How Do You Eat Your Fresh Tomatoes? - Page 2

happydog · January 22, 2009

You have a ripe tomato on a vine in January???

I feel faint...

Gerald51 · January 22, 2009

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Originally Posted by happydog

You have a ripe tomato on a vine in January???

I feel faint...

Doesn't Homestead Florida have tomatoes year round?

Gerald

Tormato · January 22, 2009

Sliced at the equator, I eat only the southern hemisphere, sometimes lightly salted, sometimes not.

The northern hemisphere is for squeezing out seed for saving, and for sauce.

The great tasting tomatoes are never wasted on a sandwich.

Tormato

sic transit gloria · January 22, 2009

First you cut out the top core with a paring knife.

Then you peel the tomato. There are a few varieties I don't peel, since the skin is so thin, but for the vast majority, I peel them. This sounds strange to a lot of people, but that's how we grew up doing it. If I eat a sliced tomato with the peel on, it feels strange.

Then you just slice it up and salt it. As side items I might eat steak and a baked potato; possibly corn on the cob and a pork chop; cucumbers and onions from the vinegar brine in the fridge; fried potatoes and onions; fried zucchini and onions.

happydog · January 22, 2009

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Originally Posted by sic transit gloria

Then you peel the tomato. ... This sounds strange to a lot of people,

Dammit man! it's a tomato not a potato!

sorry, I was having a Star Trek flashback.

I hope my husband never hears about this strange new way of eating tomatos, he'd just looove for me to stand around peeling tomatoes for him. As if...

jungseed · January 22, 2009

not so strange, my MIL peels them also. I am happy either way. I must be one of the only people that can use "not so strange" and "my MIL" in the same sentance.

Moonglow · January 22, 2009

it's interesting to know how fresh tomatoes are eaten. in the philippine tradition, we dice it up pico de gallo style and served with anything fried or broiled: fish, meat and eggs, or veggies.

Although an acquired taste, I like my fresh tomatoes seasoned with fish sauce in lieu of salt.

camochef · January 22, 2009

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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.

**Dukerdawg** · January 22, 2009

I tell this story a lot, so for those who have endured it many times, I apologize. But my grandpa used to pile us in the car in the summer and we would drive out to the country (which is now suburbs) and we would get tomatoes from a farm market. Then one of us would reach in the glove compartment of the ole' Chevy and grab the salt shaker. We would eat those 'maters like apples with a salt shaker all the way home. Not a single tomato would make it back home. I got my love of tomatoes (and beer) from my grandpa. Apparently the tomato and beer gene skipped a generation as my mom and dad never drank and didn't/don't appreciate tomatoes like I do. So that is my favorite way to eat a tomato. Like an apple with a salt shaker and the juice dripping down my chin. Sioux is my favorite for this. Best size and old fashioned tomato flavor. I also enjoy the bigger maters sliced up and eaten in Blt's, salads and all kinds of ways.

Duane

montanamato · January 22, 2009

Lettuce, avocado and tomato with mayo on about anything...Bacon can be too time consuming...
Taco salads and beef salads....
Panzanilla...I think that is the name of the bread and tomato salad I like...
Cherry tomatoes lightly cooked and tossed with fresh pasta and gorgonzola sauce...
Everytime I walk through the kitchen all summer I snack on the saladette sized ones plain or dipped in sea salt...
Green fried tomatoes are great too.

Jeanne

tjg911 · January 22, 2009

they are good sliced on pizza but i have so much to eat i seldom buy pizza in the summer.

99.9% of the time it's slice 'em, slather cains mayo on 1 slice of martinson's potato bread. eat. repeat 6-8 times. done.... usually!

i seldom put salt on them tho it does make them taste better. also eating open faced sandwich cuts down on bread if eating 8 slices is cutting down.

see why i should not grow more than 4 plants!

tom

Tom C zone 4/5 · January 22, 2009

My Grandmother had Gloria's disorder. She felt they were dirty if not peeled.

I prefer ingesting tomatoes by mouth myself. No, no, that OK don't tell me about any other ways to eat a tomato...

Polar_Lace · January 23, 2009

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Originally Posted by Gerald51

How Do You Eat Your Fresh Tomatoes?

Usually with my teeth! (as I still have my own)

Fresh off the vine!
Lettuce, tomato & mayo on any good hearty bread such as pumpernickel.
Sauces for the paste ones.
Homemade Salsa is hit here too.
I also like tomato/gumbo soup.
I make Pizza sauce, my grandson wolfs them down, I use homemade english muffins for that.
Salads are a must - everyday - every way.
Stewed over homemade yellow rice.
In tomato egg omelets.
With raspberry vinaigrette & avocado on lettuce.
I really can't get enough of them!

~* Robin

January 22, 2009	#22
Moonglow Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Corte Madera, CA - Sunset Zone 16 Posts: 356	it's interesting to know how fresh tomatoes are eaten. in the philippine tradition, we dice it up pico de gallo style and served with anything fried or broiled: fish, meat and eggs, or veggies. Although an acquired taste, I like my fresh tomatoes seasoned with fish sauce in lieu of salt. __________________ Moonglow Gardens Sustainable Gardening One Planter at a Time Sunset Zone 17 Apparently - - - Without the fog!

January 22, 2009	#24
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	#26
Dukerdawg Growing for Market Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Westland, Michigan Posts: 861	I tell this story a lot, so for those who have endured it many times, I apologize. But my grandpa used to pile us in the car in the summer and we would drive out to the country (which is now suburbs) and we would get tomatoes from a farm market. Then one of us would reach in the glove compartment of the ole' Chevy and grab the salt shaker. We would eat those 'maters like apples with a salt shaker all the way home. Not a single tomato would make it back home. I got my love of tomatoes (and beer) from my grandpa. Apparently the tomato and beer gene skipped a generation as my mom and dad never drank and didn't/don't appreciate tomatoes like I do. So that is my favorite way to eat a tomato. Like an apple with a salt shaker and the juice dripping down my chin. Sioux is my favorite for this. Best size and old fashioned tomato flavor. I also enjoy the bigger maters sliced up and eaten in Blt's, salads and all kinds of ways. Duane __________________ May I aspire to live my life so that I may be the man my dog thinks I am.

January 22, 2009	#16
happydog Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Appalachian Mountains NC Posts: 151	You have a ripe tomato on a vine in January??? I feel faint...

January 22, 2009	#18
Tormato Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: MA Posts: 4,971	Sliced at the equator, I eat only the southern hemisphere, sometimes lightly salted, sometimes not. The northern hemisphere is for squeezing out seed for saving, and for sauce. The great tasting tomatoes are never wasted on a sandwich. Tormato

January 22, 2009	#19
sic transit gloria Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: KS 5b/6a Posts: 249	First you cut out the top core with a paring knife. Then you peel the tomato. There are a few varieties I don't peel, since the skin is so thin, but for the vast majority, I peel them. This sounds strange to a lot of people, but that's how we grew up doing it. If I eat a sliced tomato with the peel on, it feels strange. Then you just slice it up and salt it. As side items I might eat steak and a baked potato; possibly corn on the cob and a pork chop; cucumbers and onions from the vinegar brine in the fridge; fried potatoes and onions; fried zucchini and onions.

January 22, 2009	#21
jungseed Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Pardeeville, WI Posts: 318	not so strange, my MIL peels them also. I am happy either way. I must be one of the only people that can use "not so strange" and "my MIL" in the same sentance.

January 22, 2009	#25
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 22, 2009	#27
montanamato Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Montana Posts: 1,038	Lettuce, avocado and tomato with mayo on about anything...Bacon can be too time consuming... Taco salads and beef salads.... Panzanilla...I think that is the name of the bread and tomato salad I like... Cherry tomatoes lightly cooked and tossed with fresh pasta and gorgonzola sauce... Everytime I walk through the kitchen all summer I snack on the saladette sized ones plain or dipped in sea salt... Green fried tomatoes are great too. Jeanne

January 22, 2009	#28
tjg911 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: zone 5b northwest connecticut Posts: 2,570	they are good sliced on pizza but i have so much to eat i seldom buy pizza in the summer. 99.9% of the time it's slice 'em, slather cains mayo on 1 slice of martinson's potato bread. eat. repeat 6-8 times. done.... usually! i seldom put salt on them tho it does make them taste better. also eating open faced sandwich cuts down on bread if eating 8 slices is cutting down. see why i should not grow more than 4 plants! tom

January 22, 2009	#29
Tom C zone 4/5 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: SE Ohio Posts: 253	My Grandmother had Gloria's disorder. She felt they were dirty if not peeled. I prefer ingesting tomatoes by mouth myself. No, no, that OK don't tell me about any other ways to eat a tomato...