A tomato is mostly water. I don't think it would be hard for some folks, especially teens or college students, to eat a large beefsteak in one sitting, especially if it includes several pieces of toast, some mayo, cheese and bacon (mmmm, bacon), and maybe some lettuce cause your Ma said lettuce was good for you ;-)

T, who has experienced teens and college students with seemingly unfathomable appetites.

I can finish up 8" bucket full of cherry toms at one sitting. mmmm Yum! :D

That's why I decided to grow my own cherry toms this year, I am expecting and hoping to do a lot better next year. :D

I am not sure if I can just eat up beefsteak type like that though...

When I was 12-15, I would get in trouble becasue I would eat any and all the ripe tomatoes in our family garden (20+ plants) daily after school. Wasn't uncommon to have 25-30 every couple days in the space of about 30 minutes. As I've grown up some (debatable to my wife) I find that I still have little trouble slicing up 2-3 Cherokee Purple and eating them at one sitting. Usually after making a tomato salad (which usually takes 2-4 toms + cheese + onion).

A pound or the equivalent? Often. Most every supper during the season. So does the wife. Sometimes that is all we sit down to eat at supper especially if coarse chopped and marinated or grilled halves with basil and olive oil.

Dave

Easily...I would say that by the end of August about 1/3 of my body weight is tomato. LOL.

Sometimes, when we have enough, I take a good-sized container, like an extra-large Cool-Whip bowl, of cherry tomatoes with me to work and have the bowl empty before half the morning is even gone. And yes, for dinner that same night I can make an entire ML disappear all by myself (especially since I have my Grandmother Estler's recipe for homemade mayonnaise to go on top of it!) Yummy stuff!!!

Hi! I'm the_sun, and I'm addicted to tomato sandwiches.
I would tell you how many I can eat in a given day, but then I'd probably have to go kill myself.

My, sun you are so darn funny ,,,not

I probably limit myself to about 8-10oz. of tomato and 1/3 lb of bacon, a bunch of lettuce and a tbs of miracle whip. Plus a small dish of baked beans, an ear of corn, and a saucer of vinegar soaked cucumber slices, and if I am extra hungry, a saucer of cottage cheese.

Oh, and 3-4 Budweisers.

I can easily eat 1. It's the other 3 or 4 that are tough. Salt, pepper and basil are the condiments I use.
Happy Tomatoes,
Tom

I can definitely eat a pound of tomatoes in one sitting. I like them cold with just salt. I know you aren't supposed to refrigerate them, but for some reason, I like them better if they are cold.

Eating tomatoes straight out of the garden is addictive.

I know it's awful, but I just can't seem eat them raw. :/ As much as I love to grow them and look for new varieties, I just can't eat them like apples. But throw them on a pizza, or chop them up in sauce, and I can pack away a ton!

Kim

My all time favorit snack is a couple tomatoes cut into wedges, with a ball of fresh Mozzarella (fresh not the brick crap) also cut up into cubes or chuncks. Just toss em in a large bowl with some italian dressing or oil & Vinegar or any other similar dressing and go to town.

I always try to alternate, one bite of tomato, with one bite of cheese. My normal do up if it's done for lunch is maybe 1.5 lbs tomato and .5 lbs Mozz (8 ounces) so 2 lbs total.

Then again, when I do treat myself to fast food, I go to BK and get the triple whopper with cheese, large fries and large coke. 2100 calories worth of gut busting grease and sugar, but man is it so friggin tasty. I do tyry to limit this to a couple times per year. When I was younger I "tried" to limit it to once per week.

It depends on what kind of company shows up on the porch in the evening. I have a friend,who if she shows up a little after 4, then I know for sure that tomato consumption measured in pounds, is a expected happening.

Take care,
Travis

Texas Needs Rain

Posted by heirloomjunkie:"I know it's awful, but I just can't seem eat them raw."

I can't eat them cooked. It's fresh or not at all.

My, dickie you are so darn clever ,,,not

I just ate a pound before I sat down at my computer. A small Cherokee Purple and a small Mortgage Lifter, chopped up w garlic, olive oil and balsamic vinegar,some arugula and bread for dipping into the juice. Yum!

Mmmmmm I remember the first time I had fresh homegrown tomatoes eaten one way the Japanese do.... I can easily eat a pound of tomatoes that way!

It is so simple. you cut a lil' X through the skin of tomatoes and just boil briefly then dunk in iced water. peel the skin off and slice into wedges.

in a small bowl, mix mayonnaise with some soy sauce. dip a tomato wedge into this and eat with a good quality steamed Japanese rice.

Heaven. =)

Just ate 1 pound for "dessert" after finishing my regular lunch. My husband was wondering why I was weighing them before eating them :)

"you cut a lil' X through the skin of tomatoes and just boil briefly then dunk in iced water. peel the skin off and slice into wedges"

If you get a serrated peeler, you don't need to parboil the tomatoes to get the skins off. Dunking them in boiling water (parboiling) changes them in a way I don't like. But I do agree that peeling them is better if they have a thick skin.

yumtomatoes, thanks for that tip!! I shall try it next time :)

@ Tomakers, I've never heard of someone who doesn't like them cooked. :) Not even on pizza? I have to make an exception for salsa though. I LOVE salsa with big, chunky raw tomatoes.

@ ameera, that recipe sounds amazing. Will try!

Kim

heirloomjunkie said "I've never heard of someone who doesn't like them cooked. :) Not even on pizza? I have to make an exception for salsa though. I LOVE salsa with big, chunky raw tomatoes."

Sure I'll eat them on pizza, or salsa for that matter. I guess I should have said I don't like them as well cooked. But I despise sauce and stewed(canned). This does not mean I will go hungry if they are placed in front of me, after all they are tomatoes, just not the way I like them.
I certainly will not eat them cooked if there is a choice, other than not eating. ;-)
I even like them for breakfast, to my DB's dismay.
Happy Gardening,
Tom

whats DB ?

The tomatoes are starting to ripen faster than I can eat them. My son and tenant don't like raw tomatoes, so it's prettey much up to me to eat them, except for what I can give away.

So the past few days I've been making bruschetta, using a couple nice Brandywines. Chopped tomatoes, basil, garlic, EVOO, S & P, and balsamic over bread toasted with a little olive oil. Yummmm.

DB = dear bride

To peel a tomato - Take a paring knife and using the unsharp side - drag the knife with a little pressure from top to bottom or bottom to top. Repeat the top to bottom dragging all around the tomato. Then, you can peel the tomato easily

This works well for me. You can even use the sharp side of the knife for dragging if you're careful. I guess this action causes a separation of the skin from the flesh.

-gloria

Gardengal, this sounds like a good way to peel one. It would have to go better than my attempt to peel a potato the other day. Turns out, in my 25 years of living, I've never bothered to learn how. It looked more like an apple core than a potato by the time i was done. :)

Kim

There's an old adage, I only drink when I'm by my self or with somebody...that certainly applies to eating tomatoes :-)

YouTube is my friend...nothing you can't figure out how to simply by stopping by there for a video or two ;-)

Tom

BUT, I could NOT find a Youtube video of peeling that did not include blanching. HUMMMM, somebody with experience needs to do this ;-)

Tom

a pound of cherry or sun golds?? - easily!!