Try an experiment if you will.
Pick 4 tomatoes showing good color but about a week from ripe.
Mark 1 tomato and put it aside as a control.
Run a pot of tap water 125 degrees F.
Place the 3 tomatoes in the pot with a saucer on top to hold them down.
After 5 minutes, remove the tomatoes and allow them all to ripen on the counter for a week.
After a week taste the tomatoes and see if the flavor isn't back on the ones that had the hot water bath. Claud
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