On 12/9/12 6:16 PM, Melba's Jammin' wrote:

>> Does anybody have a fail safe method of selecting tasty tomatoes at
>> the supermarket?
>
> Look for Campari brand.

I bought Camparis two weeks ago in Wg=hole Foods, and we thought they
had no flavor.

There's a reason why Chez Panisse used to use tomatoes only three weeks
out of the year. 8

-- Larry

On Friday, November 30, 2012 5:14:38 PM UTC-6, Gary wrote:
> l not -l wrote:
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> > I buy a lot of my
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> > produce from the local international grocer and their produce rarely
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> > looks good, but tastes great.
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> Presentation is great but taste is the bottom line for a good meal.
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Presentation can be fun, but you are 100% correct. Today, on the way home from the concert, we went by the taqueria and got a quart each of red and green. I swear, if that place ceased to exist, I would be very upset. The green was obviously made today. It was so fresh, and the red is always divine. The folks who work there probably wonder what we do with all of it.
>
> G.

--Bryan

In article >, pltrgyst >
wrote:

> On 12/9/12 6:16 PM, Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>
> >> Does anybody have a fail safe method of selecting tasty tomatoes at
> >> the supermarket?
> >
> > Look for Campari brand.
>
> I bought Camparis two weeks ago in Wg=hole Foods, and we thought they
> had no flavor.

Pity. I've never been disappointed.

>
> There's a reason why Chez Panisse used to use tomatoes only three weeks
> out of the year. 8

Why? I can buy locally grown tomatoes for a lot longer than three weeks
in the summer.

--
Barb,
http://www.barbschaller.com, as of August 20, 2012

On Saturday, December 15, 2012 6:54:39 PM UTC-6, Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> In article >, pltrgyst >
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> wrote:
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> > On 12/9/12 6:16 PM, Melba's Jammin' wrote:
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> >
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> > >> Does anybody have a fail safe method of selecting tasty tomatoes at
>
> > >> the supermarket?
>
> > >
>
> > > Look for Campari brand.
>
> >
>
> > I bought Camparis two weeks ago in Wg=hole Foods, and we thought they
>
> > had no flavor.
>
>
>
> 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
>
> > out of the year. 8
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>
>
> Why? I can buy locally grown tomatoes for a lot longer than three weeks
>
> in the summer.
>
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.
>
> --
>
> Barb

--Bryan

On Fri, 30 Nov 2012 07:18:29 -0500, William >
wrote:

>I was visiting my daughter last winter in south Florida and noticed a
>field of tomatoes with a big sign inviting me to pick my own. These
>were big beautiful looking ripe tomatoes. As soon as I got back to the
>house, I wanted to make a tomato sandwich. I sliced the tomatoes and
>piled them on the sandwich and took a bite. NO TASTE. They had no
>flavor or taste They were pretty to the eyes but had no taste! Later,
>someone told me that the Florida department of agriculture had
>developed hybrid tomato seeds to grow perfect looking tomatoes but
>they have no flavor.
>
>Does anybody have a fail safe method of selecting tasty tomatoes at
>the supermarket?
>
>William

I finally solved the problem of "no taste or flavor" in the tomatoes I
use to make a tomato sandwich. I bought a can of whole peeled tomatoes
at the grocery store, cut them in half while draining all the juice
off of them, plopped them on the bread with mayonaise...tomato
sandwich heaven!