Tomato

Fresh tomatoes don’t contain salt, though they do contain sodium. For a food to be considered very low in sodium, it needs to contain less… Read More »Do Tomatoes Taste Salty?

Eating tomatoes that have gone bad will make you sick and can give you food poisoning from bacteria such as Salmonella. It is not recommended… Read More »Can You Eat Sour Tomatoes?

More water means a lower concentration, and less water means a higher concentration. A lack of water can cause more acidic tomatoes, as well as… Read More »Why Are My Tomato Acidic?

It turns out that modern tomato cultivars are selected for qualities such as size, because consumers prefer large fruit, and firmness, because that trait makes… Read More »Why Are Supermarket Tomatoes So Hard?

Tomato is a juicy fruit which tastes sweet and sour. Is tomato a sour? The characteristic sweet-sour taste of tomato and its overall flavor intensity… Read More »Is Tomato A Sour Fruit?

Tomatoes contain high levels of the umami provider glutamic acid, and as the fruit ripens these levels increase. Why are tomatoes savory? As Harold McGee… Read More »Why Are Tomatoes So Savory?

So use these ideas to pack in all the tomatoes you can before the season ends. Make a salad. Yes, this is an obvious one,… Read More »How Do You Start Liking Tomatoes?

Mealiness. This is the granular, powdery, soft, dry or coarse texture that tomatoes can have. The fleshy element of the tomato is responsible for this… Read More »What Is The Texture Of A Tomato?

Sniff your tomato for a heady perfume (Be careful not to confuse the smell of the vine or stem itself, as that’s wicked strong, and,… Read More »What Does A Ripe Tomato Smell Like?

Raw or cooked tomatoes have a sweet, acidic flavor and a juicy flesh. Why do we add tomatoes in the food? Tomatoes are an incredibly… Read More »What Flavor Do Tomatoes Add?