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I love Yeller ‘maters..............
Gotta get ‘em fresh, though. You don’t wanna mess with an Old Yeller.
My gut tightened when I read the headline because I was expecting ‘climate change.’
Maybe the trend is ending...
Anyway, good science. I dig this stuff.
“Then they can figure out why there are over 800 varieties of lemons.”
Lemons are a hybrid of citrons and sour oranges..........
My father-in-law’s cousin had a lemon tree that had lemons the size of grapefruits!.........
Can they find the gene that makes them taste like cardboard?
Phew! That’s solved finally.
They bred that gene in so they can grow them in hot houses in Vermont.
That is a process problem.
They are picked green and treated with ethylene gas to turn them red.
Therefore they don’t have time to develop their full set of flavonoids.
Homegrown tomatoes are infinitely more tasty than store-bought.
If you can find a farmer’s market near you then you can get real vine-ripened tomatoes...............
I purposely grow yellow tomatoes, A variety named Snow White, as well as Sun Gold, Brandywine Red, Cherokee Purple, Black Krim, Florida Pink, Aunt Ruby’s German Green, and Cajun Orange.
Also grow a plum tomato called Banana Legs, one of the best!
Yellow tomatoes are sweeter than red, with very low acidity. Yellow grape tomatoes are like eating candy. Yum!
Love them when I can get them!................
You might like this one from Johnnies Seeds! An improved Pineapple tomato!
Harvest Moon Organic (F1) Tomato Seed
Firm, consistently sized (7–10 oz.), golden fruits. Fewer defects and oversized fruits than the heirlooms it imitates. Offers a sustained harvest with terrific fruit set all the way up the plant. Beautiful red blush internal color. Compact indeterminate plants with a more balanced habit, well-suited for basket-weave systems. Bred by Emily Rose Haga at Johnny's in collaboration with NCSU. Indeterminate. USDA Certified Organic.
Especially the cherry ones!
Another useless study probably funded by USAID.
I guess now they’ll be able to change the skin colors of humans on demand.
So whats going to be the most popular skin color?
Green with tasteful blue swirls.
Yellow Tomato Bisque
8 lge ripe yellow tomatoes 1 tbl ol/oil 1 med red onion, chp
2 -3 c chix broth 1 tsp sugar 1 c h/cream ks/p 1⁄4 c chp fresh mint or basil
Grill til skins crack, tomatoes soften, 10 min. OR bake 450* F 12 min on lightly oiled sheetpan. Cool to handle, core, coarse-chop. While cooling, heat ol/oil in soup pot on med-high. Add onion; cook/stir soft, about 7 min. Stir in chp tomatoes, broth, sugar. Increase heat, btb, simmer on med; reduce by one quarter 20 min. Cool 10 min.
Blender-puree bisque. Might need straining. Off heat, stir in h/cream. Taste/season.
Serve in bowls garnished w/ chp mint or basil, w/ crusty buttered French bread.
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