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Ladies of Lemmy, what cheese are you easily fascinated by? (lemmy.world)

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[-] LegionEris@feddit.nl 46 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Tbh I'm not really a cheese girl. Give me fancy tomatoes. Fancy tomatoes will hold my attention.

[-] coaxil@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

Fav fancy tomatoe? And best way to prepare and eat it??

[-] LegionEris@feddit.nl 8 points 1 year ago

No favorite. All tomatoes are good tomatoes. Raw, sliced, lightly salted, maybe a a little pepper or paprika.

[-] Nacktmull@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

Wait, seriously? No olive oil?!

[-] LegionEris@feddit.nl 3 points 1 year ago

Both of the responses to this seem to assume that my love of tomatoes comes from Italy or Italian culture. It comes from the American deep south, much closer to where tomatoes actually come from. Adding oil or extra ingredients takes away from the moist, cooling nature of a tomato on a hot summer day. A tomato is bursting with refreshment. All you gotta do is let it out.

[-] Nacktmull@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Adding oil or extra ingredients takes away from the moist, cooling nature of a tomato on a hot summer day

Tell me you never had Gazpacho, without telling me you never had Gazpacho /s

Seriously though, enjoy your tomatoes however you prefer! 🍅❤️

[-] LegionEris@feddit.nl 3 points 1 year ago

My one encounter with gazpacho was... stressful. I haven't gone back to it since. I have bad memories of gazpacho.

[-] Nacktmull@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Now I am curious ...

[-] LegionEris@feddit.nl 2 points 1 year ago

I'm not going to get into details, and it wouldn't be a fun story. It's just one of my many sad, quiet stories about families paying lip service to the idea of love.

[-] Nacktmull@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Now I feel quite sorry for you. Family trouble is always though. I wish I could make you gazpacho to enjoy in a cosy and nice atmosphere.

[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

Sliced tomato, slice of bocconcini, pepper, basil and a bit of olive oil

🤤

[-] franklin@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

All of these but on a good slice of focaccia

[-] otter@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago

Curious too

I like tomatoes, but don't know what makes a tomato good or bad

[-] s_s@lemmy.one 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Store-bought tomatoes are designed to ripen at exactly the same time, get picked early, be sturdy during transit to the produce store and store for a longer time on store shelves.

Heirloom tomatoes are selected to taste good when grown in your region.

No tomato can do it all, so when selecting for store bought tomato characteristics, flavor gets lost in the shuffle.

[-] LegionEris@feddit.nl 6 points 1 year ago

I'm not a tomato snob. All tomatoes are good tomatoes. A fancy tomato to me is pretty much anything you can't regularly get in any old grocery store. Go into any fancy supermarket or natural grocery store and get any tomato that looks more interesting than your average tomato. I'll get excited about it.

[-] pikmeir@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Try some kumamoto tomatoes and I think you'll really like them. They have a more tangy taste, almost like they're pre-salted.

[-] kiwifoxtrot@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Brandywine Pink is the best, hands down.

[-] kiwifoxtrot@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I just had tomato sorbet for the first time in my life and it changed me. It tasted like the pure essence of a fresh homegrown tomato.

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