One of our sort of local better stores, where I often pick up produce, had several types of "heirloom tomatoes", all loose, so one could pick what they wanted. Several black shouldered beefsteak types, some btight red pretty pleated ones, otheres.
I picked up a black one and it was just nasty squishy. Like a 3/4's filled saggy water balloon, ick! So I put that down, picked up a pleated one- no smell at all. So, did not buy any of those, but did check the romas from Mexico, and though did not buy them, they smelled a bit like a tomato!
I *think* the price was a bit over 5 dollars a pound for the heirlooms. So sad- what if some one eats that garbage and thinks that is how they are supposed to taste??
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