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Italian tomatoes are just better to an extent that's almost magical.
And probably you don't know the best... have you ever try a "cuore di bue"?
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As a Belgian, I'd happily pay x4 to x5 the price of the average tomato you can buy in the supermarket here. But I can't. There's an 80% chance tomatoes are tasteless, and a 20% chance they're amazing. I want amazing tomatoes, every single time. :(
You can learn how to tell them apart if you want. Stepdad was a greengrocer so to me this is second nature but when looking for tomatoes take the smaller ones and the darker ones. They're most likely to be the ones that taste better, even when you pick them from a batch. People instinctively seem to go for the brighter and larger fruits but those are almost always the bland ones.
I'm afraid Netherlands is only good for food that's over-engineered, cardboard-tasting and geneticaly modified for quantity. But that's future I guess.
Here in the UK, tomatoes from the Netherlands are the most common sold in British supermarkets. Unfortunately, they are quite flavourless. The type of tomato (and price) makes no difference (organic, vine-ripened, salad). Most of them are usually semi-ripe. Even if you allow them to ripen at home for a few days, they are still quite tasteless. Presumably, Italy keeps its best tomato produce for themselves and I don't…
In Germany the tomatoes from Holland are called 'Wasserbomben'.
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Dutch farmers recognised this and focused on new/other kinds of tomatoes with much better taste like cherry tomatoes and vine tomatoes.
If you compare a typical Dutch tomato to a supersized watermelon type tomato from California, the Dutch tomatoes are ten times more flavorful.
OTOH, if I buy the $5-$6 per pound heirloom varieties, the flavor is better.
even better: tomatoes grown in people's backyards.
Here in the UK, tomatoes from the Netherlands are the most common sold in British supermarkets. Unfortunately, they are quite flavourless. The type of tomato (and price) makes no difference (organic, vine-ripened, salad). Most of them are usually semi-ripe. Even if you allow them to ripen at home for a few days, they are still quite tasteless. Presumably, Italy keeps its best tomato produce for themselves and I don't…
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I'm seriously asking what productive work can billions of people from underdeveloped and unstable countries do. Without access to lucrative markets, too.
Move from primary to secondary and then tertiary or just jump to tertiary or even reach quanternary sector Talking about three sector theory
Usually inequality between countries or people is reduced by rich and poor trading with each other.
But what if the poor have nothing to offer to the rich? Then the only option is to work for their own sustenance which means farming.
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These 150.000 birds are getting much better care from this single farmer than when they were spread over 10.000 households like they were 100 years ago.
Citation needed. Having a dozen chicken in a large yard seems to me to be pretty nice for the chicken.
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Italian tomatoes are just better to an extent that's almost magical.
And probably you don't know the best... have you ever try a "cuore di bue"?
the Vorlon is also very tasty
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You can learn how to tell them apart if you want. Stepdad was a greengrocer so to me this is second nature but when looking for tomatoes take the smaller ones and the darker ones. They're most likely to be the ones that taste better, even when you pick them from a batch. People instinctively seem to go for the brighter and larger fruits but those are almost always the bland ones.
Thanks -- going to put this to the test next time I go shopping!