Rant on shipping

[Doofy]

Store bought tomatoes are just as disappointing in FL. too!
"Campari" greenhouse grown (Canada) seem to be the best greenhouse type on the market.
They are about 2 or 3 times size of traditional cherry variety.

The last time we grew tomatoes, we froze them solid on cookie sheets and then vacuum sealed them. For cooking and use in stews and spaghetti sauce they were still flavorful and beautifully red. Lasted 10 years!

 

[fried1765]

The last time we grew tomatoes, we froze them solid on cookie sheets and then vacuum sealed them. For cooking and use in stews and spaghetti sauce they were still flavorful and beautifully red. Lasted 10 years!

Very interesting!
Never have heard of that.

 

[Jstpssng]

Very interesting!
Never have heard of that.

I can't imagine tomatoes lasting for ten years in my house.

 

[Diggin It]

Just waiting until the drones start dropping them out of the sky!

Into lakes, or the middle of busy freeways.

 

[Doofy]

I can't imagine tomatoes lasting for ten years in my house.

Several packages made it to the bottom of the chest freezer...

 

[Doofy]

I can't imagine tomatoes lasting for ten years in my house.

These days, we vacuum seal a lot more of everything. Food lasts so much longer and stays much fresher. We even gave up the "Blanching" process as we can't tell any difference. Saves a lot of time and effort.

 

[fried1765]

These days, we vacuum seal a lot more of everything. Food lasts so much longer and stays much fresher. We even gave up the "Blanching" process as we can't tell any difference. Saves a lot of time and effort.

DITTO!
We use vacuum sealing all the time.
We often buy a whole $5 Perdue cooked chicken at BJ's (similar to COSTCO), split, and immediately seal/freeze half.
Just two of us old folks.

 

[goeduck]

Small is fine. All we really want it for is for small cherry tomatoes that have some flavor. So disappointed in store-bought produce. My large ShelterLogics shed snow very well.

Cherry tomatoes really pack in the flavor! Yum! Pictures of Alaskan tomatoes when you get them please.

 

[JethroB]

The flavor has been bred out of commercial tomatoes. Now it’s all about uniformity of size, color, and pest resistance. And they must hold up to shipping which is why many are picked when mature but still green.

 

[goeduck]

Just waiting until the drones start dropping them out of the sky!

Dropping tomatoes?