Tomatoes

[slowmotion]

Love them. Especially home grown ones that smell slightly peppery. Eating a tomato salad outside in the sun is just wonderful.

 

[citybabe]

Sun-dried in a little olive oil

 

[slowmotion]

Gazpacho, anyone?

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Classic-Andalusian-Gazpacho-106874

 

[User169]

The big nobbly green and red ones are good.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

One of my favourite ones was the cycle-chat. Big, fat, juicy, rounded, showed fnaar-like promise but proved too cliquey for me.

(Not even a flouncette but I can't find an appropriate smiley any more.)

Sorry Shaun, that wasn't justified. I've just had a horrible few hours.

But I wouldn't mind the "horrified" smiley back again.

You alright Mort?

 

[Mozzy]

Sun-dried in a little olive oil

Actually I forgot those .... mmmmm nice.

 

[Paulus]

Fried red toms on toast (with butter, natch) is one of life's great pleasures.

+1. Also I like them sliced quite thickly sprinkled with parmesan cheese and grilled until the cheese starts to melt. Yummy

 

[Flying Dodo]

Fried green tomatoes.

Film and food.

 

[MossCommuter]

Little baby ones roasted plain in the oven until they pop and start browning.

Served on fried bread with a sprinkle of salt

nom
nom
nom

 

[vernon]

When I was a boy (TM Marco Pierre White) I used to work on a tomato farm and the gorgeous smell of those vines will stay with me for ever.

I only buy vined tomatos for that very reason and can often be found in Tescos with my head in the tomato basket, re-living my youth.

I too worked with a horticultural establishment that grew tomatoes.

Unlike you, I didn't find the smell of tomato vines particularly attractive nor did I enjoy the challenge of getting ride of the green crust that would develop on every part of the body that came into contact with the tomato vines. A two acre greenhouse could be a torturous place to work in high summer even with the all of the vents open.

The tomatoes however were fine. I rarely took more than bread and butter and hard boiled eggs to work as there were sufficient salad vegetables to make fine sandwiches.

I nearly met my death in a tomato greenhouse on two, possibly three, separate occasions. But the stories are best told in a separate thread.

The finest tomatoes that I have had the pleasure of eating have been served as part of a Greek salad in any of the restaurants on any of the Greek islands that I have holidayed on.

 

[coffeejo]

Fried green tomatoes.

Film and food.

+1 to the film

 

[Paul.G.]

Intelligence is knowing Tomato is a fruit, common sense is knowing not to put them in a fruit salad!

By the way, love em

 

[dellzeqq]

I nearly met my death in a tomato greenhouse on two, possibly three, separate occasions. But the stories are best told in a separate thread.

Vern - there's discretion and then there's just plain coy. I think I speak for the assembled multitudes when I say that we await your tale of the killer tomatoes with bated breath

 

[summerdays]

I nearly met my death in a tomato greenhouse on two, possibly three, separate occasions. But the stories are best told in a separate thread.

Vern - there's discretion and then there's just plain coy. I think I speak for the assembled multitudes when I say that we await your tale of the killer tomatoes with bated breath

I agree..... does it it involve fire You have teased us with that little titbit ... now we want the details.

 

[Danny]

Whatever happened to nice sweet tomatoes you used to be able to get from the Canary Islands in the winter?