Tomatoes Reviews

I love tomatoes but my obsession is really only a recent thing as my tastebuds have developed as I became older and the memories of the cartoon featuring killer tomatoes have subsided. My favourite way to eat them is hot. There is honestly nothing better than some oven roasted on the vine tomatoes packed full of flavour which seems to ...  Read the complete review

If you thought that all tomatoes were much the same in colour and shape, you'd be wrong. These are just a few of the more unusual varities which are sometimes know as heritage, or heirloom varieties. The Black Krim is an unusual tomato. This rare tomato has purple to black skin and reddish-black flesh. It is a large tomato with a ...  Read the complete review

Excellent to plant and watch grow with your children. Growing up my parents always had an allotment and as children we loved going along and getting messy, ahem, I mean helping! Now with children of our own we like to visit grandad on the allotment, to get messy, dig, water and pick seasonal produce. The children ...  Read the complete review

One summers day last year I suddenly had an urge - an urge to grow some vegetables. So I took a trip to our local garden centre and explained to the sales assistant that I'd had this urge, and that I didn't have the foggiest what I wanted to grow or how I should go about doing so! She suggested tomatoes as a good starting point - very ...  Read the complete review

Tomatoes are that funny out fruit usually served as a vegetable. They also happen to be my favourite fruit, and with this review, I plan to give a basic introduction to tomatoe dining, and I hope I can inspire more people to come and love this fruit. I always remember being very shocked to find my girlfriend didn't like tomatoes - how can you not ...  Read the complete review

Tomatoes as every body knows is a general berry used in most of the cuisines. Its botanical name is Solanum Lycopersicum as it belongs from the family Solanaceae and has the antioxidant named Lycopene. It is categorised as berry as it is a link between fruit and vegetable, however vegetable has got its name only in cuisine not in ...  Read the complete review

We still have our tomato on the vine, it have been slow to ripen this year as the summer weather wasn't good. We love tomato and we loved to grow them. I am not going to give a full description about tomato as all of us are familiar with it. Tomato belongs to the nightshade family similar to chilli pepper and aubergine. ...  Read the complete review

I have a love hate relationship with certain foods, and tomatoes are definitely one of them. I will eat it in certain forms, such as in bolognase or ketchup squeezed over chips and soup but pop a slice in my salad or sandwich and will avoid it like the plague. (However if I'm feeling slightly lazy, I will just leave it in there, and let the ...  Read the complete review

Tomatoes are an essential staple in the diet of my household. They are so versatile especially as, besides fresh, you can find them tinned, pureed, sun-dried, 'ketchuped' and, of course, 'souped', so there is never an excuse to be without them. I add tomatoes to many meals; one favourite way of serving them is something I came across ...  Read the complete review

Tomatoes are an extremely versatile......... fruit?... vegetable?... there has always been the argument about the actual classification of the tomato. People often call it a vegetable, whilst many call it a fruit - however, according to Wikipedia, its actually a berry. There are around forty types of tomato, each exhibiting unique ...  Read the complete review

is the tomato a fruit or a vegetable? i don't actually care because whatever they are they are fantastic! i love green & red ones, plum, cherry or round, fresh or sundried - even canned ones. ketchup or juice. i love them all year round in salads with vinagrette dressing & chives or just plain with a dash of ...  Read the complete review

From grannie's kitchen to haute cuisine there has always been a place for the humble tomato. Tomatoes are one of my favourite fruits as they are bright and pretty to look at and very versatile. Unfortunately I have never had a lot of success growing them but it doesn't really matter as you can buy tomatoes from most supermarkets and ...  Read the complete review

Tomatoes are not realy a fruit you can grow in the open due to our cold british weather we need to grow our tomatoes in a greenhouse. I dont usually plant mine untill early may as the frost will definatley kill them. I use grow bags to grow the tomatoes in as they dont require a lot of soil as there roots are not too large but the ...  Read the complete review

The tomato is native to South America and was introduced to Europe in the 1500s. In South America they are very vigorous and fruit copiously, but over here they need a little bit more love and attention. I was always put off growing tomatoes because I'd heard they were tricky and not worth the effort, but they're really not that hard (and I'm no ...  Read the complete review

Tomatoes are one of the most versatile vegetables there are and certainly one of the most popular choices of plants among gardeners. I have been growing my own tomatoes for a few years now and find that they taste so much nicer than mass-produced supermarket tomatoes. TOMATO PLANT FACTS Fruit or vegetable..? The tomato is ...  Read the complete review

Technically a fruit, rather than a vegetable, the tomato must be one of the most versatile products grown in a vegetable garden. Most people, when they think of tomatoes, think mainly of the round, red, golf ball sized fruit which can be used in salads, or fried with the early morning bacon. In truth, this is only one variety. Tomatoes come in all ...  Read the complete review

Poo to tomatoes, unless they're in a sauce. (Or a tin) - Advantages: Makes a tasty sauce, Brighten sup Ready Steady Cook, Tinned Ones are nice - Disadvantages: When Raw, they are the food of the devil!, People put them in Beefburgers!, Squidgy texture. Nasty

If you read the personal profile of my good friend clissoldjones, you will see that he claims, at least momentarily: ‘when I eat a tomato I become....tomato man!!’ You can take my word for it that he does not, but nevertheless it was a good quotation. My personal view on tomatoes has, throughout my life, ...  Read the complete review

Tomatoes have always been thought of as a vegetable by most people, including the category managers of Ciao and Dooyoo. The tomato is technically a berry and therefore a fruit. Tomatoes are also delicious and healthy. They contain reasonably high levels of Vitamin A and C, aswell as Vit E when eaten raw. They also contain potassium and ...  Read the complete review

The postman thinks that I don't know what he's doing, but I do, I do. He conceals himself behind the hedge at the end of the drive and peeps round to see if the coast is clear. When he's satisfied that it is, he races down the path, positively shoves the post through the door and then races back down the drive, pausing only to catch ...  Read the complete review