heirloom tomato taste test


Since my tomatoes are late this year, I bought five different varieties of heirloom tomatoes at the Farmer's Market. My thought was to taste test and pick the best tomatoes for my garden next year. The unsliced tomatoes varieties are (clockwise form top left): Brandywine, Orange Blossom (not an heirloom), Prudence Purple, Flame and Black Prince. I thought this would be easier, but it turned out to be impossible to pick the best! I think maybe the nicest thing is the way all of the different varieties look (and taste) together. (Our order of preference was probably: Black Prince, Orange Blossom, Brandywine, Prudence Purple, and then Flame - but all were delicious.)
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8 Comments:
Those all look delicious... especially all together, dressed up with basil and mozzarella... but maybe not quite so good as the ones from your garden that you posted within the past couple of weeks. These are some serious tomato pinups you're showing here! :)
August 12, 2007 5:53 PM
I did essentially the same thing this week! Stay tuned for more about it on my blog shortly...
August 12, 2007 11:14 PM
Great Genie - I'm looking forward to that! (PS. I like your self-portraits. Very cool.)
August 14, 2007 2:08 PM
Delicious photos! (Larrapin!)
At my house, this year "Cherokee Purple" has won the taste test, hands down. It's perfect on a BLT -- for me the ultimate test!
Leigh from
A Larrapin Garden
www.larrapin.blogspot.com
August 15, 2007 4:01 PM
this looks lush , a festival of colour.
August 20, 2007 5:54 AM
try feta instead of mozzarella and ken's italian unless you make a better dressing yourself. mmm, can't wait until august
May 07, 2008 6:12 PM
I'm looking for a good place to buy hierloom tomatoe plants close to Boston?
May 11, 2008 4:08 PM
I got beautifully-packed box of heirloom tomatoes from a supplier in New Jersey. It was what I needed. Unpacking heirloom tomato varieties developed in far-flung parts of the world offers a certain orientation.
June 11, 2009 3:01 AM
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