Now that's a tomato! It was so juicy, with a really rich, complex flavor, sweet and umami. We ate it for Sunday breakfast with some refried beans. Later that day we were at a restaurant and I made the mistake of ordering salad. It included tomato-like objects, which I probably would have thought tasted fine if I hadn't just eaten the ur-tomato.
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Summer is Really Over Now
My boss found a few lonely beefsteak tomatoes in her garden, after she thought all the plants had stopped fruiting, and was kind enough to give me one:
Now that's a tomato! It was so juicy, with a really rich, complex flavor, sweet and umami. We ate it for Sunday breakfast with some refried beans. Later that day we were at a restaurant and I made the mistake of ordering salad. It included tomato-like objects, which I probably would have thought tasted fine if I hadn't just eaten the ur-tomato.
Now that's a tomato! It was so juicy, with a really rich, complex flavor, sweet and umami. We ate it for Sunday breakfast with some refried beans. Later that day we were at a restaurant and I made the mistake of ordering salad. It included tomato-like objects, which I probably would have thought tasted fine if I hadn't just eaten the ur-tomato.
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refried beans,
tomatoes,
Vegan MoFo
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I feel the same way about tomatoes! After the heirloom tomatoes in our CSA baskets, those "tomatoes" from the grocery store just taste like plastic.
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