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YARMOUTH, MA—Expressing exasperation at the limited field of options that could properly adorn the turkey club, Xpress Fresh worker Greg Sacco reportedly searched through a deli tub Monday for the palest, mealiest tomato that he could put on a customer’s sandwich. “It’s tough, because you really want something perfectly wet and flavorless that will make the bread so soggy it’s basically dissolving, and I’m just not seeing too many great options,” said Sacco as he held up two potential contenders—one that was mostly a colorless stem and another that gave off a putrid scent—before discarding them as inadequate. “You can’t grab the newly sliced stuff on top. You have to really reach down to the bottom and get the stuff that’s been there losing all its taste for a couple days. Ugh, some of these have way too much color. I just want a nice slice that’s bland and slightly gritty. But none of these are really hitting the bar set by that scraggly brown bit of iceberg lettuce that I found. God, what am I supposed to do here?”At press time, Sacco had thrown out the sandwich and settled on just making a ham salad on stale rye to wrongly give to the customer instead of her actual order.
The death of tasty tomatoes in North America drives me nuts. The ones in our garden are intense!
The apple industry figured it out - marketing new varieties for flavour, crispness, etc. Why can’t the tomato industry?
Same for citrus. I pulled an orange from a tree a few months back and it nearly brought tears to my eyes when I first tasted it. Unreal. I didn’t stop eating them until my stomach hurt. Worth it. 🤣
Buy local. Got some heirloom tomatoes last weekend that tasted like candy.
Easier said than done in a Canadian winter ;)
But I agree. There’s some local greenhouses producing smaller volumes here year-round now. So it’s improving.
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