Chuckanut
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Today I noticed many people buying tomatoes still attached to the vine. What is the point of that other than paying $2.49 a pound for vine?
What's stopping you from removing the tomstoes from the vine before purchase?
The shrinkwrap around the package and the produce department police.
I used canned diced tomatoes in winter for cooked things and use grape romatoes in salads.
What's stopping you from removing the tomstoes from the vine before purchase?
The shrinkwrap around the package and the produce department police.
What's stopping you from removing the tomstoes from the vine before purchase?
Tom might object...
Try Caputo's. I'm sure there is some variation from store to store, but in my neighborhood (very ethnically diverse) there is little shrink wrap or department police activity. But, like a street market, you have to be willing to elbow your way up to the piles of fruit and veggies and look, feel and smell carefully what you're buying because there is little effort made to sort bruised or otherwise damaged goods out of the pile.
Very competitive prices. Wide selection. Country of origin clearly labeled on everything.
Real tomatoes are only available from July to October, from the plants in the back yard.