Here's what's wrong with the Repukes, glitz over substance:

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http://search.csmonitor.com/2004/1223/p08s02-comv.html




Let Them Eat (Ugly) Tomatoes

Cardboard. That's how customers describe the taste of winter tomatoes to produce-man Joe Procacci. Looking to improve off-season flavor, Mr. Procacci developed a tomato called the UglyRipe.

It's exactly what its name implies. Scarred by crevices, it's not much to look at, but its growers advertise it as "exceptional" in taste. :puke:

Customers apparently agree. Procacci initially saw sales of his Florida-grown tomatoes triple - until the Florida Tomato Committee put the kibosh on the UglyRipe last year because it doesn't meet the committee's standards for looks.

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The committee has decided that Procacci can ship his UglyRipes out of state, but only those that meet the Florida growers' criteria - which means, next to none. Letting the "uglies" sell up north would open the floodgates to any other type of misshapen tomato, the committee argues.




See, Florida tomatoes have to Look perfect, the taste has nothing to do with it. Me, I grow my own and pick the green ones at end of season with a bit of the stem, so I pretty much have tomatoes that taste good until March...I'll never, ever waste my time or money on the tasteless perfectly round shit they send us in the Winter...of course their Summer tomatoes are no better, just the SOS.

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1. tomatoes

unless you grow your own, you're better off just not having them. i don't even order them in restaurants unless i know they get decent ones. nothing worse than a mealy flavorless tomato!

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2. once it's sliced what differnece does it make what it looks like

not to mention once its eaten

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3. My poor daughter

is missing fresh tomatos. Up until a month ago, she ate four or five a day.