to find one.
at http://www.washtimes.com/national/20...5213-3229r.htm

"Mike" > wrote in message
om...
> The return of the dishy tomato
> Remember when a tomato was really a tomato? Big, squishy, juicy, seedy
> and tasting like a tomato? Old-timers do, and yearn to find one.
> at http://www.washtimes.com/national/20...5213-3229r.htm

I like the true "You can break the windshield of a truck with a
vine-ripened tomato," comment. We never buy the red hardball things that
are commonly sold as tomatoes.

We have been enjoying real tomatoes grown by a friend for the last few
weeks. You don't need to be an old timer to yearn for one. Just give someone
a real tomato and they will never eat the red hardball things again.

"George" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Mike" > wrote in message
> om...
> > The return of the dishy tomato
> > Remember when a tomato was really a tomato? Big, squishy, juicy, seedy
> > and tasting like a tomato? Old-timers do, and yearn to find one.
> > at http://www.washtimes.com/national/20...5213-3229r.htm
>
> I like the true "You can break the windshield of a truck with a
> vine-ripened tomato," comment. We never buy the red hardball things that
> are commonly sold as tomatoes.
>
> We have been enjoying real tomatoes grown by a friend for the last few
> weeks. You don't need to be an old timer to yearn for one. Just give
someone
> a real tomato and they will never eat the red hardball things again.
>
>

Don't be so sure! A lot of people have been raised on low-flavor foods -
white bread, skinless chicken breasts, iceberg lettuce, boxed mac and
cheese, instant mashed spuds - that anything with real flavor is likely to
unpleasant to them. We are lucky to enjoy a wide variety of tomatoes from
the farmers market - brandywine, german johnson, big beef, and a dozen
others. One old favorite of mine however seems impossible to find:
beefsteak.


--
Peter Aitken

Remove the crap from my email address before using.

"George" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Mike" > wrote in message
> om...
> > The return of the dishy tomato
> > Remember when a tomato was really a tomato? Big, squishy, juicy, seedy
> > and tasting like a tomato? Old-timers do, and yearn to find one.
> > at http://www.washtimes.com/national/20...5213-3229r.htm
>
> I like the true "You can break the windshield of a truck with a
> vine-ripened tomato," comment. We never buy the red hardball things that
> are commonly sold as tomatoes.
>
> We have been enjoying real tomatoes grown by a friend for the last few
> weeks. You don't need to be an old timer to yearn for one. Just give
someone
> a real tomato and they will never eat the red hardball things again.
>
>

Don't be so sure! A lot of people have been raised on low-flavor foods -
white bread, skinless chicken breasts, iceberg lettuce, boxed mac and
cheese, instant mashed spuds - that anything with real flavor is likely to
unpleasant to them. We are lucky to enjoy a wide variety of tomatoes from
the farmers market - brandywine, german johnson, big beef, and a dozen
others. One old favorite of mine however seems impossible to find:
beefsteak.


--
Peter Aitken

Remove the crap from my email address before using.