Tomato Tasting Etiquette!! - Page 2

Worth1 · July 14, 2011

I have a friend that cant understand the idea of gourmet salt, vinegars and different oils for food tasting.
She thinks its stupid, silly and a waste of money.
Needless to say she wont be invited to any snob tomato tastings.

If I accomplish but one thing in life it is to enjoy food to its fullest and that is why I cook.
I cant afford the fancy stuff at the restaurants.

People are stunned at the fancy concoctions I make from the food at work.

Now on with the rules.
Bacon should be of the best money can buy.
The swine from which it comes from should be raised as household pets and only eat the finest slop that slopdom has to offer.

The swine shall ware a diamond necklace till the day of slaughter.
Then it shall be removed with great ceremony and passed down to the next swine in line.
This bacon and only this bacon shall be consumed at the tomato snob tasting.
Worth

DiggingDogFarm · July 14, 2011

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Originally Posted by Worth1

I cant afford the fancy stuff at the restaurants.

Fancy, huh?

Hardly!!

Many of them think that canned San Marzano's are the be all/end all tomato!!! LOL

Even Mario Batali said that he prefers to use tinned tomatoes!!!!

YUCK!!!

I've had lots of 'fancy' restaurant food, nothing comes close to what can be grown and fixed at home.

Marty

Worth1 · July 15, 2011

Quote:

Originally Posted by DiggingDogFarm

Fancy, huh?

Hardly!!

Many of them think that canned San Marzano's are the be all/end all tomato!!! LOL

Even Mario Batali said that he prefers to use tinned tomatoes!!!!

YUCK!!!

I've had lots of 'fancy' restaurant food, nothing comes close to what can be grown and fixed at home.

Marty

I stand corrected

Worth

Tracydr · July 15, 2011

One of our favorite meals is boiled lobster fixed at home with some sort of simple fresh produce, whatever is seasonal from the garden. I can make a really, really high end meal with two lobster tails apiece for around $30 or less.

Mudman · July 15, 2011

Quote:

Originally Posted by Worth1

The swine from which it comes from should be raised as household pets and only eat the finest slop that slopdom has to offer.

The swine shall ware a diamond necklace till the day of slaughter.
Then it shall be removed with great ceremony and passed down to the next swine in line.
This bacon and only this bacon shall be consumed at the tomato snob tasting.
Worth

LMAO!
I think it should be smoked with the wood of a specific apple tree also. Probably something rare so the commoners can't replicate the flavor.

troad · July 16, 2011

Mudman,

I think you have hit on something there. Perhaps only wood from a tree that can be traced back to John Chapman as the planter of said tree.

TZ-OH6 · July 16, 2011

In defence of the tinned tomato, it is picked ripe so will probably be better than using supermarket romas picked green and gassed.

recruiterg · July 16, 2011

Perrier, Worth?

delltraveller · July 16, 2011

Now, back to these pallets. You would drag those around to burn calories so you would be hungrier and could eat more tomatoes?

I suppose some people put children on the pallets to burn even more calories. And the water is to clean them because they get dirty when you drag them around?

Sigh. I'm just not in your league. A wagon I might drag around, but a pallet.....

Yes, I can see the need for large quantities of bacon with the tomatoes, and exotic salts containing trace elements to keep the electrolytes in balance with all that sweating....

Zana · July 16, 2011

Are we talking pallets or palettes or palates? LOL Not sure how the former will help cleanse the latter...but it sure would make for a memorable taste testing.

Worth1 · July 16, 2011

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zana

Are we talking pallets or palettes? LOL Not sure how the former will help cleanse the latter...but it sure would make for a memorable taste testing.

The proper spelling is palate.

I went back and corrected my spelling in the first post.

Worth

Mudman · July 16, 2011

Each person shall stand on a freshly cleaned pallet, tomato in one hand and bacon in the other with pinkies held high...

Zana · July 16, 2011

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Originally Posted by recruiterg

Perrier, Worth?

Sounds good...without the bubbles....lol..they get up my nose. Sighhhhh...lol

So where are we? Standing on freshly clean pallets, with perrier water, bacon, cucumber and other cleansers in hand, pinkies extended ? Did I forget anything? Oh yeah...exotic salts....sighhh....and other possible seasonings?

July 16, 2011	#21
troad Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Des Moines, WA. Posts: 358	Mudman, I think you have hit on something there. Perhaps only wood from a tree that can be traced back to John Chapman as the planter of said tree. __________________ There's a fine line between gardening and madness.

July 16, 2011	#25
Zana Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Southwestern Ontario, Canada Posts: 4,521	Are we talking pallets or palettes or palates? LOL Not sure how the former will help cleanse the latter...but it sure would make for a memorable taste testing. Last edited by Zana; July 16, 2011 at 03:03 PM.

July 16, 2011	#27
Mudman Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: NW Wisconsin Posts: 910	Each person shall stand on a freshly cleaned pallet, tomato in one hand and bacon in the other with pinkies held high... __________________ Mike

July 14, 2011	#16
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	I have a friend that cant understand the idea of gourmet salt, vinegars and different oils for food tasting. She thinks its stupid, silly and a waste of money. Needless to say she wont be invited to any snob tomato tastings. If I accomplish but one thing in life it is to enjoy food to its fullest and that is why I cook. I cant afford the fancy stuff at the restaurants. People are stunned at the fancy concoctions I make from the food at work. Now on with the rules. Bacon should be of the best money can buy. The swine from which it comes from should be raised as household pets and only eat the finest slop that slopdom has to offer. The swine shall ware a diamond necklace till the day of slaughter. Then it shall be removed with great ceremony and passed down to the next swine in line. This bacon and only this bacon shall be consumed at the tomato snob tasting. Worth

July 15, 2011	#19
Tracydr Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2011 Location: Laurinburg, North Carolina, zone 7 Posts: 3,207	One of our favorite meals is boiled lobster fixed at home with some sort of simple fresh produce, whatever is seasonal from the garden. I can make a really, really high end meal with two lobster tails apiece for around $30 or less.

July 16, 2011	#22
TZ-OH6 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Mid-Ohio Posts: 847	In defence of the tinned tomato, it is picked ripe so will probably be better than using supermarket romas picked green and gassed.

July 16, 2011	#23
recruiterg Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Edina, MN (Zone 4) Posts: 945	Perrier, Worth?

July 16, 2011	#24
delltraveller Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Iowa Posts: 481	Now, back to these pallets. You would drag those around to burn calories so you would be hungrier and could eat more tomatoes? I suppose some people put children on the pallets to burn even more calories. And the water is to clean them because they get dirty when you drag them around? Sigh. I'm just not in your league. A wagon I might drag around, but a pallet..... Yes, I can see the need for large quantities of bacon with the tomatoes, and exotic salts containing trace elements to keep the electrolytes in balance with all that sweating....