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The Indestructible Tomato

I have to tell y'all about this tomato I bought three weeks ago. It was almost ripe but very firm--actually hard-- when I brought it home, so I set it on a kitchen counter to redden and soften up. Now it's been there so long it's become like a permanent fixture, because it is still very firm to the touch and has grown no redder or riper than the day I bought it.

No rotten spots, no soft spots, just this unchanging tomato, so I'm gonna just let it sit there and see how long it will take for it to self destruct. No bacon and tomato sandwich, no diced tomato for a salad-nope, this is a science experiment and observation is all I'm gonna do with it--actually, I'm leery of eating something that indestructible!

susil

posted on Sept 4, 2010 8:43 AM ()

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Ah..... Monsanto at it's best. Genetically modified foods don't nipper and decay, they are too "drugged" to changes via natural cycle.
Kind of like folks on drugs...

comment by anacoana on Sept 6, 2010 9:54 AM ()

Hi ana; well that's what I'm thinking--this is some genetically modified tomato strain from Monsanto et al. I've heard that genetically modified strains of corn got out for public consumption--it wasn't supposed to--maybe we're just all guinea pigs..

reply by susil on Sept 6, 2010 10:01 AM ()

The only way to get really good tomatoes is to pot a few next summer.

comment by elderjane on Sept 5, 2010 7:17 AM ()

Hi jeri; I regret that fresh tomato season is gone--well 90% gone here.

reply by susil on Sept 6, 2010 9:58 AM ()

Put it on a window sill that gets direct sun.

comment by jondude on Sept 5, 2010 6:46 AM ()

Hi jon; I should've done that first.

reply by susil on Sept 6, 2010 9:56 AM ()

Sometimes it just hardens into a stone-like thing and has to be thrown out. Keep us posted.

I never heard of the paper bag solution.

comment by tealstar on Sept 4, 2010 8:33 PM ()

Hi teal; this Thursday will be a month since I bought it at the fruit stand--I wonder what it looks like on the inside? Probably rotten, but it has no odor etc.

reply by susil on Sept 6, 2010 9:55 AM ()

Sounds like a tomato from my garden here. Even a paper bag isn't convincing them to ripen.

comment by troutbend on Sept 4, 2010 7:02 PM ()

I never used the paper bag method either, although I've heard it works to ripen bananas..

reply by susil on Sept 6, 2010 9:53 AM ()

Are you sure it's not wax, plastic or carved wood?

comment by nittineedles on Sept 4, 2010 1:30 PM ()

Hi nittin; I'm beginning to wonder about that!

reply by susil on Sept 6, 2010 9:51 AM ()

You do much better putting in a brown paper bag.

comment by fredo on Sept 4, 2010 1:08 PM ()

Hi fredo; Good idea for future tomatoes, thanks!

reply by susil on Sept 6, 2010 9:49 AM ()

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