My husband and I needing a vacation away from the kids, decided to drive down to attend the Tomatofest. ( Being that it may be the last time for this event, I didn't want to miss the opportunity.) Every parent needs to recharge once in a while and there really is nothing like a long drive.
While sampling from the heirloom tomatoe tent; I found a lot of the bi-coloured varieties such as 'Texas Star' or 'Burraker's Favorite' were sweet but very flavourful.
'Paul Robeson' A bit mushy... but a good smokey taste. Most of the blacks had a nice smokiness to them.
My favourite...'Green Zebra',with a tangy-lime tomatoe essence. 'Hawaiian Pineapple'... has a melon pineapple top note and finishes with a mild tomatoe flavour.
Amazing variety!
My husband not a tomatoe fan, actually liked the smokiness of 'Black Cherry'. He's requested that we grow them next year. Now talk about a convert!
Heirloom varieties have such a range of flavour; sweet,tangy even smokey who would want anything but.
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Tomato overload!
Green Zebra is great. We liked the Chocolate Stripes tomato best - all the blacks have that amazing "smoky" complexity to them.
How about all that other food in the Chef's tents? Awesome.
Wow! I've never seen so many tomatoes in one spot. How cool! I definitely won't be growing the patio tomato I grew this year again. I'm planning on orange cherry tomatoes next year.
Nate-n-annie thanks for your visit.
I enjoyed Chocolate stripes as well as most of the blacks. Yes, awesome food! One of my favourite samples at the food tents was the Tomatoe Bisque.
Nadine, sounds like a sweet selection for next year. Have fun growing your orange tomatoe. You may even want to be daring and grow another variety as well.(if you have the space)
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