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Let the Ugly be free!
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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
This bugs me under normal circumstances--as I think that we've gotten a little out of hand with the idea of perfect produce in this country--but in a year of a tomato shortage, this is abolutely outrageous.
The issue is this: A horticulturist/agri-business type developed a rather lumpy looking tomato that earned the name UglyRipe. It tasted delicious and sales flourished.
This year, though:
This means that Florida won't let these tomatoes be shipped out of state. Which means that you and I (unless you live in or we visit Florida) can't eat them.
Damnit, I don't care what the tomato looks like! I just want a good, tasty tomato. I'm also irritated that we're all forced to eat mass-produced, agri-business tomatoes that are engineered to meet these appearance standards but don't taste very good when there are so many wonderful not-so-pretty, but oh-so-tasty varieties out there.
I guess this just means that I'm gonna have to buy a couple of tomato plants and do it myself.
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Why does it matter if they're "Florida Rounds"? Why can't they just be sold as Ugly Ripes?
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