Showing posts with label heirloom tomatoe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label heirloom tomatoe. Show all posts

Friday, 26 September 2008

Taste of Carmel,CA Tomatofest 2008.














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.