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>they also get a lot of imported watery taste from Spain etc. A lot of this is just eating out of season fruit grown in greenhouses and picked early to be tran
by maccard 4y ago
>they also get a lot of imported watery taste from Spain etc.
A lot of this is just eating out of season fruit grown in greenhouses and picked early to be transported to be "ripe" on the shelves. Eating fresh Italian tomatoes in February is as poor an experience as eating UK tomatoes in February, but eating them in June is likely to be much better in both cases.
- iggldiggl 4y agoThough with some bad luck, your tomato won't be tasty even in June: https://web.archive.org/web/20190601232951/https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/sonntagszeitung/warum-die-tomate-immer-gleich-fad-schmeckt/story/15844610 https://web.archive.org/web/20190601232951/https://www.tages... (Farmers allege and a Swiss supermarket chain actually confirms that for their supermarkets they prefer tomato varieties that "deliver a consistent taste all year round", so instead of mediocre tomatoes in winter and great tomatoes in summer instead you get mediocre-tasting tomatoes all year round…)