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Doesn't need a scientific basis -- in-season produce just tastes better. For some it's not such a big difference but for others (tomatoes!) you might as well

• ashtonkem 6y ago
  Tomatoes strike me as something that more people should grow at home, where space permits. There seems to be a bigger delta in quality for tomatoes than most other produce when picked fresh, and they’re not the kind of vegetable that most of us go through a huge amount of[0]. Also, they don’t consume a huge amount of space; even a planter on the porch can produce a decent yearly crop. 0: Except for soups, but for that kind of application canned tomatoes are best, since they’re canned when fresh rather than being picked before ripening to survive shipping.
  • ecpottinger 6y ago
    Note: I grow strawberries and my landlord grows tomatoes in the backyard, and we can taste a HUGE difference between what we grow and what is at the supermarket. Just when our crops ripen we get stuff from the supermarket and it is probably half a year out of season for where it comes from and the following week or two we can harvest our own crops, and boy can we taste the difference.
  • hervature 6y ago
    What culture are you from that doesn’t use many tomatoes? My girlfriend and I go through 4 tomatoes when we make hogao which is a Colombian staple. That is, we make it every other day.