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Post by Swimmy on Jun 10, 2008 11:24:17 GMT -5
In light of the recent news about rotten tomatoes, and the FDAs warning...
I used to watch this show as a kid.
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Post by kim on Jun 10, 2008 16:07:45 GMT -5
Oh geeez. Hehe.
Btw...I grow my own tomatoes. YEA! :-) Nothing beats a mater sandwich on a hot summer day!
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Post by lilbump1980 on Jun 11, 2008 8:39:01 GMT -5
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Post by kim on Jun 11, 2008 8:45:06 GMT -5
Yeah, NC is fine, too, but everyone went nuts and pulled all tomatoes. I guess they think they can't be too cautious. I kind of feel bad for those who sell tomatoes. They're damned if they do and damned if they don't. If they pull them people complain and if they don't and people get sick people will say they should have pulled them! It's kind of like the schools and snowdays...if there is supposed to be a storm and there isn't but they call school off anyone, people complain, but if there is a storm and they don't call it off, people complain.
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Post by lilbump1980 on Jun 11, 2008 9:27:05 GMT -5
you are 100% right Kim, I also heard that tomatoes on the Vine are ok.
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Post by Clipper on Jun 11, 2008 9:36:57 GMT -5
They need to get to the source of the problem and publicize the information. They are ruining tomato farmers everywhere. Here in Tennessee, we have Granger County Tomatoes available now, but I had been buying Florida tomatoes up until the Tn tomato crop became available. The only time I quit eating tomatoes is when the fresh field grown tomatoes are not available, and only those flavorless, hot house, faded pink, disgusting orbs, are on the shelf in my local market. I bought 5 lbs of roma's yesterday, but they will be cooked. Kathy makes her own sauce, and I am sure cooking will kill any germs or bacteria. Eggplant parmesan for supper tonight, haha! It is sad and alarmist in nature, to become so damned paranoid about such crap. It may all go back to one field of tomatoes, in one location, and a minute number of tomatoes from that one source, being widely distributed across the country. It is amazing to me, that one food worker somewhere in the country, can wipe his/her butt, return to work without washing their hands, and cause a national crisis of this magnitude. It seems to me, that we have become over reactive to such shit. People have gotten salmonella for generations. People have died from it also. Sad but not earth shaking! I had salmonella once in while in the military. It came from whip cream on jello served in the messhall. they didn't quit selling jello, or whipped cream, nationwide while they investigated, and they didn't ruin the entire agricultural market, or warn against drinking any and all dairy products simply because a bunch of sailors in basic training were puking and had belly aches. I personally never quit buying and eating tomatoes. I personally never quit eating spinach salads either. Pretty soon, the only thing safe to eat will be highly processed crap, and then they will find that it is being imported from china and is being poisoned with some sort of chemical contamination. This whole panic is BS. I think I will go fix myself a BLT. If I am not on for a few days, you will know I am either very sick with salmonella, or I died, hahaha! Believe me when I tell ya, when I have a belly ache, it is like Dolly Parton with a chest cold, LOLOLOL!  |
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Post by concerned on Jun 11, 2008 9:37:33 GMT -5
I heard it is just the roma,plum and round tomato( what the hell is that), apparently there must be some square tomatoes around.
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Post by Swimmy on Jun 11, 2008 9:45:16 GMT -5
I'm assuming round as opposed to cylindrical, elliptical, or oblong?
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Post by kim on Jun 11, 2008 9:53:27 GMT -5
Personally, I like rectangle tomatoes. ;-)
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Post by concerned on Jun 11, 2008 9:58:28 GMT -5
lol
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Post by Clipper on Jun 11, 2008 11:21:40 GMT -5
Maybe they will follow the japanese idea of growing watermelons in crates, and will have square tomatoes that can simply be stacked without rolling around. I certainly am not looking forward to securing little boxes around each tomato in the garden. It's a pain in the butt now, just keep them tied to stakes as fast as the plants grow in this southern climate, haha!
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Post by lilbump1980 on Jun 11, 2008 11:51:58 GMT -5
I think by round they mean cherry tomatoes
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Post by Swimmy on Jun 11, 2008 11:55:35 GMT -5
Definitely have to spring for the trapazoidal ones. Mosaic pizza, ooo so good! ;P
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Post by lilbump1980 on Jun 11, 2008 12:00:44 GMT -5
=)
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Post by Clipper on Jun 11, 2008 12:31:44 GMT -5
Cherry and Grape tomatoes are safe. It is the regular "garden variety" tomatoes from the supermarket that they are calling "round tomatoes".
By the way, cherry tomatoes and grape tomatoes take on a whole new and sweet flavor if you lay them out on paper on the counter top or as I do, out in the sun for a couple of days to "ripen" as the bigger tomatoes do when placed on the window sill. I put them on the picnic table, and just grab a handful when I want some. I don't eat a lot of cherry tomatoes, but that is how I handle increasing the flavor in them when I do purchase them. I don't like biting down on a whole cherry tomato, but I do love them sliced in half in a salad. Lay them out and they will take on a darker red, and be filled with flavor and juice. Never put tomatoes in the refrigerator. It destroys the flavor. If you like them cold, simply chill them for a time before serving.
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