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I'm in the UK and I grow my own veg. The small on-the vine tomatos from Tesco are very acceptable - fragrant and sweet. The small cherry vine tomatoes from Wait
by Angostura 6y ago
I'm in the UK and I grow my own veg. The small on-the vine tomatos from Tesco are very acceptable - fragrant and sweet. The small cherry vine tomatoes from Waitrose are luscious.
... Not as good as a warm tomato straigh off the plant on a sunny day, but not far off.
- jl6 6y agoI sometimes think tomatoes are all born with a fixed amount of flavour in them, and the larger they grow the more dilute that flavour becomes. Because I agree - the little ones are fine.
- zacherates 6y agoSmaller tomatoes taste better because they are easier to ship without damaging (they're lighter and have a much lower mass to surface area ratio). As such, producers and supply chains don't have to go to the same extremes (breeding them to be tough rather than flavorful/picking them completely green) to get them to the supermarket shelf intact. Similarly, canned tomatoes taste great[1] because they are picked ripe and packaged. [1] Canned tomatoes have a slight cooked taste so they're never going to taste fresh, but are great in anything you're going to cook.