On Mon, 22 Jan 2018 09:50:59 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Monday, January 22, 2018 at 11:28:28 AM UTC-5, Jill McQuown wrote:
>> On 1/22/2018 10:27 AM, l not -l wrote:
>> > "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>> >> news >> >>> Is anyone else having this problem?
>> >>>
>> >>> I posted a few weeks back about the Kumatos that I bought.
>> >>> They were
>> >>> upside down in a package. The bottoms looked fine but the
>> >>> tops showed them
>> >>> to be rotten. I only bought those because oddly enough they
>> >>> were cheaper
>> >>> than the other tomatoes.
>> >>>
>> >>> Then I bought grape tomatoes at another store. Used half.
>> >>> Next day went to
>> >>> use the other half and they had black mold spots on them.
>> >>>
>> >>> Ordered cherry tomatoes to be delivered from PCC. Got tiny
>> >>> grape ones
>> >>> instead. A substitute I guess. I had gone with the cherry
>> >>> they were
>> >>> cheaper but they did not charge me more for what I got. Did
>> >>> not use them
>> >>> until the next day. One was shriveled. But two days later,
>> >>> the rest are
>> >>> shriveled.
>> >>>
>> >>> Why are the tomatoes rotting so quickly?
>> >>
>> > Because you let the store pick which ones, then had them
>> > delivered.
>> (snippage)
>>
>> Oh, she bought the Kumatos in a store. But she bought the ones packaged
>> together on a tray covered in shrink wrap. You can't see the underside.
>> She bought them because they were cheaper. That tells me the store
>> wanted to sell them fast.
>
>Bingo! You beat me to it.
>
>> I buy tomatoes (any fruit or veg, really) that I can see, touch and
>> select myself.
>>
>> It also depends on how she stores them. When I buy ripe tomatoes they
>> go straight into the refrigerator. Leaving them sitting on the kitchen
>> counter in what she describes as "humid" conditions sure won't help matters.
>>
>> > Shriveled tomatoes are not rotten; they have simply lost
>> > moisture. The loss of moisture also means a concentration of
>> > flavor to some degree. If they have mold (black, white or green)
>> > don't eat them. If they are simply shriveled/wrinkled, they are
>> > edible.
>> >
>> Agreed, shriveled/soft tomatoes are perfectly viable. Whatcha want to
>> bet she tossed them? This sort of harks back to the wasting food
>> thread. Heh.
>
>If they get really shriveled, I'll finish the job by roasting them.
>Makes a good ad hoc pasta sauce.
>
>Cindy Hamilton

I never buy any stoopidmarket tomatoes, they are over priced and
tasteless. I grow more tomatoes each summer than ten familys can
eat... and those tiny ones are the easiest to grow... can pick a peck
daily.