Picked up Amish grown tomatoes on my Mom visit yesterday. Why do they taste SO much better than grocery store ones?
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Grocery store tomatoes are picked green for "durability" and artificially ripened.
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I’m sure that’s part of it but I’ve splurged for vine ripened at grocery. They’re aren’t as juicy & great tasting as the Amish ones
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I believe most grocery tomatoes are greenhouse-grown. Naturally grown tomatoes have a higher acidic content. My father actually had an allergy of sorts to non-greenhouse tomatoes.
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100% this. Let’s also acknowledge that non commercial tomato growers also take care on when to pull a ripe tomato. A slightly thirsty tomato plant has a more intense flavor than something that’s picked while almost literally drowning in water
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If you got it at a farm stand it probably had been picked that day or the day before. If you get it at a grocery store, even if it was “local” it probably got picked, shipped to a distribution centre, and then shipped to your store where it would be stored and distributed.