On Saturday, December 15, 2012 6:54:39 PM UTC-6, Melba's Jammin' wrote:
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> > On 12/9/12 6:16 PM, Melba's Jammin' wrote:
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> > >> Does anybody have a fail safe method of selecting tasty tomatoes at
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> > > Look for Campari brand.
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> > I bought Camparis two weeks ago in Wg=hole Foods, and we thought they
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> Pity. I've never been disappointed.
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I've never had a bad Campari either.
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> > There's a reason why Chez Panisse used to use tomatoes only three weeks
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> Why? I can buy locally grown tomatoes for a lot longer than three weeks
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I get great ones from my back yard for more like 3 months. In the Winter, it's Camparis or nothing, usually nothing because of the price. In early Summer, before my own ripen, I often buy pretty good on-the-vine tomatoes from ALDI at very low prices. I don't understand the appeal of Romas, unless one is just using them as a thickening agent in something like a freshly made salsa taquera. They have very little acid, and even less flavor.
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> Barb

--Bryan