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My neighbor was right about the farmers market guy
I always thought the old man at the Johnsonville Farmers Market was overpricing his tomatoes at $4 a pound. Then my neighbor Linda told me he grows them from seeds his grandfather brought from Italy in the 1950s. I bought one batch last July and the flavor was so much better than the grocery store ones. Has anyone else found a vendor they initially ignored who turned out to be the real deal?
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reeseperez2d ago
That whole 'seeds from his grandfather' thing got me. I mean $4 a pound is steep, but you can't buy that story at a grocery store."
My question is, what did those tomatoes actually taste like? Like were they super sweet or more tangy? I'm always looking for that bold, almost zesty flavor in a tomato, not the watery ones.
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stella_lane12h ago
You sure about that? Those heirloom tomatoes are often more about hype than flavor, and @rowanharris probably grew better tasting ones from a packet at the hardware store for a dollar. Tangy and bold is usually just code for underripe and sour, four bucks gets you a grocery store brand that's actually sweet.
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