• LegionEris [she/her]
    link
    fedilink
    45
    edit-2
    11 months ago

    Tbh I’m not really a cheese girl. Give me fancy tomatoes. Fancy tomatoes will hold my attention.

      • LegionEris [she/her]
        link
        fedilink
        811 months ago

        No favorite. All tomatoes are good tomatoes. Raw, sliced, lightly salted, maybe a a little pepper or paprika.

          • LegionEris [she/her]
            link
            fedilink
            311 months ago

            Both of the responses to this seem to assume that my love of tomatoes comes from Italy or Italian culture. It comes from the American deep south, much closer to where tomatoes actually come from. Adding oil or extra ingredients takes away from the moist, cooling nature of a tomato on a hot summer day. A tomato is bursting with refreshment. All you gotta do is let it out.

            • @[email protected]
              link
              fedilink
              3
              edit-2
              11 months ago

              Adding oil or extra ingredients takes away from the moist, cooling nature of a tomato on a hot summer day

              Tell me you never had Gazpacho, without telling me you never had Gazpacho /s

              Seriously though, enjoy your tomatoes however you prefer! 🍅❤️

              • LegionEris [she/her]
                link
                fedilink
                311 months ago

                My one encounter with gazpacho was… stressful. I haven’t gone back to it since. I have bad memories of gazpacho.

                  • LegionEris [she/her]
                    link
                    fedilink
                    211 months ago

                    I’m not going to get into details, and it wouldn’t be a fun story. It’s just one of my many sad, quiet stories about families paying lip service to the idea of love.

      • Otter
        link
        fedilink
        English
        711 months ago

        Curious too

        I like tomatoes, but don’t know what makes a tomato good or bad

        • LegionEris [she/her]
          link
          fedilink
          611 months ago

          I’m not a tomato snob. All tomatoes are good tomatoes. A fancy tomato to me is pretty much anything you can’t regularly get in any old grocery store. Go into any fancy supermarket or natural grocery store and get any tomato that looks more interesting than your average tomato. I’ll get excited about it.

          • @[email protected]
            link
            fedilink
            411 months ago

            Try some kumamoto tomatoes and I think you’ll really like them. They have a more tangy taste, almost like they’re pre-salted.

    • @[email protected]
      link
      fedilink
      711 months ago

      I just had tomato sorbet for the first time in my life and it changed me. It tasted like the pure essence of a fresh homegrown tomato.

    • @[email protected]
      link
      fedilink
      English
      511 months ago

      “Only two things that money can’t buy and that’s true love and homegrown tomatoes.”