The two most dreadful things in Britain.

[gilesgoat]

Let's see what comes out ..

Here mines :

1. "Coffee"
2. "Tomatoes"

If there's someone crying over a sauce because he can't make it as it should been now that's me now.

I tried everything from "Original Italian" to "Selected tomatoes" to everything I found around .. ..

"There are no tomatoes in Britain" .. none .. or if they are they completely out of my reach ..

They don't look like tomatoes, they don't taste like tomatoes, they don't cook like tomatoes ..

Must be some local vegetable they insist to call "tomatoes" cause the apparent similarity ...

[edit] "tomatoes for sauce" ( tinned ) NOT fresh tomatoes for SALADS, they are all another thing, you
can't do a proper tomato sauce with a "salad tomato", yes San Marzano would be good but I never found those, not
here in Wales at least

[HGFB]

Go back to Italy then or someone will start a Facebook group about you.

*Calls the Daily Mail*

[aureole]

Tescos do pretty decent San Marzano tomatoes if you go to one of the "extra" stores. You can find them pretty much everywhere tbh.

[Nutty]

Whats wrong with decent english tomatoes ?

I get organic Isle of Wight tomatoes and they're lovely..

[gilesgoat]

Come on I am waiting to see the other "2 things" of other people

[gilesgoat]

Go back to Italy then or someone will start a Facebook group about you.

*Calls the Daily Mail*

Another one

[gumboot]

1. Administrator culture
2. Celebrity-obsessed culture

[littledrummerboy]

1. The weather
2. The weather

[gumboot]

"There are no tomatoes in Britain" .. none .. or if they are they completely out of my reach ..

They don't look like tomatoes, they don't taste like tomatoes, they don't cook like tomatoes ..

Can you grow your own?

[Devlin]

1. the current employment situation (jobless)
2. my crappy relationship status (single)

[Cloudane]

Football
People

[ElfQrin]

Just to make it clear:

Giles is talking about this kind of tomato:


Not this one:


However, I'd rather have this kind, which grows on the Vesuvius. You can make an excellent tasty sauce with them, especially if you let dry them for a while:

[grue]

1. Bitching cooking obsessed Italian coders
2. Tomatoes!

[Orava]

How's the availability of nice fresh, good quality tasty and ripe Italian cooking tomatoes in Italy in January?

Good - in a jar or a tin just like in any decent Italian deli in UK.

Fresh tomatoes in January? You must be mad.

Summer tomatoes is a different beast and if you want some just like those from your local Mediterranean market, then - I am afraid - you better grow your own. They are lovely though.*


*=However if you grow a SWEET variety (like Gardener's delight) and harvest them ripe, do not make a pasta sauce with them. It will taste like jam. Supersweet.

[oNyx]

Just to make it clear:

Giles is talking about this kind of tomato:


[...]

Kill it with fire! :v