Topic: Garden-Grown Tomatoes

[Nichi]

I didn't put up a garden this year. But a neighbor has a surplus of tomatoes from his garden, and we've been reaping the benefits. After you've eaten fresh-from-the-garden tomatoes, you realize just how little flavor is in the mass-produced ones. So it really becomes a case of:  the garden-grown ones or none.

Love them! I hear you can actually eat too many of them - it might be an old wives' tale, but supposedly you aren't supposed to have too many of them if you have arthritis.

[Nichi]

I love them - when I start to eat them, I become a ravenous animal. I love them in a tomato salad, I love them in that Greek sauce, I love them straight up with a little salt - love them.

But, there's a problem, and it reminds me of something we've posted somewhere in here. It just came up the other day.

You can't fully wash out the insecticide from their skin. So you MUST peel them unless they're organically grown. I know right away, because my lips start to swell, when I eat the ones still full of insecticide.

[Nichi]

It keeps coming up here... there is a strange flavor. This could be anything from salads to the lettuce, etc., on a sandwich or taco. I think it's insecticide, myself, but no one seems to know. The flavor is like cologne or after-shave, and whatever the culprit is, it ruins the whole meal.  Plus, I get an allergic reaction. It's put me off for ordering out.

[Ke-ke wan]

It keeps coming up here... there is a strange flavor. This could be anything from salads to the lettuce, etc., on a sandwich or taco. I think it's insecticide, myself, but no one seems to know. The flavor is like cologne or after-shave, and whatever the culprit is, it ruins the whole meal.  Plus, I get an allergic reaction. It's put me off for ordering out.

malathion?

Everyone knows,  they just don't want to say.

[Ke-ke wan]

Love them! I hear you can actually eat too many of them - it might be an old wives' tale, but supposedly you aren't supposed to have too many of them if you have arthritis.

Tomatoes don't actually plot to harm you, of course, but they do contain solanine, an alkaloid known for its toxicity.

Potatoes, eggplants and peppers are also members of the Solanum family. These plants are known as nightshade plants, and the solanine in their leaves and roots provide natural protection against insects. For most of us non-insects, solanine is neutralised in the intestine. But because solanine foods often trigger joint pain, some researchers believe that arthritis patients may lack the intestinal mechanism that undoes solanine's toxicity.

There are probably fruits, veggies and herbs that you could eat in conjunct with tomatoes to counter this.

[Nichi]

malathion?

Very likely!