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[bolderfell]

What's the deal with tomatoes. They're just messy fruit full of water.

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un: grimm

[hagrides]

I was under the impression they were a common food for humans. Was I mistaken?

[bolderfell]

Humans here aren't all from the same place.

[hagrides]

Do you live off of different foods as well? I see.

un: camliax

[speakerstone]

Oh my god, finally!

Tomatoes are a feast for the eyes, not a feast for the taste buds. They're pretty to look at, but that's all they are.

[bolderfell]

You can get just as good an eyeful from an apple and it tastes better. I don't get it.

text un: zeppeli

[casaposa]

Use them properly. Put them in sauces and don't devour them whole like an animal.

[bolderfell]

[After a minute, he gets a photo attachment in reply. The subject of said photo probably used to be a tomato--beautifully cut, even. It has since suffered horribly, cooked into wrinkled, soggy nonsense with butter and red wine in a cast-iron pot, suitable only to scrape into the trash can.]

Wasn't impressed.

un: doumeki

[saezuru]

They taste good with hamburgers
Sliced
Or in sauces

[bolderfell]

[O no.

This! This right here, this is why he uses the "network" anonymously! Damn, he's glad he figured that much out. Anyway, he's safe. Definitely safe. The safest. Phew.]

Can't say I know what a 'hamburger' is. And people keep going on about sauces without explaining what kind.

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[wildlinks]

They are a very versatile type of produce
People use it for all kinds of meals and drinks as well
They are a great ingredient

Did you never try a tomato before?

[bolderfell]

The plant they grow on looks like something poisonous where I'm from.

un: doctorize

[doctorize]

They have good health benefits: for example, they contain lycopene, lutein and beta-carotene, which are nutrients that help support vision and protect against eye conditions including cataracts and macular degeneration.

[A pause, and then he adds the following since... he is probably the only person on this planet that cares about how good they are for one's eyes.]

... Taste wise, they're good when used in sauces, salads, or soups. Can't say I'm a fan of eating them right off the vine, so to speak, if that's what you're referring to about them.

[bolderfell]

[Therion isn't even going to address how many words he doesn't understand, here. They're not even words to him, just letters that fell out all in the same place.]

Wouldn't they be the same in salads as they are on their own? You're not cooking them then.

text; un: asura

[demonicbookworm]

Personally I like tomatoes. You can try preparing something with them, but if you still don't like them this way I think it's okay. Everybody has something they don't like eating.

[bolderfell]

That makes me sound picky.

text | un: kingjj

[kingfuckboy]

what did they ever do to you??

[bolderfell]

Why does everyone think so highly of them? Haven't found much there to recommend.

text; un: shiro

[vanishings]

Well, so are watermelons.

[bolderfell]

You know what you're getting with a watermelon. It's in the name.

Also, no one tried to tell me how to live my life by shoving watermelon on me, so.

text | un: springtime

[hopticulture]

So? They’re still pretty tasty. Most berries are messy to eat.

[bolderfell]

Tasty how?

text, un: rosaceae

[roseblooms]

Believe it or not, your observation is actually rather apt — the word "tomato" comes from the original "tomātl", which roughly works out to mean "fat water".

[bolderfell]

Heh. Why am I not surprised you'd know something like that.

text | un:no1bananaslut

[coralroot]

if you get the really small ones and pop em in your mouth its a flavor explosion

i kinda don't like the really big ones tho

[bolderfell]

The smaller ones are better, huh? That's information I didn't have before. Any idea how that works?