Why supermarket tomatoes tend to taste bland

Los Angeles Times ^ | 30 June 2011 | Jon Bardin

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Google “paprika pepper” and you'll find out where to get some seed. They resemble a light skinned bell pepper right now. They haven't turned orange, but I expect they will.
I had always believed paprika powder came from a plant like black pepper but it is a new world variety bell on a tall, big leaf plant.

[miss marmelstein]

Thanks, I’ll do that.

[njslim]

Just had my first June tomato

Normally have to wait till mid July for tomato

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Yes, my mom sticks them straight into the refrigerator.

Yes, you have to either eat or preserve them faster but is it really that hard to eat a tomato in a week?

[njslim]

http://www.amazon.com/Attack-Killer-Tomatoes-Anniversary-Edition/dp/B0000B1OEO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1341066921&sr=8-1&keywords=attack+of+killer+tomatoes

[njslim]

http://www.amazon.com/Attack-Killer-Tomatoes-Anniversary-Edition/dp/B0000B1OEO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1341066921&sr=8-1&keywords=attack+of+killer+tomatoes

[cherry]

tomato chips???....I’ve heard of sun dried tomatoes....tell me, do you remove the skins before you dry them?

[cherry]

'Farmers were made to discontinue those in favor of bland tomatoes that can survive longer in train cars and in stores."

they did the same thing to apples...

as a kid, I worked on an upstate NY apple orchard.....nothing better than a fresh MacIntosh or a McCoun or Cortland right off the tree...

here in the west, they consider the uniform red delicious to be the "best apple" when in reality, IMO they taste like cardboard...

[eartick]

No, skins and all. Cut them about 3/16 to 1/4” thick. Dehydrator on 135’F to keep as much nutrients and taste as possible in them.

Rotate shelves every couple hours so they dry even.

When they are finished you can almost see thru them

[deport]

Various tomato planters

[MileHi]

Only two things that money can't buy

That's true love and home gown tomatoes

[MileHi]

gown = grown