• SIGSEGV@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Home-grown fruit, like tomatoes (and especially strawberries!) are, like, an entirely different fruit than store-bought. They are SO freaking good! It is like opening Pandora’s Box, because you’ll never enjoy store-bought again.

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      1 year ago

      Try making a pizza sauce from homegrown tomato and you find out why a Marguerita pizza exists

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      1 year ago

      Or you can be like me thinking I hated tomatoes, until I tried home grown ones finally and realized it isn’t tomatoes I hate it’s shitty mealy store bought tomatoes that I hate. And it turns out everyone actually hates those because they are shitty.

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        1 year ago

        you hate beefsteak tomatoes. they’re grown to be large and red, to survive transport well, and to look good on grocery store shelves. if your job is to sell tomatoes that you’re not actually gonna eat, they’re perfect. If, however, you intend to eat tomatoes it’s hard to do worse than a beefsteak. Mealy, flavorless, hard to cut, generally difficult.

        What you want are plum, roma or campari tomatoes. The smaller dudes, and roast them a little bit before you use them if you can. We just started growing san marzanos instead of beefsteak varietals and the difference is night and day. Switching to them, I can finally taste the essential flavor elements of a good marinara sauce.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah, I started gardening several years ago and I’ve now got about 5 different varieties of tomatoes, they all taste unique and they all taste fucking amazing. But I will say, if someone isn’t into the idea of gardening, then I would agree its a waste of time.

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      1 year ago

      We got our very first raspberries this year and Oh. My. God! They are so much better!

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      1 year ago

      I totally agree on strawberries. They’re really easy to grow (once they’re in place, they survive through winters and you actually have to stop them from spreading), and the berries are so good.