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For nearly two weeks now, I’ve been eating tomatoes every day. Tomatoes and turkey bacon. Tomato sandwiches. Tomatoes, cucumbers and feta cheese. Tomatoes, squash and onions. Tomatoes and okra. Tomatoes and basil. Or, just plain tomatoes.
My daughter and I planted a small tomato garden during the spring in a community garden plot and we’re now enjoying the bounty. I love tomatoes and prefer to eat them only during the summer when they’re fresh, juicy and tasty. But I’ve never had any of the tomatoes we’ve been enjoying and I’ve been blown away by the flavors.
My daughter is liking them as well but doesn’t eat them as often.
We planted several varieties of heirloom tomatoes, which are generally considered old-fashioned varieties of the fruit and are often produced from seeds passed down through several generations. Heirlooms are considered to be more flavorful than hybrid tomatoes, grown for commercial distribution.
Here is a list of tomatoes that are delighting our taste buds: Mortgage Lifter, large, sweet and pinkish, described as the perfect tomato-sandwich tomato; Black Prince, medium-sized, deep garnet, with an intense flavor; Dixie Golden Giant, large, lemon-yellow, with a sweet, robust flavor; Sugar Plum, grape-shaped and plentiful, with a sweet flavor.
We’ve been sharing the tomatoes with friends and look forward to picking more off the vines in coming weeks. I’m looking for some new tomato recipes. I’m even thinking about freezing a few.
Do share a few of your gardening stories or tomato recipes.
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I am a member of the Sandwich Generation, a Baby Boomer raising a teenage daughter and dealing with the needs of an aging mother. I am a veteran journalist, having worked for more than three decades as a reporter and editor. Mostly recently, I was an editor with the Metro section of The Washington Post.
