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Interesting. I find non-heirloom tomatoes taste great as long as they are fresh. This means I can rarely get good tomatoes and only in the summer and early fa
by Zimahl 14y ago
Interesting. I find non-heirloom tomatoes taste great as long as they are fresh. This means I can rarely get good tomatoes and only in the summer and early fall. My dad's garden and farmer's markets are the best, Costco tomatoes are a distant (but viable) second. Almost all the tomatoes I've bought in grocery stores are terrible - bland and pulpy.
I've read that the bananas our grandparents ate aren't the same as we get these days due to a blight that wiped them out. I'm not a huge fan of bananas but maybe these researchers should focus there as well. I would probably eat more bananas if they had a little better taste.
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- glabifrons 14y agoI agree completely... The ones that are ripened in the grocery store are bland and waxy tasting. I really miss the garden I grew up with in the '70s. There's no comparison to vine ripened tomatoes ( not to be confused with Vine Ripe brand, of course). I don't know if you are talking about the same ones or not, but the Campari tomatoes that Costco sells are about the only store bought tomato I can stand... They're kind of like a giant cherry tomato.
- Zimahl 14y agoCampari - absolutely. They are linked on a vine and as long as you don't detach the vine they will last a fair amount of time. They are fine straight from the store but they get better if given a couple days.
- crymer11 14y agoTasty bananas are to be had, you just have to look for them outside your typical grocery store. Many Mexican carnicerías carry a smaller species of banana that's more prevalent in Central America, and it's much tastier than the banana you're likely familiar with.
- dunham 14y agoDefinitely check out "dry farmed" tomatoes if you can find them when the season rolls around. They are grown with less water, and tend to be smaller with a more intense flavor.
- markdown 14y agoDry farmed = traditional farming. Modern commercial-scale eating (as opposed to canned) tomatoes are hydroponically grown.
- kbutler 14y agoYes, the "Gros Michel" banana was a tastier variety, but was destroyed by a fungus 1906-1960. The current variety, the "Cavendish" was resistant to the original fungal strain, but is now under threat from a new strain... http://www.npr.org/2011/07/22/138610585/yes-we-do-have-bananas-for-now http://www.npr.org/2011/07/22/138610585/yes-we-do-have-banan...