On Tue, 21 Jul 2015 14:36:04 -0700, sf > wrote:

>On Tue, 21 Jul 2015 12:54:10 -0700 (PDT), Kalmia
> wrote:
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>> On Tuesday, July 21, 2015 at 9:31:17 AM UTC-4, sf wrote:
>> > This is a breath of fresh air
>> > http://www.seriouseats.com/2014/09/w...-tomatoes.html
>> >
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>> > sf
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>> This seems to be a perennial issue ( Lord - let the shepherd pie debate NOT arise again) - all I've ever heard it that refrigeration wrecks flavor, which is why I never buy more than a few toms at a time. Once I cut part of it away, tho, into a Rubbermaid it goes and it eaten the next day.
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>If I went by the mantas I read here on rfc I'd never eat a tomato
>ever, because I don't have a home garden. AFAIC, grocery store
>tomatoes benefit from a couple of days on the counter - just like
>peaches and pears do. After that, they go into the refrigerator. My
>grandfather was the big gardener and he never preached about tomatoes,
>only corn. AFAIC, corn is the same for me - maybe my grocery store
>corn is fresher than most - I dunno. Give me a blind taste test of
>grocery store vs garden corn and I doubt I could tell you which was
>freshly picked, but what I *can* tell you is when it's overcooked.

You don't cook garden corn, you heat it.
Janet US