Hick's Freebie Magnet was pulling last week. He came home with three tomatoes.
"I've got tomatoes. A guy gave them to me down at my shop."
"Are they home-grown? Or the kind like from the store, that some people get a deal on and sell at a farmer's market."
"I don't know. He didn't say. He just gave me three tomatoes."
"These look too smooth to be home-grown. And really clean. I guess I'll find out when I slice one."
Later that night, I had my answer. The tomatoes were definitely store-bought adjacent. Firm inside, not many seeds, a lot of that pulp stuff. NO TASTE! If I had been fed a piece while blindfolded, I would never have guessed it was a tomato. Or course I ate that tomato anyway. I'm not one to waste a free tomato!
I had another one a couple days later. This one remains. I will offer it to Hick tonight, but will probably end up having it myself tomorrow. I don't think that guy was trying to pass them off as home-grown. I think he was just being generous. Maybe had more tomatoes than he needed.
I say this was a TINO. Tomato in name only.
I actually prefer tomatoes with more pulp than seeds, to me the seeds and all that juice surrounding them is just wasted space. And it creates soggy sandwiches. I have heard the "mortgage lifter" type tomatoes are the more pulp kind and some called "beefeater" too, but when I bought seeds of those varieties they never grew. I still feel the disappointment.
ReplyDeleteI actually scoop out the seeds. Even when I cut cherry tomatoes in half. The tip of the knife works great. I don't mind pulp at all, as long as it tastes like a tomato! Nothing beats a home-grown tomato.
DeleteI use a spoon to scoop them out, same as I do with pumpkin and peppers. I have a couple of spoons with pointy ends that do the job very well.
DeleteNo spoon small enough for my cherry tomato seed-scooping! It's quick to flick them out with the tip of my serrated knife after slicing in half.
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