"l not -l" > wrote in message
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> "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. The store would be anxious to get rid of the ones
> that had been sitting around too long and needed to go. Where
> better to dump them than with someone who couldn't be bothered to
> come to the store and select their own; therefore are highly
> unlikely to go to the trouble of returning them.
>
> 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.

I can't stand the texture of shriveled tomatoes. Might be okay cooked into
something but I was planning to eat them raw.