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04 August 2006

My Tomatoes are Coming In! Now if only I can keep my two year old from pulling them off before they're really ready!

post by: fenriq at: 01:19 | 15 comments

The cherry toms are coming in first but the zebra striped are looking beautiful as well. I'll post a photo of them later when they've taken on some more color.

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posted by fenriq 04 August | 01:19

The last few days we have had tomato cucumber salad still warm from the sun. Best thing ever.

posted by arse_hat 04 August | 01:25

A fresh picked tomato makes the store bought ones taste like cardboard (and I really like store bought tomatoes!). Mmmm, I'm getting hungry!

posted by fenriq 04 August | 01:30

The tomato is the crown jewel of summer. The fruit can only be eaten in season as far as I'm concerned. A tomato in winter is nothing but garnish.

posted by eatitlive 04 August | 01:52

Tomato fact: Once they're full-grown, they don't actually need to ripen on the vine. Pick them once they have a bit of a blush, and they'll ripen just fine even in a paper bag. "Vine ripened" is a marketing term. So long as tomtatoes ripen naturally (i.e., they're not gassed), it doesn't matter where they ripen.

So, fenriq, pick 'em before the kidlet can, keep them in a high place, and you'll be fine.

[On preview: If you really like store-bought tomatoes, most of my preaching will be lost on you. :) ]

posted by mudpuppie 04 August | 01:53

I love tomatoes but really love the fresh ones, the ones we get in the stores are decent but can't hold a candle to the fresh. And I never, ever store them in the fridge (thanks Alton Brown!).

I'm very much looking forward to harvesting a handful, adding some fresh basil and even making our own mozzerella.

posted by fenriq 04 August | 02:13

Fenriq, when you find fresh mozzerella curd, let me know where. I finally found it at Berkeley Bowl, but the instructions I found for making the cheese totally sucked.

And the mozz curd actually cost more than an equivalent amount of fresh mozzerella. Go figure.

posted by mudpuppie 04 August | 02:27

mmmmmm. And think of all the things you can do with them once they're ripe!!! Yay two martyrs!

posted by Zack_Replica 04 August | 03:00

Making fresh mozzarella.

Never done it myself, but this matches up with everything I've ever heard about the process of making your own cheese.

posted by bmarkey 04 August | 03:29

There's only two things that money can't buy
And that's true love
And home grown tomatoes

I heard that in a song by The Blue Dogs, but someone told me the saying predates the song.

My tomatoes are goood this year. We're eating Romas already.

posted by rainbaby 04 August | 05:16

I never got around to planting tomatoes this year.
:^(

posted by deborah 04 August | 11:03

They're beautiful, fenriq. My father ate them like apples, with a salt shaker at his elbow. Enjoy!

posted by Pips 04 August | 12:02

mudpuppie, you're welcome to come over and milk my water buffalo (I can't believe I just typed that).

posted by fenriq 04 August | 12:51

Rainbaby, "Homegrown Tomatoes" is a Guy Clark song.

Fenriq, I've decided not to touch your water buffalo. Or the joke that accompanies it.

posted by mudpuppie 04 August | 14:22

It's been too hot for my tomatoes. I did get cherry tomatoes, but the regular ones, though flowering, have not developed. Same thing with zucchini. Lots of flowers, no fruit. A horticulturist said it's due to the fact that the heat keeps the bees from pollinating, so I'm supposed to go "shake" the flowers so they'll pollinate properly. But the cucumbers are growing like crazy!!

posted by redvixen 04 August | 16:45

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