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To: 4Runner

About 90% of tomatoes in the last 20 years are not worth 5 cents a pound. They really messed them up.


13 posted on 11/18/2024 7:23:21 PM PST by Revel
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To: Revel
We describe them as tennis balls dyed red! That is how they taste these days.
21 posted on 11/18/2024 7:56:18 PM PST by ExSES (the "bottom line")
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To: Revel

“About 90% of tomatoes in the last 20 years are not worth 5 cents a pound. They really messed them up.”

Totally! They’re all bred to be able to be picked green and ripen in storage so that they travel and keep well, but they’re flavorless.


32 posted on 11/18/2024 9:40:40 PM PST by Sparticus (Primary the Tuesday group!)
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