In this video, I compare commercial supermarket tomatoes to our own homegrown organic heirloom tomatoes to see which are better and what the main differences really are!
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Store bought tomato's our have a granny texter and I don't like that. I often tell them hold the tomato in my burgers or sandwiches At fast food places.
10:54 my cameo
You and I both know modern crap has no flavor
Gourmet turds!
I buy the "On the vine" stuff from Publix (Florida, USA) because they are the least expensive, but I'm always disappointed because they spoil quickly and don't taste great. Perhaps it makes more sense to pay more for the better tomato. Growing them in Florida is difficult.
Have you considered growing tomatillos? They're great for green salsa and sauces
I hear you can burry your fruits and veggies in sand or ash to keep away oxygen that makes them go bad. Keep them good upto 5 months.
Nats won't touch anything that is not natural.
On the radiation, this has the potential to damage the nutritional value of the tomatoes, which is already quite poor due to the way they are processed. However, I am only educated about the effect of heat on damaging these nutrients, not radiation. I just know that radiation does cause damage to molecules, which is why it's keeping the pest microorganisms off the tomatoes.
That being said, I buy the expensive tomatoes at the supermarket, which are closer to what you're growing. They are quite a lot better on pizza and sandwiches and salads.
Mark gone Gordon Ramsay mode
Chickens never complain!
What's funny is when I was going up the supermarkets didn't sell tomatoes year round. Once the summer was over no more tomatoes, as it should be. I don't purchase supermarket tomatoes ever.
I grow everglades tomatoes and can't wait to try your recipe. Ill have to count and see if I have 1761 tomatoes. Can't wait!
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Funnily enough, I can’t tolerate the texture of soft tomatoes, and I prefer crunchy tomatoes. I’ve never had a homegrown tomato, though. God willing, if I ever start a garden, I’ll grow some.
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I garden and enjoy all of your content.
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You remind her of her father. His name was Mark also.
Thank you for all you do.
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Good video
GREAT video !! You have now motivated me to start growing my own tomatoes like I remember when I was growing up. They had a great flavor and the taste was out of this world. Store bought tomatoes really do taste bad. Thanks again and keep up your great work
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Great video! The smell of homegrown tomatoes is amazing. So are carrots when you pull them out of the ground.
If I had to guess, the supermarket tomatoes are the best to deliver to the customer's table in good condition, rather than being the best tasting. Would explain being hard and not quite fully ripe pretty well. Soft, tasty and very ripe would probably produce a lot of waste during logistics and placing them on the counter and sitting on the counter. Any truth to the hypothesis?
Here in Finland some kind of tomato organisation (perhaps tomato growers) had a small news article this year talking about their plans to bring back the delicious Finnish tomato to the stores, instead of the bland and boring tomato that's on the markets too often. Even the big market chains have started to exponentially increase local food sources in the markets. Even more, I just read on the news that all the chicken pens will become outside pens or yard or whatever you should call it (not necessarily all of them well kept and lovely for the chicken, but at least a step away from those tiny caged chicken farms). What a time to live in modern time.
Thanks Mark! Your posts are always both enjoyable and informative!
I love to grow tiny tomatoes. They never make it to my kitchen, I eat them straight off the plant whilst I'm weeding. No pesticides, they're great.
Awesome
Agree 100
eating radiated food in genaral is safe sometimes!
It's really hard to watch this video. I mean the screen is practically black with all that shade you throwing LOL.