Tomatoes

[Andyvon]

Is anyone able to find tomatoes that actually have any flavour nowadays? I read recently that tomatoes are now grown specifically for their shelf life and that's been at the expense of flavour. I can believe it! All the tomatoes I buy now are completely tasteless.

I know home-grown tomatoes are usually best but I'm not a gardener and I want the convenience of buying them. Salad tomotoes are the worst but even the tomatoes-on-the-vine and the small cherry tomatoes from the market and farm shops seem to have lost their taste. I only use tomatoes now for colour in various dishes and resort to puree or ketchup when I want flavour.

Does anyone recommend a variety of tomato or shop/outlet where I can still buy tomatoes that taste of tomato? Thank you.

[welshlibranr]

I totally agree Andyvon, tomatoes used to be a favourite of mine, not these days!....they have no flavour at all, the only ones I enjoy are the one I grow myself, but that season has long gone!...........I just do not buy them anymore, they are awful!...

[maggie21]

cherry toms and vine toms are very tasty and sweet.

[Mick-Talbot]

I find most vine toms, very tasty.

do you smoke Andy?

[NazNomad]

Eating tomatoes that are picked when ripe, and then left in the sun.

Cold destroys the flavour, and your shop-bought toms are undoubtedly refrigerated at some point.

Seriously, if you don't want to grow your own, move to the Med.

[tiggerblue10]

I find tomatoes very bland. The big ones that you get in the Med are the best for flavour. Maybe try a deli that does fruit and veg.

[NazNomad]

There. 2 votes for the Med... don't forget to send us a postcard.

[seadogg]

cherry tomatoes still have a bit of taste but toms on the vine are tastier than the bog standard ones.
Nowt tastes right from supermarkets !

[tiggerblue10]

Cucumbers are exactly the same. I've grown my own cherry toms and cucumbers and they have been very tasty unlike the ones you get in the shops.

[maggie21]

yes lovely with a little salt added. must be eaten at room temperature.

[NazNomad]

Also, you want a great tasting tomato in the UK, buy them in season, not in January.

[Mick-Talbot]

but what about when he fancies Brussel sprouts on Sunday?

[tiggerblue10]

A postcard and some Med toms as well Andy :o)

[ummmm]

I loved the tomatoes in the Med...I had them for breakfast...

[NazNomad]

Fine, no problem, but if you want tastier Sprouts, eat them in season ... same as any fruit or veg really.

[maggie21]

Brussel sprouts with tomato??? eugh...

[tiggerblue10]

I fancy a Greek salad now! Lol

[Mick-Talbot]

do they grow them in the Med Naz?

[NazNomad]

Me too, Kalamata olives though, has to be.

[maggie21]

sprouts aren't fruit there fart busters. Eugh...

[NazNomad]

"do they grow them in the Med Naz?"

If by 'they', you mean the people that grow them in the Med, then yes. lol