[sergeantdave]

What’s a six letter word for polluted produce - Mexico.

A few years back school kids were getting sick from strawberries. Source? Mexico. Investigators found the Mexican farmers were washing the strawberries in sewage water. Yummy! I’d start looking at our Mexican friends as a source of polluted tomatoes.

[B Knotts]

I only buy tomatoes from Canada or the US. I avoid any that are labeled Mexico, for the reasons you state.

[Bigg Red]

What’s a six letter word for polluted produce - Mexico.

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Yup. I studiously avoid buying any foodstuffs from there or any other Thirld World country.

[Clemenza]

Well, if you want squash and tomatoes out of season, you are screwed, as we get most of our winter/spring produce from Mexico, Peru and (increasingly) China.

Chinese garlic is gross (all the burn of garlic, none of the taste), while Mexican Eggplant is bitter, albeit bitterness is more of a result of sitting in a wearhouse for a week before hitting the shelf.

I love eggplant, but need to buy it as fresh as possible. ALways remember to cook eggplant within two days of purchase. If it is "seedy" (ie seeds start to germinate) salt it lightly to take care of the bitterness.

Now, weren't we saying somethig about tomatoes?