Tomatoes 101
What to look for:
Tomatoes should have no blemishes, be firm to the touch and fragrant. It should seem heavy for its size and give slightly under pressure. Store tomatoes at room temperature until they are ripe. It is then best to use them in the next day or two. It is not recommended to store tomatoes in the refrigerator because it can affect their flavor.
Did you know:
- One medium-sized tomato provides half a child's recommended daily allowance of vitamin C.
- Tomatoes are rich in the antioxidant lycopene which is thought to prevent heart disease.
- A tomato is technically a fruit because it is a ripened ovary of a plant. But for trade purposes a tomato is considered a vegetable. An 1893 Supreme Court ruling classified the fruit as a vegetable so that it could be taxed under tariff law.
- Tomatoes were thought to be poisonous when Robert Gibbon Johnson brought them to Salem, New Jersey, from Europe in the early 1800s. To show that this was false, Johnson ate an entire box of them in front of a shocked crowd on the courthouse steps on September 26, 1820.
- The largest tomato on record hails from Edmond, Oklahoma, in 1986--an enormous 7 pounds 12 ounces (more than my daughter weighed at birth!)
How to Peel A Tomato?
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and more details here
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