How to best enjoy a fresh tomato ?

dipchip2000 · February 1, 2014

I know it has been asked before but we have a lot of new people now and I would like to know how you eat a fresh tomato. I prefer just salt and pepper unless it is on a bacon,tomato and sharp cheddar sandwich on sourdough bread with helmans real mayonnaise.
There are lots of options, how do you like yours the best?

ron

Cheryl2017 · February 1, 2014

On flat bread
with butter garlic and basil

FarmerShawn · February 1, 2014

Depends on the tomato, doesn't it? Sungolds and Black Cherries usually don't make it more than a couple of feet from the plant before consumption. Brandywine or Black from Tula or Aunt Ruby's German Green just get chunked up and sprinkled with sea salt. Juliets or Costaluto Genovese often get cubed up small for pico di gallo or fresh salsa. Sandwiches get whatever tomato is ripe and handy at the moment.

NarnianGarden · February 1, 2014

No doubt: Olive oil and a dash of balsamic vinegar for large ones. Cherries, straight off the vine!

habitat_gardener · February 1, 2014

Sun-warmed fresh from the plant, if it's a cherry or the rare one I didn't manage to pick at first blush.

Sliced thickly in a drippy open-face tomato sandwich on garlic sourdough bread (or an herb ciabatta roll) with avocado and red onion, topped with some greens from the garden.

Several saladettes or medium-size tomatoes as a hydrating snack, if I'm working in the garden. (Thinking of the Japanese vending machines with bags of tomatoes)

Sliced or chunked on a plate for comparative taste tests.

Worth1 · February 1, 2014

Ill jump on this one.
The best way to eat a fresh tomato is right off the vine early in the morning.
Before anything, coffee, smokes, or even brushing your teeth.
Just drag your hind end up out of bed and go to the garden dont even get dressed go naked if you have to.

Stand out there in all your bare foot glory and taste something of you labors and suck in the freshness.

Worth

gssgarden · February 1, 2014

Worth..I AGREE!! I can't tell you how many times I've been out there before anyone else has woke up, just taking notes on what they need for the day, and I sneak one in my mouth!! It's the BEST!!

Greg

gssgarden · February 1, 2014

It also depends on when it's picked. The FIRST one off each plant get cut up and 'tested' by wifey and the kids!! After that, BLT's and tomato salad!

Greg

Sodak · February 1, 2014

in the early AM - with toast and thin slice of sharp cheddar.
Noon - toast, bacon and mayo.
Evening - sliced or dices on a salad (cherries whole).

bower · February 1, 2014

I'll have to agree with fresh from the vine.... but wait a minute! It's February here, shouldn't this question be, how to best enjoy a frozen tomato?

Irv Wiseguy · February 1, 2014

Cherries, just pull off the vine and pop in my mouth.

Full size, cut in half, put some salt on the innards and eat. If I'm ambitious, slice and make a tomato, cheese and Miracle Whip on whole wheat sandwich.

Irv

bobberman · February 1, 2014

Since the only meat I eat is turkey and chicken I like a slice of tomato on a turkey rye bread sandwich with mayo and a slice of farmer cheese or cheddar! Store tomatoes just don't do it but the gsarden ones make it fantastic! I like the pineapple tomato about the best!

Father'sDaughter · February 1, 2014

First a whole wheat roll or homemade sourdough English muffin is spread with reserved bacon fat and placed in a hot skillet. While it toasts, the tomato is sliced. The smaller slices are sprinkled with a touch of salt and eaten while waiting for the bread to toast. Once the bread is ready, it's spread with a thin layer of mayo, and topped with the two largest tomato slices.

Is it summer yet???

February 1, 2014	#1
dipchip2000 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Muskogee, Oklahoma Posts: 664	How to best enjoy a fresh tomato ? I know it has been asked before but we have a lot of new people now and I would like to know how you eat a fresh tomato. I prefer just salt and pepper unless it is on a bacon,tomato and sharp cheddar sandwich on sourdough bread with helmans real mayonnaise. There are lots of options, how do you like yours the best? ron

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FarmerShawn Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Vermont Posts: 1,001	Depends on the tomato, doesn't it? Sungolds and Black Cherries usually don't make it more than a couple of feet from the plant before consumption. Brandywine or Black from Tula or Aunt Ruby's German Green just get chunked up and sprinkled with sea salt. Juliets or Costaluto Genovese often get cubed up small for pico di gallo or fresh salsa. Sandwiches get whatever tomato is ripe and handy at the moment. __________________ "Red meat is NOT bad for you. Now blue-green meat, THAT'S bad for you!" -- Tommy Smothers

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Sodak Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: 5a SD Posts: 253	in the early AM - with toast and thin slice of sharp cheddar. Noon - toast, bacon and mayo. Evening - sliced or dices on a salad (cherries whole). __________________ Fight the good fight, finish the course and keep the faith

February 1, 2014	#12
bobberman Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Latrobe Pa. Posts: 142	Since the only meat I eat is turkey and chicken I like a slice of tomato on a turkey rye bread sandwich with mayo and a slice of farmer cheese or cheddar! Store tomatoes just don't do it but the gsarden ones make it fantastic! I like the pineapple tomato about the best! __________________ Frank the Bobberman & Carpet Installer Inventor of the Bobber With A Brain,. Gadening, Greenhouse, Fishing, Softball, Scrabble. Single looking for a woman with a 100 acre farm!

February 1, 2014	#2
Cheryl2017 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: san antonio, texas Posts: 174	On flat bread with butter garlic and basil

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NarnianGarden Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Finland, EU Posts: 2,550	No doubt: Olive oil and a dash of balsamic vinegar for large ones. Cherries, straight off the vine!

February 1, 2014	#5
habitat_gardener Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: California Central Valley Posts: 2,543	Sun-warmed fresh from the plant, if it's a cherry or the rare one I didn't manage to pick at first blush. Sliced thickly in a drippy open-face tomato sandwich on garlic sourdough bread (or an herb ciabatta roll) with avocado and red onion, topped with some greens from the garden. Several saladettes or medium-size tomatoes as a hydrating snack, if I'm working in the garden. (Thinking of the Japanese vending machines with bags of tomatoes) Sliced or chunked on a plate for comparative taste tests.

February 1, 2014	#6
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	Ill jump on this one. The best way to eat a fresh tomato is right off the vine early in the morning. Before anything, coffee, smokes, or even brushing your teeth. Just drag your hind end up out of bed and go to the garden dont even get dressed go naked if you have to. Stand out there in all your bare foot glory and taste something of you labors and suck in the freshness. Worth

February 1, 2014	#7
gssgarden Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: N.C. Posts: 1,827	Worth..I AGREE!! I can't tell you how many times I've been out there before anyone else has woke up, just taking notes on what they need for the day, and I sneak one in my mouth!! It's the BEST!! Greg

February 1, 2014	#10
bower Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Newfoundland, Canada Posts: 6,794	I'll have to agree with fresh from the vine.... but wait a minute! It's February here, shouldn't this question be, how to best enjoy a frozen tomato?

February 1, 2014	#11
Irv Wiseguy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Thousand Oaks, CA Posts: 281	Cherries, just pull off the vine and pop in my mouth. Full size, cut in half, put some salt on the innards and eat. If I'm ambitious, slice and make a tomato, cheese and Miracle Whip on whole wheat sandwich. Irv

February 1, 2014	#13
Father'sDaughter Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: MA/NH Border Posts: 4,919	First a whole wheat roll or homemade sourdough English muffin is spread with reserved bacon fat and placed in a hot skillet. While it toasts, the tomato is sliced. The smaller slices are sprinkled with a touch of salt and eaten while waiting for the bread to toast. Once the bread is ready, it's spread with a thin layer of mayo, and topped with the two largest tomato slices. Is it summer yet???