How Do You Eat Your Fresh Tomatoes?

Gerald51 · January 21, 2009

Being from the country, I mostly eat them sliced and salted with a meal. There's not much better than having a plate full of fried potatoes with onions, fresh okra, purple hull peas, sweet corn, green onions, a pod of cayenne pepper and a whole lot of tangy sliced tomatoes. All wash down with a big glass of sweet tea.

I really like salted sliced tomatoes with some mayo between two slices of white bread. The only drink that I like with that, is a cold glass of milk.

Back when I lived in country with my grandparents, we didn't have store bought bread, we ate them between homemade biscuits with just salt on them. Talk about good!!

Also I like them the way my wife fixes tomatoes. She chops up tomatoes, cucumber, jalapeno peppers, sweet onions and puts some salt, pepper, olive oil and wine vinegar on them and lets them marinate for a few hours in the frig before serving.

Gerald

huntoften · January 21, 2009

Gerald...are you trying to give all a stomach ache!?!?

Talking about fresh tomatoes in January...grrr!

Ok...to the topic...wedged and drizzled with some sea salt, balsamic vinegar, and some fresh goat cheese. Put that on a rye cracker and send me to heaven. Fresh pico de gallo is a favorite as well. A thick slice on a burger fresh off of the grill isn't too shabby either. Fresh pasta sauce with fresh romas, fresh basil, and fresh oregano. The list goes on and on, but the drool on my keyboard can't be good for it!

duajones · January 21, 2009

I pretty much eat my tomatoes fresh as I am not a fan of sauces and such but may use tomatoes in a pot of soup. I love a sliced tomato or two depending on size as a side dish with just about anything. Give me a medium rare ribeye, potato or just about any type of vegetable side with lightly salt and peppered thick tomato slices and I am good to go. Something about that good tomato taste and a steak that goes well together.And of course I love sliced tomato on any type of sandwich or burger. My boss and I had many burgers this summer purchased from local burger houses with my sliced up tomatoes on them. YUM YUM
As huntoften mentioned, I love fresh pico de gallo also

dice · January 21, 2009

Sliced up fresh is best, but I also like them in tabbouleh (tabouli)
and salads, on pizza, in salsa, pasta sauce, etc. In winter I have
been making a lot of "tomato_soup/gumbo hybrid", which is a
good way to use up a lot of excess tomatoes. I just start with
enough tomatoes to make a large pot of tomato soup, then
add all of the stuff I would normally use in a gumbo (plus extra
pepper and more basil to balance the tomato flavor). Works for
me.:-)

Barbee · January 21, 2009

Wowww...my mouth is watering.
Sliced and salted or on a BLT is my favorite way to eat them but I also enjoy a good tomato salad with sliced tomatoes, red onions,olive oil, vinegar and feta. And I love to take thick slices of tomatoes and roast them with a little olive oil and salt/pepper. Or grilled cheese sandwiches with bacon and tomato.
Then there's tomato pizza. Brush a pizza crust with olive oil and line with thinly sliced tomatoes, peppers, onions, mushrooms, and drizzle about 2 tbsp of ranch or blue cheese dressing on top and bake.
I can't think of a single way I don't like tomatoes.

ContainerTed · January 21, 2009

Oh my god, my "lycopene low-lite" quit blinking and started "pulsating" violently.

Okay, Here goes.

BLT (of course)
Sliced with eggs, gravy, bacon or sausage. cover with gravy
Salads with thousand island dressing
Quartered as a condiment with Thai fried rice (Kow Phat)
Just picked from the vine before I get back to the house
Cut up and fresh just after getting back to the house
As a midnight snack
As an afternoon snack
When the urge hits me (this happens a lot)
Just because they are there on the counter
Strictly out of habit (beats smoking out of habit)
Anytime the urge hits me
Anytime I think about the cardboard garbage at the store
When I remember my dad who enjoyed them more than I could ever

I have been known to get up in the middle of the night and cut up a tomato on the counter. NOBODY likes to eat fresh home-grown tomatoes MORE than me.

Ted
(who is working on a way to have some all year long without moving to Raybo's neighborhood)

jungseed · January 21, 2009

In my favorite breakfast - sliced tomato covered with cottage cheese. Salt, pepper and eat.
Otherwise, just sliced is fine by me.

Gerald51 · January 21, 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by ContainerTed

Sliced with eggs, gravy, bacon or sausage. cover with gravy

Heck, I forgot about how good sliced tomatoes are for breakfast. It's Heaven!!

Gerald

camochef · January 22, 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by ContainerTed

Oh my god, my "lycopene low-lite" quit blinking and started "pulsating" violently.

Okay, Here goes.

BLT (of course)
Sliced with eggs, gravy, bacon or sausage. cover with gravy
Salads with thousand island dressing
Quartered as a condiment with Thai fried rice (Kow Phat)
Just picked from the vine before I get back to the house
Cut up and fresh just after getting back to the house
As a midnight snack
As an afternoon snack
When the urge hits me (this happens a lot)
Just because they are there on the counter
Strictly out of habit (beats smoking out of habit)
Anytime the urge hits me
Anytime I think about the cardboard garbage at the store
When I remember my dad who enjoyed them more than I could ever

I have been known to get up in the middle of the night and cut up a tomato on the counter. NOBODY likes to eat fresh home-grown tomatoes MORE than me.

Ted
(who is working on a way to have some all year long without moving to Raybo's neighborhood)

Ted,
I would have to disagree with you... on the statement that NOBODY likes to eat fresh home-grown tomatoes More than you. So if you have any at this time of the year, I challenge you to bring them out, and we'll see which of us can eat more!

As much as I love a good BLT, I don't always have the time to make them

.
Therefore, Sliced-plain; Sliced-with a touch of sea salt; Sliced-with a sprinkling of Zatarains Creole seasoning; Sliced-with a little ground Ancho chili pepper; Sliced- with some Sandwich Sprinkle; Sliced- with some Ozark Seasoning; Sliced with some northwoods seasoning; Sliced with all the above and fresh ground tellicherry black pepper; With Gargonzola dressing! With Roquefort dressing! With Italian dressing! and one of my very favorites-with shallot salt!
As far as getting up in the middle of the night to cut one up off the counter... how can you go to bed if there's still one sitting on the counter?

Looking desperately for spring,
Camo

PaulF · January 22, 2009

My parents always sliced tomatoes and sprinkled sugar on them. As a kid I did that too. Slicing seemed to be the only way until discovering I could get a whole lot more tomato in my mouth by quartering, sprinkling with salt and shoving it in. Lots of times, no salt is added so the tomato flavor is all that is tasted.

As for all that other fancy stuff, it sounds good now but when tomato eating season gets here just give me a big chunk of tomato. I'm not exactly a purist, just too lazy to try all that stuff. The condiments that go best with a thick slab of tomato is bacon, lettuce, miracle whip and lightly toasted home made bread.

TZ-OH6 · January 22, 2009

I eat most of my fresh tomatoes just plain, quartered/chunked in side by side comparisons trying to decide which variety I like better. Other than that I like a 1" thick slice on bread with thin sliced onion and mayo.

oc tony · January 21, 2009

No one has mentioned fried green yet.

ContainerTed · January 21, 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by oc tony

No one has mentioned fried green yet.

Takes too long. Fried Green is for formal occasions only.

jwr6404 · January 21, 2009

One Tomato at a time works best for me

happydog · January 21, 2009

I wish I lived at Gerald's house.

I like them cut in half, salted and peppered, maybe sprinkled with garlic, hidden under a thick slice of cheese, and stuck under the broiler till the cheese bubbles and the tomato is warmed through.

January 21, 2009	#1
Gerald51 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Germantown, TN Posts: 104	How Do You Eat Your Fresh Tomatoes? Being from the country, I mostly eat them sliced and salted with a meal. There's not much better than having a plate full of fried potatoes with onions, fresh okra, purple hull peas, sweet corn, green onions, a pod of cayenne pepper and a whole lot of tangy sliced tomatoes. All wash down with a big glass of sweet tea. I really like salted sliced tomatoes with some mayo between two slices of white bread. The only drink that I like with that, is a cold glass of milk. Back when I lived in country with my grandparents, we didn't have store bought bread, we ate them between homemade biscuits with just salt on them. Talk about good!! Also I like them the way my wife fixes tomatoes. She chops up tomatoes, cucumber, jalapeno peppers, sweet onions and puts some salt, pepper, olive oil and wine vinegar on them and lets them marinate for a few hours in the frig before serving. Gerald

January 21, 2009	#2
huntoften Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Kansas CIty Posts: 560	Gerald...are you trying to give all a stomach ache!?!? Talking about fresh tomatoes in January...grrr! Ok...to the topic...wedged and drizzled with some sea salt, balsamic vinegar, and some fresh goat cheese. Put that on a rye cracker and send me to heaven. Fresh pico de gallo is a favorite as well. A thick slice on a burger fresh off of the grill isn't too shabby either. Fresh pasta sauce with fresh romas, fresh basil, and fresh oregano. The list goes on and on, but the drool on my keyboard can't be good for it! __________________ Kansas City, Missouri Zone 5b/6a

January 21, 2009	#4
dice Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: PNW Posts: 4,743	Sliced up fresh is best, but I also like them in tabbouleh (tabouli) and salads, on pizza, in salsa, pasta sauce, etc. In winter I have been making a lot of "tomato_soup/gumbo hybrid", which is a good way to use up a lot of excess tomatoes. I just start with enough tomatoes to make a large pot of tomato soup, then add all of the stuff I would normally use in a gumbo (plus extra pepper and more basil to balance the tomato flavor). Works for me.:-) __________________ -- alias

January 21, 2009	#5
Barbee Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: SW Ohio Posts: 1,818	Wowww...my mouth is watering. Sliced and salted or on a BLT is my favorite way to eat them but I also enjoy a good tomato salad with sliced tomatoes, red onions,olive oil, vinegar and feta. And I love to take thick slices of tomatoes and roast them with a little olive oil and salt/pepper. Or grilled cheese sandwiches with bacon and tomato. Then there's tomato pizza. Brush a pizza crust with olive oil and line with thinly sliced tomatoes, peppers, onions, mushrooms, and drizzle about 2 tbsp of ranch or blue cheese dressing on top and bake. I can't think of a single way I don't like tomatoes. __________________ *Barbee*

January 21, 2009	#6
ContainerTed Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: 6a - NE Tennessee Posts: 4,538	Oh my god, my "lycopene low-lite" quit blinking and started "pulsating" violently. Okay, Here goes. BLT (of course) Sliced with eggs, gravy, bacon or sausage. cover with gravy Salads with thousand island dressing Quartered as a condiment with Thai fried rice (Kow Phat) Just picked from the vine before I get back to the house Cut up and fresh just after getting back to the house As a midnight snack As an afternoon snack When the urge hits me (this happens a lot) Just because they are there on the counter Strictly out of habit (beats smoking out of habit) Anytime the urge hits me Anytime I think about the cardboard garbage at the store When I remember my dad who enjoyed them more than I could ever I have been known to get up in the middle of the night and cut up a tomato on the counter. NOBODY likes to eat fresh home-grown tomatoes MORE than me. Ted (who is working on a way to have some all year long without moving to Raybo's neighborhood) __________________ Ted ________________________ Owner & Sole Operator Of The Muddy Bucket Farm and Tomato Ranch

January 21, 2009	#3
duajones Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Corpus Christi,Texas Z9 Posts: 1,996	I pretty much eat my tomatoes fresh as I am not a fan of sauces and such but may use tomatoes in a pot of soup. I love a sliced tomato or two depending on size as a side dish with just about anything. Give me a medium rare ribeye, potato or just about any type of vegetable side with lightly salt and peppered thick tomato slices and I am good to go. Something about that good tomato taste and a steak that goes well together.And of course I love sliced tomato on any type of sandwich or burger. My boss and I had many burgers this summer purchased from local burger houses with my sliced up tomatoes on them. YUM YUM As huntoften mentioned, I love fresh pico de gallo also

January 21, 2009	#7
jungseed Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Pardeeville, WI Posts: 318	In my favorite breakfast - sliced tomato covered with cottage cheese. Salt, pepper and eat. Otherwise, just sliced is fine by me.

January 22, 2009	#10
PaulF Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brownville, Ne Posts: 3,296	My parents always sliced tomatoes and sprinkled sugar on them. As a kid I did that too. Slicing seemed to be the only way until discovering I could get a whole lot more tomato in my mouth by quartering, sprinkling with salt and shoving it in. Lots of times, no salt is added so the tomato flavor is all that is tasted. As for all that other fancy stuff, it sounds good now but when tomato eating season gets here just give me a big chunk of tomato. I'm not exactly a purist, just too lazy to try all that stuff. The condiments that go best with a thick slab of tomato is bacon, lettuce, miracle whip and lightly toasted home made bread. __________________ there's two things money can't buy; true love and home grown tomatoes.

January 22, 2009	#11
TZ-OH6 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Mid-Ohio Posts: 848	I eat most of my fresh tomatoes just plain, quartered/chunked in side by side comparisons trying to decide which variety I like better. Other than that I like a 1" thick slice on bread with thin sliced onion and mayo.

January 21, 2009	#12
oc tony Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: oc ca. Posts: 173	No one has mentioned fried green yet.

January 21, 2009	#14
jwr6404 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: University Place, WA Posts: 481	One Tomato at a time works best for me __________________ Jim

January 21, 2009	#15
happydog Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Appalachian Mountains NC Posts: 151	I wish I lived at Gerald's house. I like them cut in half, salted and peppered, maybe sprinkled with garlic, hidden under a thick slice of cheese, and stuck under the broiler till the cheese bubbles and the tomato is warmed through.