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Title: Tomatoes
Post by: tp4tissue on Thu, 23 June 2016, 19:59:06
Anyone else think tomatoes taste salty ?


But theres hardly any salt in a tomato.. (http://emoticoner.com/files/emoticons/onion-head/confused-onion-head-emoticon.gif?1292862495)
Title: Re: Tomatoes
Post by: rowdy on Thu, 23 June 2016, 20:28:14
No.
Title: Re: Tomatoes
Post by: SpAmRaY on Thu, 23 June 2016, 20:38:21
They do after I'm done putting salt on them. :spam: :P
Title: Re: Tomatoes
Post by: Halverson on Thu, 23 June 2016, 20:57:27
Isn't it the msg that makes em taste that way?


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Title: Re: Tomatoes
Post by: fohat.digs on Thu, 23 June 2016, 21:06:09
Tomatoes are the only fruit that I salt.
Title: Re: Tomatoes
Post by: rowdy on Thu, 23 June 2016, 21:12:48
Tomatoes are the only fruit that I salt.


Somehow I never really think of tomatoes as a "fruit", although biologically they are.
Title: Re: Tomatoes
Post by: fohat.digs on Thu, 23 June 2016, 21:18:32

Somehow I never really think of tomatoes as a "fruit", although biologically they are.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nix_v._Hedden (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nix_v._Hedden)

Down near the end you see that the Europeans classified carrots as fruit - WTF?

Title: Re: Tomatoes
Post by: rowdy on Thu, 23 June 2016, 21:19:56

Somehow I never really think of tomatoes as a "fruit", although biologically they are.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nix_v._Hedden (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nix_v._Hedden)


I've always referred to them as "salad items", like lettuce.  "Vegetable" just seems wrong, regardless what the US supreme court says.
Title: Re: Tomatoes
Post by: fohat.digs on Thu, 23 June 2016, 21:22:50

"Vegetable" just seems wrong, regardless what the US supreme court says.


I once had an epiphany when I read something by a chef or food expert on bell peppers.

He said something to the effect that: "a green pepper is a vegetable, but a red pepper is a fruit"
Title: Re: Tomatoes
Post by: rowdy on Thu, 23 June 2016, 21:24:15

"Vegetable" just seems wrong, regardless what the US supreme court says.


I once had an epiphany when I read something by a chef or food expert on bell peppers.

He said something to the effect that: "a green pepper is a vegetable, but a red pepper is a fruit"


That's an interesting observation.

It does seem that there are more green than red vegetables, and more red than green fruits (assuming ripe fruits, that is).

But I don't cook enough to let it bother me either way.
Title: Re: Tomatoes
Post by: SpAmRaY on Fri, 24 June 2016, 07:17:11
Tomatoes are the only fruit that I salt.
I salt apple slices.
Title: Re: Tomatoes
Post by: dgneo on Fri, 24 June 2016, 07:28:31
I ****ing hate tomatoes.

I love tomato sauce tho.
Title: Re: Tomatoes
Post by: chyros on Fri, 24 June 2016, 07:29:07
Who eats tomatoes, they don't taste of anything anyway. It's like sticking slices of water in your food, I don't see the point :p .
Title: Re: Tomatoes
Post by: Signature on Fri, 24 June 2016, 07:43:15
Who eats tomatoes, they don't taste of anything anyway. It's like sticking slices of water in your food, I don't see the point :p .
You should try some Italian tomatoes  :-* :-*
Title: Re: Tomatoes
Post by: fohat.digs on Fri, 24 June 2016, 08:00:40
Who eats tomatoes, they don't taste of anything anyway. It's like sticking slices of water in your food, I don't see the point :p .

Good real fresh ripe tomatoes grown in real soil are exquisite.

Styrofoam tomatoes like the ones sold in most supermarkets for most of the year are less than useless.

Fresh real ripe home-grown cantaloupes can come as an epiphany, too.
Title: Re: Tomatoes
Post by: SBJ on Fri, 24 June 2016, 08:38:38
Who eats tomatoes, they don't taste of anything anyway. It's like sticking slices of water in your food, I don't see the point :p .
You should try some Italian tomatoes  :-* :-*
Or cherry tomatoes. So good!
Title: Re: Tomatoes
Post by: tp4tissue on Fri, 24 June 2016, 09:22:02
Who eats tomatoes, they don't taste of anything anyway. It's like sticking slices of water in your food, I don't see the point :p .
You should try some Italian tomatoes  :-* :-*
Or cherry tomatoes. So good!

I think they're able to pick cherry tomatoes at a more ripe condition vs regular tomatoes because the wall is thicker relative to the total weight of the fruit..

So if you think about it,  the regular size tomato wall is about the same thickness, but relative to the weight of the fruit, when ripe, it's still not quite enough to bundle from falling apart it if there are lots of other tomatoes sitting on top crushing the bottom ones.

Whereas, the small tiny tomatoes have less pressure to sustain even if riper, ontop of better more even weight distribution as they're smaller relative to each other.
Title: Re: Tomatoes
Post by: Waateva on Fri, 24 June 2016, 10:47:22
My wife and father-in-law absolutely hate tomatoes, and even though my wife still likes tomato sauces my father-in-law won't eat them and will even order pizzas with no sauce.

I personally don't mind them, even though I try to avoid them at fast food places because they are almost never ripe and unripe tomatoes are really gross.  I've never noticed them being particularly salty either, although if I am eating them by themselves I tend to put salt on them so maybe that's why :)
Title: Re: Tomatoes
Post by: tp4tissue on Fri, 24 June 2016, 14:08:47
My wife and father-in-law absolutely hate tomatoes, and even though my wife still likes tomato sauces my father-in-law won't eat them and will even order pizzas with no sauce.

I personally don't mind them, even though I try to avoid them at fast food places because they are almost never ripe and unripe tomatoes are really gross.  I've never noticed them being particularly salty either, although if I am eating them by themselves I tend to put salt on them so maybe that's why :)

pizza with no sauce...  (http://emoticoner.com/files/emoticons/onion-head/bsod-onion-head-emoticon.gif?1292862493)