Comments on: My Tomato Bum Fetish http://youngandfoodish.com/fruit-veg/clinging-to-tomatoes/ eat great food. meet great people. Tue, 27 Jul 2010 08:05:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Polas http://youngandfoodish.com/fruit-veg/clinging-to-tomatoes/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Polas Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:09:36 +0000 http://youngandfoodish.com/?p=5#comment-8 Ooops--I mean, I sniff the pineapple's bum . . . Ooops–I mean, I sniff the pineapple’s bum . . .

]]> By: Polas http://youngandfoodish.com/fruit-veg/clinging-to-tomatoes/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Polas Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:08:40 +0000 http://youngandfoodish.com/?p=5#comment-7 I will ask my husband about his sniffing preferences. Fortunately, with pineapples, the question is nearly moot--the top part is usually too bristly for me to try to sniff the top. Thus, I sniff the top! I will ask my husband about his sniffing preferences. Fortunately, with pineapples, the question is nearly moot–the top part is usually too bristly for me to try to sniff the top. Thus, I sniff the top!

]]> By: Dan http://youngandfoodish.com/fruit-veg/clinging-to-tomatoes/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Dan Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:28:12 +0000 http://youngandfoodish.com/?p=5#comment-3 It's appropriate, Polas, your bring up pineapple and cantaloupe smelling. Because as with tomatoes there is disagreement about whether it is wiser to sniff the stem end or the bum (blossom end) when examining pineapples and cantaloupes for indicators of quality. Does your husband see any harm in smelling both ends? In scientific terms, the tomato is a fruit. In philosophical, cultural or culinary terms it is a vegetable. Those who prefer to think scientifically should keep this in mind: searching for tomatoes in the fruit section of your local supermarket is unlikely to prove fruitful. It’s appropriate, Polas, your bring up pineapple and cantaloupe smelling. Because as with tomatoes there is disagreement about whether it is wiser to sniff the stem end or the bum (blossom end) when examining pineapples and cantaloupes for indicators of quality. Does your husband see any harm in smelling both ends?

In scientific terms, the tomato is a fruit. In philosophical, cultural or culinary terms it is a vegetable. Those who prefer to think scientifically should keep this in mind: searching for tomatoes in the fruit section of your local supermarket is unlikely to prove fruitful.

]]> By: Polas http://youngandfoodish.com/fruit-veg/clinging-to-tomatoes/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Polas Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:48:42 +0000 http://youngandfoodish.com/?p=5#comment-2 I always smell the bums of pineapples and canteloupes, but my husband has a better nose for it than I do. I usually am a bit shy about it, but you have given me courage to smell fruit more openly. By the way, tomato: fruit or veg? I always smell the bums of pineapples and canteloupes, but my husband has a better nose for it than I do. I usually am a bit shy about it, but you have given me courage to smell fruit more openly. By the way, tomato: fruit or veg?

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