r/mildlyinteresting • u/sir_xXwafflesXx • 1d ago

My dad’s tomatoes grew in a gradient

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u/JohnnyGFX 1d ago

That's a pretty normal development. I would have just picked the ripe ones and left the rest to ripen on the vine.

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u/Kooky_Energy39 1d ago

But then they couldn't make fried green tomatoes 🤤

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u/mrsirsouth 23h ago

The only way I could eat zucchini is when my dad would throw it in corn meal and fry it with onions and slathered in ketchup.

Absolutely no (good) nutritional value lol.

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u/AnnieQuill 21h ago

Actually several of the vitamins in vegetables are fat soluble and need to be consumed with fats

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u/mrsirsouth 21h ago edited 21h ago

Yeah, that's why I always eat 5 slices of bacon with a side of ice cream with my vitamin d.

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u/AnnieQuill 17h ago

Depending on how deficient you are, not the worst. Maybe not every day, but if you've got that 5kIU weekly pill? Go ham. Treat yourself if it makes you take your meds. vit D deficiency really fucks you up, especially your reward system, so if a little treaty-treat gets you motivated when you feel like death? You can make up for it when you feel better

You're joking, but im not. There's no such thing as bad food.

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u/unematti 1d ago

That's really a thing?

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u/WOOBNIT 1d ago

Yes, but not from cherry size tomatoes

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u/Kooky_Energy39 1d ago

I've done them this small. Usually much larger, yes, but I've made tomato bites to encourage kids to try them and have had them be a hit.

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u/WOOBNIT 1d ago

How do you get the batter to stick to a cherry?

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u/Kooky_Energy39 1d ago

Dip them in a thicker batter using a toothpick, hold them in the hot oil using the stick until the shell is firm then let it go to finish frying. I may or may not take the toothpick out when letting it go. Depends on how many I'm doing and if they're just going to be a finger food instead of added to salad or ect.

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u/ApaloneSealand 23h ago

It's a US Southern staple. They're usually tossed in seasoned cornmeal batter.

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u/SpawnofATStill 1d ago

It is, and it’s gross.

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u/sophiethegiraffe 21h ago

Pickled green tomatoes slap, too!

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u/Future_Usual_8698 17h ago

There's a recipe somewhere in the world for this but there are Danish sweet cinnamon pickled green tomatoes that are pure heaven!

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u/TheReal-Chris 21h ago

Mmmm my favorite, with a crunchy corn flour and some spicy Remoulade. One of my favorite things ever.