On Fri, 30 Nov 2012 07:18:29 -0500, William >
wrote:

>I was visiting my daughter last winter in south Florida and noticed a
>field of tomatoes with a big sign inviting me to pick my own. These
>were big beautiful looking ripe tomatoes. As soon as I got back to the
>house, I wanted to make a tomato sandwich. I sliced the tomatoes and
>piled them on the sandwich and took a bite. NO TASTE. They had no
>flavor or taste They were pretty to the eyes but had no taste! Later,
>someone told me that the Florida department of agriculture had
>developed hybrid tomato seeds to grow perfect looking tomatoes but
>they have no flavor.
>
>Does anybody have a fail safe method of selecting tasty tomatoes at
>the supermarket?

Smell their butts. Really. There should be a strong tomato odor
emanating from the bottom of the tomato. If I can't smell tomatoes
before I get to the bin, I don't bother. [and I don't bother often in
NY supermarkets]

I grow mine in the summer. Will buy some from the farmers when theirs
come in earlier than mine.

I've bought Campari in the winter-- and those Brown ones whose name I
forget.

But in general the taste has been bred out of commercial tomatoes in
favor of pretty, sturdy, and long lasting red orbs.

Canned has more flavor in the winter.

Jim