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I’m not buying it.

The poor taste is because they are picked green and not allowed to vine ripen. Then they are exposed in factory warehouses to ethylene gas which causes them to turn red. They look ripe but they are not ripe, hence the tastelessness.

I am not buying this article at all. If the tomatoes were picked vine ripened, they would taste fine.

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[who knows what evil?]

The poor taste is because they are picked green and not allowed to vine ripen. Then they are exposed in factory warehouses to ethylene gas which causes them to turn red. They look ripe but they are not ripe, hence the tastelessness.

Bingo. The people want tomatoes that LOOK good, so quit your bitching.

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Bingo, you are exactly right. Poor taste is why I too have been raising my own tomatoes for 30 years, when I am in country.

Notice the cherry tomatoes at the store are usually better tasting because they ripen too quickly to be gassed.

Roma tomatoes taste better because most are from Mexico where they are more likely to vine ripen.

Home grown in Mexico are delicious, especially in the Yucatan.