NEW YORK—Having scoffed in astonishment as they picked up the produce and examined it, Italian immigrants shopping in U.S. grocery stores issued a statement Thursday claiming these tomatoes, they no good. “A tomato supposed to be red—what this supposed to be?” said Gianfranco Padovani, who arrived in the United States…
  • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldEnglish
    24·
    8 months ago

    Everyone who has ever eaten a homegrown tomato knows that the shit they sell at grocery stores and fast food chains are paltry imitations, not even worthy of the tomato name.

    • Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social
      15·
      8 months ago

      That’s what happens when you breed and grow tomatoes to survive industrial processing and shipping instead of flavor and texture.

      I don’t even like tomatoes and I agree that homegrown ones at least taste like something

  • JoYoEnglish
    131·
    8 months ago

    I’ve resorted to canned tomatoes for shit like salads lately, the fresh stuff is that bad.