• LegionEris [she/her]
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    8 months ago

    Tbh I’m not really a cheese girl. Give me fancy tomatoes. Fancy tomatoes will hold my attention.

      • LegionEris [she/her]
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        88 months ago

        No favorite. All tomatoes are good tomatoes. Raw, sliced, lightly salted, maybe a a little pepper or paprika.

          • LegionEris [she/her]
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            38 months ago

            Both of the responses to this seem to assume that my love of tomatoes comes from Italy or Italian culture. It comes from the American deep south, much closer to where tomatoes actually come from. Adding oil or extra ingredients takes away from the moist, cooling nature of a tomato on a hot summer day. A tomato is bursting with refreshment. All you gotta do is let it out.

        • @Kecessa
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          78 months ago

          Sliced tomato, slice of bocconcini, pepper, basil and a bit of olive oil

          🤤

      • Otter
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        78 months ago

        Curious too

        I like tomatoes, but don’t know what makes a tomato good or bad

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          Store-bought tomatoes are designed to ripen at exactly the same time, get picked early, be sturdy during transit to the produce store and store for a longer time on store shelves.

          Heirloom tomatoes are selected to taste good when grown in your region.

          No tomato can do it all, so when selecting for store bought tomato characteristics, flavor gets lost in the shuffle.

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          68 months ago

          I’m not a tomato snob. All tomatoes are good tomatoes. A fancy tomato to me is pretty much anything you can’t regularly get in any old grocery store. Go into any fancy supermarket or natural grocery store and get any tomato that looks more interesting than your average tomato. I’ll get excited about it.

          • @[email protected]
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            48 months ago

            Try some kumamoto tomatoes and I think you’ll really like them. They have a more tangy taste, almost like they’re pre-salted.

    • @[email protected]
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      78 months ago

      I just had tomato sorbet for the first time in my life and it changed me. It tasted like the pure essence of a fresh homegrown tomato.

  • @[email protected]
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    238 months ago

    Haven’t seen anyone mention this one, so let’s go.

    The most fascinating cheese would be Casu Martzu (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casu_martzu). It is illegal to produce and consume pretty much everywhere, including in Sardinia where it is produced and was invented. It is the world most dangerous cheese, and people have died eating it.

    The Wikipedia articles goes into how it is produced, but essentially you leave a good old pecorino outside with some rind removed to allow flies to put their eggs in the cheese. The larvae then consume the cheese and ferment it further. You need to eat it while the larvae are still alive, although the larvae can survive your digestive system and grow in our intestine. Traditionally you should eat the maggots, but you don’t have to.

    I would never eat it, mind you, but it is definitely fascinating that such a thing exists.

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      Because the larvae in the cheese can launch themselves for distances up to 15 centimetres (6 in) when disturbed,[4][12] diners hold their hands above the sandwich to prevent the maggots from leaping.

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      68 months ago

      Apparently you need to wear safety glasses to cut it because the maggots leap at you, while the cheese weeps salty tears.

  • Margot Robbie
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    Brie. It’s soft and buttery rich on the inside, with a white moldy rind that tastes kind of fruity on the outside.

    It’s such a contradiction of flavors that I often lay awake at night, wondering about how does a cheese as facinating as brie could exist.

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    178 months ago

    Boursin. I’ll do positively filthy things for that spreadable delight. And pretty much anything for the cheese too ;)

    • @[email protected]
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      58 months ago

      Garlic and herb or black pepper? Personally, I don’t mind either but my partner will only buy garlic and herb so I have to smuggle black pepper into my work lunches

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    128 months ago

    Kraft singles–the same way I am easily fascinated by soap bubbles, the milky way, and amethyst geodes.

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      98 months ago

      Why fuck with the classics? They work for a reason and Red Leicester is a certified pantry dropper.

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