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You guys forgot the tasteless tomato.

Those whom the Gods wish to destroy They first make mad. -- Euripides
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Nov 18th, 2006 at 09:51:31 PM EST
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by Matt in NYC on Sun Nov 19th, 2006 at 01:00:26 AM EST
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and hard little cottony-textured flavourless peaches slightly bigger than a golf ball...

but nothing beats fresh hawaiian avo or papaya!

or green fizzy young coconut milk....yummy spoonmeat

you put the lime in the coconut, shake it all about.

you have the singing frog invasion on kauai like they do on the b.i. keone?

i call there on the phone and the background noise is surreal!

The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it. Chinese Proverb.

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Sun Nov 19th, 2006 at 08:25:16 PM EST
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there are a few in some small areas.  The County is doing what they can to kill them before they spread all over.  We'll see.  Coquis -- ex Puerto Rico I think.
by HiD on Mon Nov 20th, 2006 at 03:38:06 AM EST
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are you in kauai too, hid?

The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it. Chinese Proverb.
by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Mon Nov 20th, 2006 at 08:23:43 AM EST
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yes
by HiD on Mon Nov 20th, 2006 at 03:16:09 PM EST
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Tasteless tomatos and almost any "fresh" fruit or vegetable one buys in the "super market" are picked green so by the time they reach the market and sold they are just mush.  Home grown tomatos, even in America, still taste great!

I can swear there ain't no heaven but I pray there ain't no hell. _ Blood Sweat & Tears
by Gringo (stargazing camel at aoldotcom) on Sun Nov 19th, 2006 at 09:46:07 PM EST
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I heard the tasteless tomato was developed as a breed that would withstand longer transportation times, and that the tastelessness was an regrettable side effect, but the bottom line is the bottom line.

Those whom the Gods wish to destroy They first make mad. -- Euripides
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Nov 20th, 2006 at 09:18:06 AM EST
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I'm sure that's quite possible. My bottom line is I don't buy them and I sure don't eat them.  There are some other notables, such as peaches.  I wonder if they have also been tampered with because I have been unable to find good tasting ones for a long time now. The avocados seem mostly to have been picked so unripened that they won't ever ripen properly. It's good to live in the tropics.

I can swear there ain't no heaven but I pray there ain't no hell. _ Blood Sweat & Tears
by Gringo (stargazing camel at aoldotcom) on Mon Nov 20th, 2006 at 09:30:10 AM EST
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Is there not a farmer's market where you live?  I guess I've been spoiled, because even in the States, I've rarely lived anywhere where I didn't have access to truly fresh-grown produce.  Where my mom lives, it seems like there are fresh produce stands every 10 feet.

And some grocery chains, like this extraordinary company in central Virginia, do make an effort to get high-quality, fresh, tasty produce.  Ukrop's used to have little tutorials for customers on how to properly care for their newly picked peaches, which were the best I've ever had.

And you can grow your own tomatoes practically anywhere!  Who needs those tasteless hunks o' Styrofoam that masquerade as tomatoes in most grocery stores?

At any rate, I think produce really ought to be seasonal, which is how it is here where I live; we get the best tiny cucumbers in the summer....

by the stormy present (stormypresent aaaaaaat gmail etc) on Mon Nov 20th, 2006 at 10:12:46 AM EST
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Thanks for the site. I'll have to check it out.  We do have a limited weekly farmer's market, but I haven't checked it in quite a while.  Might be worth looking into again.  Otherwise, there's not much available fresh here in overgrown suburbia.  If something did exist it would have been eaten already! I used to grow my own tomatos, squash, melons, and cucumbers, but haven't gotten back into that recently.

I can swear there ain't no heaven but I pray there ain't no hell. _ Blood Sweat & Tears
by Gringo (stargazing camel at aoldotcom) on Mon Nov 20th, 2006 at 12:32:32 PM EST
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Worse than the tomato is... iceberg lettuce!!!  It really ought to be outlawed.

Our knowledge has surpassed our wisdom. --Charu Saxena.
by metavision on Mon Nov 20th, 2006 at 04:26:51 PM EST
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