I sliced open the last one of a batch of tomatoes I got a couple weeks
ago at the produce place. Inside the little pockets were slender white
things about 1/2 inch long or so. I thought, "Ugh, worms!"

However, they weren't moving. I poked at them and they were crisp like
beans sprouts. I pulled one out and there was a tomato seed at the end.
The seeds had sprouted inside the tomato.

In all the many years of eating tomatoes, I'd never seen the like. I
could understand if it was an old rotten one, but this was perfectly
good otherwise.




Brian

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Default User > wrote in message
...
> I sliced open the last one of a batch of tomatoes I got a
> couple weeks
> ago at the produce place. Inside the little pockets were
> slender white
> things about 1/2 inch long or so. I thought, "Ugh, worms!"
>
> However, they weren't moving. I poked at them and they were
> crisp like
> beans sprouts. I pulled one out and there was a tomato seed
> at the end.
> The seeds had sprouted inside the tomato.
>
> In all the many years of eating tomatoes, I'd never seen the
> like. I
> could understand if it was an old rotten one, but this was
> perfectly
> good otherwise.
>
That's happened to me lately with heirlooms that I've left out
and the general heat has started them sprouting from within.
The first time I tossed the lot but being cheap, I scooped the
center from the next batch and discovered (again like you) that
the flesh was still fine.

The Ranger

In article >,
"Default User" > wrote:

> I sliced open the last one of a batch of tomatoes I got a couple weeks
> ago at the produce place. Inside the little pockets were slender white
> things about 1/2 inch long or so. I thought, "Ugh, worms!"
>
> However, they weren't moving. I poked at them and they were crisp like
> beans sprouts. I pulled one out and there was a tomato seed at the end.
> The seeds had sprouted inside the tomato.
>
> In all the many years of eating tomatoes, I'd never seen the like.

> Brian
You gotta get out more, Bryan. "-) Gross, for sure, until you figure
out it's not a woim or five.


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Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> In article >,
> "Default User" > wrote:
>
>> I sliced open the last one of a batch of tomatoes I got a couple weeks
>> ago at the produce place. Inside the little pockets were slender white
>> things about 1/2 inch long or so. I thought, "Ugh, worms!"
>>
>> However, they weren't moving. I poked at them and they were crisp like
>> beans sprouts. I pulled one out and there was a tomato seed at the end.
>> The seeds had sprouted inside the tomato.
>>
>> In all the many years of eating tomatoes, I'd never seen the like.
>
>> Brian
> You gotta get out more, Bryan. "-) Gross, for sure, until you figure
> out it's not a woim or five.

Seen it and seen it and seen it. It happens in peppers, too.

In article >,
"Default User" > wrote:

> I sliced open the last one of a batch of tomatoes I got a couple weeks
> ago at the produce place. Inside the little pockets were slender white
> things about 1/2 inch long or so. I thought, "Ugh, worms!"
>
> However, they weren't moving. I poked at them and they were crisp like
> beans sprouts. I pulled one out and there was a tomato seed at the end.
> The seeds had sprouted inside the tomato.
>
> In all the many years of eating tomatoes, I'd never seen the like. I
> could understand if it was an old rotten one, but this was perfectly
> good otherwise.
>
>
>
>
> Brian

I've seen that. :-)

Count your lucky stars they were stored at the proper temperature.

It's only been recently (thanks to this list!) that I've learned to not
refrigerate tomatoes. I now keep them in a basket by the stove.

Y'all were right, as usual!
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