On Fri, 2 Sep 2011 20:25:34 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>Sqwertz wrote:
>> On Wed, 31 Aug 2011 13:49:24 -0700 (PDT), A Moose in Love wrote:
>>
>>> I had lunch today at a friends place. Nothing fancy. Processed
>>> cheese slices with tomato on a light rye. Grilled a little bit in a
>>> pan using no fat. Also fried cauliflower. That was it. However, I
>>> haven't tasted such a tomato ever I think. I'm used to the store
>>> bought stuff. Kind of I don't know, kind of blah. However his
>>> tomato I had today was packed full of flavour. My friend got the
>>> tomatoes from her neighbours garden. These toms must have been some
>>> kind of heirloom tomato. I never thought I'd be praising the
>>> tomato, but there it is. We don't get many heirloom tomatoes here
>>> in the markets. I've only seen them once in the supermarket, and
>>> they were expensive. I believe $3.99. But if they taste anything
>>> like my friends toms, they might just be worth it.
>>
>> Heirloom tomato doesn't mean "good". It just means "expensive". What
>> you just had is a typical home-grown tomato. And now you know you
>> know why people who were raised on home-grown tomatoes bitch about
>> supermarket tomatoes.
>
>Although... A few years ago when my tomatoes actually grew... They were no
>better than the Supermarket ones. I was sadly disappointed.
>
Order seeds and don't buy seedlings from home depot. It makes a big
difference.

Lou