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> What's wrong with fresh tomatoes? They're super bland most of the time (unless you're willing to pay a premium for the more flavourful varieties and those ca

> What's wrong with fresh tomatoes? They're super bland most of the time (unless you're willing to pay a premium for the more flavourful varieties and those can be hit and miss aswell) - I usually just get canned ones unless I specifically need fresh ones I do get your point though, making a meal from scratch can be so much better, both taste and health wise, with a bit of practice - not to mention it's relaxing to do the actual chopping & cooking usually

wiz21c 9y ago
You do realize that if you live in a place and time where tomatoes are super bland, the question of having tomatoes does not even exist. Eat local food :-) I'm like you : tomates in ca only, cos anything else in my country is not tomato : it's a reddish thing that tastes absolutely nothing.
JoeAltmaier 9y ago
Mine aren't. From the plants in the garden - super tasty, colorful and prodigious. Fill the freezer every summer, use them in cooking all winter. Spring sucks though - freezer is empty, waiting for the new plants to deliver the first cherry tomatoes.
kstenerud 9y ago
Beefsteak tomatoes are super bland, as is iceberg lettuce, because they are selected for volume, not taste (it's the best way to make a profit while keeping end-consumer prices low). Same goes for most large varieties of produce. Try getting some heirloom tomatoes from a farmer's market, or grow your own. You'll be shocked at the difference. Tomatoes (real ones) have a distinctive and delicious taste!
malkia 9y ago
They could be, as are the tomatoes I can find in Los Angeles, but there are some very tasty kinds (though never remember what what is). Back in Bulgaria, in my father in-law's village house the veggies are always tasty (it could be something else happening in my brain that makes them so, but that's how I started eating more hot peppers, by first trying his own ones, then liking it more and more).

wiz21c 9y ago

You do realize that if you live in a place and time where tomatoes are super bland, the question of having tomatoes does not even exist. Eat local food :-) I'm like you : tomates in ca only, cos anything else in my country is not tomato : it's a reddish thing that tastes absolutely nothing.

JoeAltmaier 9y ago

Mine aren't. From the plants in the garden - super tasty, colorful and prodigious. Fill the freezer every summer, use them in cooking all winter. Spring sucks though - freezer is empty, waiting for the new plants to deliver the first cherry tomatoes.

kstenerud 9y ago

Beefsteak tomatoes are super bland, as is iceberg lettuce, because they are selected for volume, not taste (it's the best way to make a profit while keeping end-consumer prices low). Same goes for most large varieties of produce. Try getting some heirloom tomatoes from a farmer's market, or grow your own. You'll be shocked at the difference. Tomatoes (real ones) have a distinctive and delicious taste!

malkia 9y ago

They could be, as are the tomatoes I can find in Los Angeles, but there are some very tasty kinds (though never remember what what is). Back in Bulgaria, in my father in-law's village house the veggies are always tasty (it could be something else happening in my brain that makes them so, but that's how I started eating more hot peppers, by first trying his own ones, then liking it more and more).