2024 tomato shortage?
Mar 14, 2024, 6:51 pm
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Mar 15, 2024, 12:11 pm
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Earlier this winter, I had a few Trader Joe’s runs with no cherry/grape tomatoes on the shelves, and one of the grocery delivery companies here also showed none in stock at that time. Hasn’t been an issue here lately though.
Mar 15, 2024, 1:33 pm
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Do I understand correctly an ugly appearance might be the better tasting tomato? Ugly being shape not bruised or such
Mar 15, 2024, 3:20 pm
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Yes but by strain, not by individual fruit. Things like beefsteak tomatoes have been crossbred to have a regular shape and durable shelf-life at the expense of texture and flavor. I mostly give up on eating tomatoes in the Chicago winter when I can't get locally grown heirlooms. Some of the cherry and grape tomatoes are just fine though as another poster suggested.
Mar 16, 2024, 4:09 pm
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Yes but by strain, not by individual fruit. Things like beefsteak tomatoes have been crossbred to have a regular shape and durable shelf-life at the expense of texture and flavor. I mostly give up on eating tomatoes in the Chicago winter when I can't get locally grown heirlooms. Some of the cherry and grape tomatoes are just fine though as another poster suggested.
Per the topic of the thread, I've not noticed any shortages
Mar 17, 2024, 8:15 am
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no disputing that, for this and a litany of other reasons off topic to this particular thread. Our stores have looked nothing like that.
tomorrow I’m going to see what Sprouts has, hopefully their stock will be stronger. Other than nasty on the vine medium rounds and green gassed Florida jumbos, the only thing I’ve occasionally seen in our stores are the greenhouse grown heirloom beefsteaks from Mexico.
tomorrow I’m going to see what Sprouts has, hopefully their stock will be stronger. Other than nasty on the vine medium rounds and green gassed Florida jumbos, the only thing I’ve occasionally seen in our stores are the greenhouse grown heirloom beefsteaks from Mexico.
Mar 17, 2024, 9:32 am
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no disputing that, for this and a litany of other reasons off topic to this particular thread. Our stores have looked nothing like that.
tomorrow I’m going to see what Sprouts has, hopefully their stock will be stronger. Other than nasty on the vine medium rounds and green gassed Florida jumbos, the only thing I’ve occasionally seen in our stores are the greenhouse grown heirloom beefsteaks from Mexico.
tomorrow I’m going to see what Sprouts has, hopefully their stock will be stronger. Other than nasty on the vine medium rounds and green gassed Florida jumbos, the only thing I’ve occasionally seen in our stores are the greenhouse grown heirloom beefsteaks from Mexico.
I just accept that at certain times of the year I won't get good slicing tomatoes & stick to the cherry/grape little ones. Compari are ok too for store bought. But for really good caprese or BLT worthy I do farmers market in the spring and summer.
Mar 29, 2024, 6:17 pm
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