Are you a tomato trivia buff, then read on below for some cool fun tidbits. Do share your own in the comments section below. Also answer this question, “What is your fave way to cook and eat tomatoes”? I will write a follow up post and showcase your responses.
5 Cool Trivia Tidbits About Tomatoes!
- Tomatoes used to be thought of as being poisonous, because a toxic alkaloid is found in the stems and in the leaves.
- The cooked tomato contains lycopene and considered a preventative food for prostate cancer.
- Outside of Valencia, there is a small village that holds the Tomatina Tomato Fight. Spain’s most popular festival, held each year.
- When you’ve gone without watering your tomatoes for a few days, then you try to hurry and catch up in watering, it will cause them to crack. The inside will soak up the water, getting nice and plump, but the outside will not be able to stretch fast enough to catch up with the inside.
- The first Tomato soup was made in 1872.
Don’t forget to answer below the question.
“What is Your Fave Way To Cook and Eat Tomatoes”?
mmm…my favorite way to eat a tomato is simply sliced with salt and pepper, maybe some blue cheese crumbles, cucumber, and red onion too. Homegrown tomatoes are best for this.
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Speaking of home grown tomatoes, i grew my own last Summer. They taste so much better than the store bought variety.
Blue cheese crumbles? Yummers! Nice tomato snack.
P.S. Thanxs for visiting.
Home grown tomatoes are a lot better then store bought and its fun to grow them as well. A nice little summer project.
I am actually a vegetarian but my mouth cannot stand the taste of tomatoes. It is pretty much the only veggie I don’t like. I just cannot stand the taste of them. When I heard about the salmonella outbreak a little bit inside me leaped for joy hoping that they would be banned, but alas it was only for a short while.
I like the one about watering your plants. I never knew that and was always interested in how they got cracks. Now I know, someone not keeping up on the watering.
If I do end up eating a tomato it better be in small bits so that I can barely taste them.
Leslie:
Yum! Your recipe sounds delish. You’re right homegrown tomatoes ARE the best. Thanxs for coming by.
Drama:
I grew some last Summer. After the recent outbreak of Salmonella, i wsh i had done it this year as well. Sigh!
CH:
Hmmm. Yeah, it sucks you cant eat them. My mom is not crazy about them either. Some people just dont like em. That leaves more for me. Hehe.
Guys: thanxs for the visit and comments.
Missy.
I like to go into the garden after work and eat a juicy ripe one (sliced), with an ice cold beer and salt. Tomatoes and beer go well together.
Bkil: Oh yeah – beer and tomato does a body good. Ssshh – let’s not tell anyone, and keep it our little secret. lol.
Thanxs for the comment.