Tomatoes
Hi - I live in the UK and absolutely ADORE tomatoes. I read on this blog about Paulo Battistel and his tomato school near Lake Garda - has anyone been there? - does anyone have any contact details for this man? My favourite varieties of tomato are CAMONE and DELIZIA (from Italy and Sicily respectively) but I have great difficulty in finding them in the UK - I have to order them from the famous deli 'Valvona and Crolla' in Edinburgh (the Camones) and I cannot get Delizias anywhere now - my local Sainsburys supermarket used to have them but they stopped a couple of years ago! I eat a couple of platefuls of tomatoes every day - must be addicted I think! Would love to hear from any fellow 'tomatophiles'!
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4 Comments:
I am SUCH a tomatophile. My sister and I have always had "tomato nights" in the summer where we each make a dish with tomatoes as the main ingredient (everyone thinks we're nuts, but we love it). As much as I love them, they are literally the ONLY food, besides corn, that I refuse to eat out of season. Luckily my dad is a fantastic farmer and tomato expert so I've always had the best (we have to import our seeds)! I don't know anything about the tomato school but it sounds fantastic.
I'm actually moving to the UK (Leeds) next year so I'd love to hear where you can get great tomatoes across the pond!
embolini9 at 10:02PM on 05/17/08
The best tomatoes grow in NJ and I have had tomatoes from everywhere.
It is the soil which is the pefect ph for tomato cultivation. I even went so far as to have NJ soil trucked into my backyard to grow perfect tomatoes.
So if you have not had NJ tomatoes, my suggestion is to get some and fast.
JerzeeTomato at 2:54AM on 05/18/08
@Jerzee............I lived in central NJ (rich soil) and southern NJ (sandy soil) and the tomatoes (and everything else except cantelopes) were absolutely the best. Do you have a preference for region? I'm not that far away here in PA, and you can literally sculpt with the clay soil. Rain water puddles and stays on top of the ground for weeks, unless hot weather evaporates it. What a difference and what a damn shame........:-(
I'm really curious to know - from which area did you get your precious NJ soil?
PerkyMac at 4:56AM on 05/18/08
Well, now, we can get into vigorous discussions about WHERE the best tomatoes come from, but frankly, the real answer is "someone's back yard" (or back garden, for you from the UK). Our Midwest summers, with their warm nights to set fruit from the blossoms, can yield some real beauties. And I'll never forget a whole farm wagon filled with an immense, gorgeous display of various kinds of tomatoes at a huge party in Sonoma, California, where they grow everything, it seems like; if you stuck a fishing pole in the ground, it'd take root and grow.
lemons at 9:44AM on 05/18/08