Thing about tomatoes, is they have a nasty bit. If they're well prepared though, that nasty bit isn't present and the entire tomato experience can be one of delight.
If you're going to do a tomato salad, then blanching the tomatoes and removing the skins first is definitely the way to go. It's what my mum taught me, so cannot wrong.
Grilled, fresh tomatoes are best with a fry up.
Oh, the other secret to good tomato enjoyment is white pepper. Oh yes.
Most definitely. I know, I know, it sounds crazy, and normally I'm a staunch freshly ground black man, but on any raw tomato product, white pepper is yer fella.
Try a slice of white toast, thinly spread with butter while still hot, layered with thinly sliced tomato (blanched, skinned and with the nasty bit removed, of course), then sprinkled generously with white pepper. What a lovely snack!
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Date: 2004-08-13 09:05 am (UTC)If you're going to do a tomato salad, then blanching the tomatoes and removing the skins first is definitely the way to go. It's what my mum taught me, so cannot wrong.
Grilled, fresh tomatoes are best with a fry up.
Oh, the other secret to good tomato enjoyment is white pepper. Oh yes.
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Date: 2004-08-13 09:08 am (UTC)White pepper ?
Are you sure, man ?
In my experience, white pepper is universally nasty. Admittedly, I've never tried putting on a tomato.
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Date: 2004-08-13 09:13 am (UTC)Pepper.
Most definitely. I know, I know, it sounds crazy, and normally I'm a staunch freshly ground black man, but on any raw tomato product, white pepper is yer fella.
Try a slice of white toast, thinly spread with butter while still hot, layered with thinly sliced tomato (blanched, skinned and with the nasty bit removed, of course), then sprinkled generously with white pepper. What a lovely snack!
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Date: 2004-08-13 09:49 am (UTC)Doesn't that hurt?
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Date: 2004-08-13 01:35 pm (UTC)