Frank, choose organic tomatoes. Non-organic ones (at least those that are grown commercially) are not grown in soil, consequently they have no flavour. Organic ones have to be grown in soil, which is where the flavour comes from.
-- Cheers, Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: frank theriault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 30 December 2005 13:26 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: PESO: Nice Tomatoes > > On 12/29/05, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yes, they do. In the summer, when I have real tomatoes from > my garden, > > I toast a slice of good crusty bread, butter it, then top it with > > white Vermont cheddar and a big juicy tomato slice. A bit > of salt and > > pepper and a few fresh basil leaves, and I'm in heaven. The > tomatoes I > > bought for the photo look great, but taste just okay. > They're nowhere > > near as flavorful or juicy as the real thing. Heck, I can eat one > > without a bib :-). > > Well, I know this is getting OT, but I didn't like tomatoes > for the first 20 years of my life, because we lived in the > city, had no garden, and I'd only ever tasted those pink > cardboard things that they import from 8000 miles away into > the supermarkets. I hated those. > > Then, I tasted a garden-fresh one from my then-wife's > father's garden, and I was in heaven!! Now I'm spoiled - > only homegrown garden-fresh does it for me. > > Your sandwich sounds great, Paul! I think the acidity of the > tomatoes plays well with cheese - especially sharp or old cheese. > > Mmmmmmmm.... > > -frank > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > > >
