Gold Medal taste review- REMARKABLE!!

heirloomdaddy · August 20, 2010

Let me begin by stating the obvious- bicolors (for the most part) are known to not have much going on in the way of flavor. I was hoping that I might hold an exception to this opinion, and that I would find that my Gold Medal plant was putting out sweet, fruity, tasty tomatoes.

The results? Aside from being huge, beautiful, meaty, and creamy in texture, the taste was really something special. It somehow managed to taste about as flavorful as an out-of-season, picked-when-green and then gassed, rock hard hybrid tomato from the grocery store. This thing literally had NOTHING going on.

Moral of the story? Learn from your fellow t'villians experience. Of course we all have different tastes, but when 99% of any population tell you one thing, its very very likely that you will have the same take on the matter. I thought I could enjoy this tomato for it's simplicity and sweetness, but that was only detectable because there was almost nothing else to be tasted, including basic tomato flavor.

My advice? unless you are growing fruit for their looks, don't grow Gold Medal.

***I do look forward to trying lucky cross and little lucky though! I think a PL bicolor with flavor sounds like a great scenario***

August 20, 2010	#1
heirloomdaddy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Los Angeles Z10 Posts: 291	Gold Medal taste review- REMARKABLE!! Let me begin by stating the obvious- bicolors (for the most part) are known to not have much going on in the way of flavor. I was hoping that I might hold an exception to this opinion, and that I would find that my Gold Medal plant was putting out sweet, fruity, tasty tomatoes. The results? Aside from being huge, beautiful, meaty, and creamy in texture, the taste was really something special. It somehow managed to taste about as flavorful as an out-of-season, picked-when-green and then gassed, rock hard hybrid tomato from the grocery store. This thing literally had NOTHING going on. Moral of the story? Learn from your fellow t'villians experience. Of course we all have different tastes, but when 99% of any population tell you one thing, its very very likely that you will have the same take on the matter. I thought I could enjoy this tomato for it's simplicity and sweetness, but that was only detectable because there was almost nothing else to be tasted, including basic tomato flavor. My advice? unless you are growing fruit for their looks, don't grow Gold Medal. *I do look forward to trying lucky cross and little lucky though! I think a PL bicolor with flavor sounds like a great scenario* Last edited by heirloomdaddy; August 20, 2010 at 01:16 PM. Reason: one more thing....!