[MinuteGal]

I'm surprised that no one here has commented on the fact that today's tomato consists of a tough skin, a watery interior full of seeds and, most particularly, a core of hard, large, inedible white membrane tentacles.

These so-called "love apples" are a waste of money......and useless as a part of one's regular produce purchases....as they used to be in the good old days.

I don't buy them anymore. I haven't had a decent tomato, home-grown or store-bought since relocating years ago from Illinois (where I grew luscious Beefsteaks in my garden) to Florida.

(sigh....)

Leni

[thecodont]

My local Safeway sells “heirloom” tomatoes, at about $4 a pound. They’re fragile and thin-skinned, unlike all the other tomatoes on sale. They don’t keep well. The heirlooms are also probably picked at break stage and not vine-ripened, for logistics reasons. They’re good but not as good as something from the garden.

[vannrox]

"While I might joke about the millennials who want a utopia where unicorns prance about on fields of clover in the bright sunny light, I too wish for a perfect life. However, my idea is a much simpler one. I dream for a nice fresh heirloom tomato sandwich on Miracle Whip slathered bread and an frosty cold bottle of a good golden beer. I can only pray that this becomes a commonplace reality."