19 January 2022, 07:07 PM
Steve MillerTomatoes in January. In Ohio.
Bet you’re expecting a rant, right? Well you’re not getting one.
Beefsteaks! Big juicy ones on offer at every grocery store in town. Some of the best I’ve tasted, home grown or otherwise. Just sitting as singles on the shelf like regular tomatoes. Not expensive.
In Ohio. In January. Yikes! Winter CA tomatoes came from places like Chile and were basically tennis balls.
These come from Canada. Del Fresco brand. Most likely hothouse grown, but the amazing thing is they’ve figured out how to ship them!
Tomato slice on toasted Bauerbrot with melted cheese. Fresh winter tomato with cottage cheese and strawberries (also remarkably good). Winter breakfast just got a whole lot better!
19 January 2022, 07:11 PM
dolmansaxlilThey are grown about a half hour from my house! Greenhouses cover this part of Ontario so we always have fresh, local tomatoes, bell peppers, cucumbers, and herbs. Recently a local greenhouse started growing strawberries and they are pretty good!
However, the beef stakes you are getting right now are flavourless and sad compared to our local summer tomatoes here. Tomatoes grown in the ground taste so much better. But I will admit they are way better than the produce that is shipped in!
19 January 2022, 07:21 PM
wtgHow cool is that? Not only the tasty tomatoes, but the fact that they're grown near Dol!
I don't buy many fresh tomatoes during the winter, but if I do, it's Camparis. They actually taste a little like a tomato.
I'll have to see if I can find the beefsteaks around here.
20 January 2022, 09:56 AM
MikhailohJust wait until summer and the locally grown ones. Incredible. This is the first year I have seen the beefsteaks here in winter.
One thing that always struck me as odd was that I could not find a decent tomato in CA, even though they grow more than anywhere in the world.
20 January 2022, 10:10 AM
Steve Millerquote:
Originally posted by Mikhailoh:
Just wait until summer and the locally grown ones. Incredible. This is the first year I have seen the beefsteaks here in winter.
One thing that always struck me as odd was that I could not find a decent tomato in CA, even though they grow more than anywhere in the world.
I think they are grown mostly for export. Oranges were that way too - they mostly came from Florida.
22 January 2022, 12:12 PM
MikhailohHaard to beat a California navel orange for eating. They're coming into season now. The imported ones from South Africa et al are just not as good.
One of my favorite salads is Sicilan Orange Salad - peel and slice navels, blood oranges and maybe a cara cara or two, then great olive oil, a little salt, and eithe fresh basil or sliced red onion. Light and delicious. Perfect with grilled chicken.
22 January 2022, 12:49 PM
wtgJust a got a great bag of Buddy's Cara Cara oranges from Trader Joe's. I think they're grown in California.
Waiting for Sky Valley heirloom oranges; I think they're usually a February thing at TJ's.
https://www.eatlikenoone.com/s...s-at-trader-joes.htm