On 9/2/2011 11:10 PM, 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.
>
> -sw

Heirloom also means good. When you buy seeds or plants you can buy
heirloom and also more "modern" versions bred for commercial concerns
(ease of transport, attractiveness etc) first then flavor second.
Heirloom variety tomatoes are typically thinner skinned, usually
misshapen etc but have a lot better taste.