Tomatoes "On The Vine"

stamford

Seems like a cynical marketing ploy by the supermarkets to have mug punters pay to throw away leaves and stalks that should have been disposed of by the grower

fudgeukraine

You don't have to buy them if you don't want to - no-one forces you. Just buy them loose if you prefer!

Frankly if people are too stupid to tell the difference and pay extra then they deserve to pay for it!

Emma37

Tomatoes on the vine are so much tastier than 'ordinary' tomatoes. They're worth the extra, the others are tasteless by comparison. They also look much nicer.

stamford

fudgeukraine wrote: »

You don't have to buy them if you don't want to - no-one forces you. Just buy them loose if you prefer!

Frankly if people are too stupid to tell the difference and pay extra then they deserve to pay for it!

Not being born yesterday I don't buy them. However a local Tesco's seems to be dropping loose toms in favour of those with leaves & stalks attached.

stamford

Emma37 wrote: »

Tomatoes on the vine are so much tastier than 'ordinary' tomatoes. They're worth the extra, the others are tasteless by comparison. They also look much nicer.

Don't take offence but I see you moving into the "mug punter" category. It's the variety and how long the grower soaks picked fruits in water that affects the flavour. As to them looking nicer in the veg drawer of your fridge.............

ManAtHome

Emma37 wrote: »

Tomatoes on the vine are so much tastier than 'ordinary' tomatoes. They're worth the extra, the others are tasteless by comparison. They also look much nicer.

Most toms you can buy in supermarkets over here are tasteless compared to the real ones you can buy round the Med ('orrible mis-shapen things though and some of them even have blotches..!)

Ems*Honie

Why on earth would they taste better just because they still have stalks? I agree they look more jamie oliver, but once they are in the fridge does it really make any differance?

russ_c

Tomatoes on the vine don't usually all ripen at the same time, but these in the supermarkets are all red. Makes you wonder what the put on them to make it happen.

superscaper

I was completely sceptical when my mum started buying them inaddition to the loose tomatoes but I have to admit I can tell the difference between the two, the one from on the vine does taste better (they're not even the same colour as the loose ones). They do taste more like my nan's home grown ones whereas the loose ones don't even taste of anything really. I can't see how just being on the vine makes a difference but maybe they reserve the better tomatoes for that packaging or another way to think of it, the more mass produced tasteless tomatoes they only use for the loose.

edthedead

Coming soon... tomatoes in a bag, tomatoes in a box, etc etc

C_Ronaldo

Does it matter if the tomatoes have the stork or not