[A Farmer and A Cook’s 2023] Tomatoes

Wise men say it is better to  wait at least until May long weekend (Victoria day -the Monday on or before May 24 ) in Ontario to put your plants outside in the ground, except some frost-hardy plants.

Wise men also say only fools rush in.

While, the farmer in our family is one of those fools.

This year, he bought some seeds of Black Krim tomato online and and planted the seeds indoor. The plants grew pretty well. In the middle of May,  the weather was  very warm, he moved the tomato plants outside.  Then the disaster happened. On May 17th and 18th, tempeture at night was down below 5 celsius, killing most of this tomatos plants. He had to replant some. 

In Homedepot, he bought some new tomatos varities he never had before- Lemon boy tomato and Pineapple tomatos. After he told his story to his friend who is  keen on gardening and only plant tomatos. His friend gave him a few plants which are The Kellogg’s Breakfast tomato and Cherokee Purple tomato. 

So,  a blessing in disguise, the disaster made this year became the year we have the most varities of tomatos.

Tomatos on the vine

Tomatos off the vine 

The Kellogg’s Breakfast tomato

The Kellogg’s Breakfast Tomato is a  large  heirloom tomato cultivar that was discovered by Darrell Kellogg of Michigan. It has vibrant oranage color and oblate flattened shape.  The taste is nicely balanced between sweet and tangy.  sweet-yet-tangy, delicious flavor. It has  a smooth texture and sweet-yet-tangy delicious flavor, making them perfect for enjoying fresh alone, being sliced in  sandwiches or being cubed in salads. It adds a bright orange color when puting together with other colors of tomatos, fruits or vegetables. 

Lemon boy tomato

Lemon Boy hybrid is an eye-catching tomato with bright lemon-yellow color. This deep globe fruit is slightly tangy, but also sweet and mild, meaty, and smooth — perfect for slicing to reveal the delicious, lemon-colored flesh. They add visual interest to the garden and  add a splash of color to your food.

Black Krim tomato

Black Krim are medium-size heirloom tomatoes in a color range from dark maroon to deep purple or almost black.Full sun and heat brings out the deeper and darker colours.  It’s not only the color but also the squat, flattened globe  that make this tomato looks very adorable. It has an intense flavour with sweet and acid notes. The tomatoes are named for the Crimean peninsula on the Black Sea (“Krim” in Ukrainian) where they originated.

Cherokee Purple tomato

Cherokee Purple is  an old variety of heirloom tomato that develops a fruit with a bulges near the stem and has tones of  brown, green and purple. Its flavor has  a good balance of sweet, acid and savory. 

Sungold cherry tomato

After trying a few types of cherry tomatos in the past a few years, Sungold cherry tomato is the winner for us to choose to plant years  after years due to its exceptionally sweet tropical taste, aboundatn produce and Vibrant orange color. 

A few ways to prepare tomatos:

Pan seared  halloumi cheese with tomato and basils

When havinging this, it is better to open your mouth big to bite into the cheese , tomato and basil. The combination of  the flavor from three of them will  consistently knocks your socks off.

 Tomato salad with cucombers, avacodos and Century eggs

 

Pan stirred tomato with eggs, fish, samon or ShiGua

The pineapple tomato can grow very big and skin are not smoothy. I guess that is why it is called piaeapple tomato. I did't  like it very much even it tasted fine. I did't even take a pictures.  

See,  even wise man say "never judge a book by its cover", sometime pretty cover still makes difference.

 

Thanks for reading

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• 色香味俱全的帖子！Black Krim tomato是花董上次推荐的Costco最好吃的那种西红柿吗？ -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/12/2023 postreply 11:31:38

• 花董推荐的是小西红柿。也是黑色的。 -天边一片白云- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/12/2023 postreply 11:39:46

• 那个叫Kumato, 也不很小，算标准大小, -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/12/2023 postreply 12:48:33

• You are right. 在COSTCO见过这种。不是cherry tomato。大一些。 -天边一片白云- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/12/2023 postreply 14:44:40

• Good things come to those who wait,好像是北美印第安人最早培养的西红柿 -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/12/2023 postreply 12:52:33

• Love buying tomatoes on the vine -waterfowl- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/12/2023 postreply 13:12:42

• I guess you have your own vegetable garden. -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/12/2023 postreply 13:51:16

• 美图美文美食，cooker换成chef/cook好些，我猜，cooker对华人可能是一个curve ball -颤音- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/12/2023 postreply 13:29:09

• 赞看得仔细。 -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/12/2023 postreply 13:40:46

• 非常感谢颤音指出错误。赶紧改过来。 -天边一片白云- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/12/2023 postreply 13:47:05

• like Sungold cherry tomato. 蛋炒西红柿好吃，但最近蛋炒饭要小心了：）） -卫宁- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/12/2023 postreply 13:57:14

• 最近蛋炒饭要小心了？这是什么梗？LOL -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/12/2023 postreply 14:07:16

• 哈哈，这个有点大，侮辱先烈了：）） -卫宁- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/12/2023 postreply 14:15:35

• Oops 好虾仁 -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/12/2023 postreply 14:18:46

• 听说美食作家王刚最近有鸭梨 -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/12/2023 postreply 14:34:36

• Looks like 蛋炒饭 is in hot water now. -天边一片白云- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/12/2023 postreply 15:06:35

• Used to buy Kellogg and Black Krim from farmer's markets. -7grizzly- ♀ (39 bytes) () 12/12/2023 postreply 15:05:03

• Wow. We don't have good farmer's markets here. -天边一片白云- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/12/2023 postreply 15:07:59

• But you already have good farmers :-)) -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/12/2023 postreply 15:12:14

• Wow, 看得人口水直流！You must have a big backyard and a green thumb! -暖冬cool夏- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/12/2023 postreply 17:36:05

• not that big. it sounds unbelievable, But all those tomatoes -天边一片白云- ♀ (107 bytes) () 12/16/2023 postreply 13:47:52