Contrary to the popular belief that tomatoes are vegetables, they are actually the edible fruit of the nightshade, Solanum lycopersicum. Grown at home and eaten fresh off the vine, they are like little bursts of sunshine, full of taste, vitamins, and other important nutrients. Growing your own is easier if you can find, or fudge, the best homemade tomato cage.
Think tomato, think red, because this is the most common color. However, they are practically every other color under the sun, including deep purple, yellow, green, orange, in fact, every color of the rainbow apart from blue. Most green tomatoes are that way because they have not fully ripened. Tomatoes range in size from about half an inch in diameter to several inches. They may be round, pumpkin-shaped, shaped like a plum, or elongated.
If there are any left after you've eaten them as soon as you have harvested them, there are at least a million different things you can do with fresh tomatoes. They can be sliced or chopped and put into sandwiches or salads. They can also be peeled, seeded and cooked. Interestingly, it is healthiest to try and eat both raw and cooked tomatoes several times a week.
Raw tomatoes are full of vitamins A and C, while cooked tomatoes are richer in lycopenes, which are important anti-oxidants. Tomatoes are also fat-free and extremely low in calories. Tomatoes are rich sources of folic acid, choline, lutein and beta-carotene. They also provide valuable fiber, both soluble and structural.
As well as being a hugely popular ingredient in spaghetti sauce, tomatoes are also the main ingredient in the popular American condiment, ketchup or catsup. At one time, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher tried to convince the public that ketchup was a vegetable for the purposes of school dinners. People put ketchup on just about everything from french fries and hamburgers to scrambled eggs. It is a very unusual home indeed that does not contain a bottle of ketchup.
Where the climate is hot and sunny, tomato plants can grow huge. This is why it is useful to employ a cage to contain the plants and prop the fruits off the ground where they can be accessed by pests. They are commonly grown in hanging baskets or grow bags, sacks of compost that people cut slits into and jam the plants inside while they are still small.
Because tomatoes love sunshine and heat, there are some climates where they are best grown in a greenhouse, conservatory or simply under an overturned plastic drink bottle. For optimum flowering, they require little water, while they go through loads of the stuff when they are fruiting. In terms of fertilizer, tomatoes thrive on potassium. Tickling the tiny yellow, bell-shaped blossoms can encourage pollination, and care must be taken to eliminate aphids and the giant green caterpillars that thrive on developing plants.
Tomatoes also have their uses outside the kitchen. They may brighten dull pots and pans, for one thing. They can also be used as a hair rinse, especially to get rid of unpleasant smells like perming solution.
Think tomato, think red, because this is the most common color. However, they are practically every other color under the sun, including deep purple, yellow, green, orange, in fact, every color of the rainbow apart from blue. Most green tomatoes are that way because they have not fully ripened. Tomatoes range in size from about half an inch in diameter to several inches. They may be round, pumpkin-shaped, shaped like a plum, or elongated.
If there are any left after you've eaten them as soon as you have harvested them, there are at least a million different things you can do with fresh tomatoes. They can be sliced or chopped and put into sandwiches or salads. They can also be peeled, seeded and cooked. Interestingly, it is healthiest to try and eat both raw and cooked tomatoes several times a week.
Raw tomatoes are full of vitamins A and C, while cooked tomatoes are richer in lycopenes, which are important anti-oxidants. Tomatoes are also fat-free and extremely low in calories. Tomatoes are rich sources of folic acid, choline, lutein and beta-carotene. They also provide valuable fiber, both soluble and structural.
As well as being a hugely popular ingredient in spaghetti sauce, tomatoes are also the main ingredient in the popular American condiment, ketchup or catsup. At one time, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher tried to convince the public that ketchup was a vegetable for the purposes of school dinners. People put ketchup on just about everything from french fries and hamburgers to scrambled eggs. It is a very unusual home indeed that does not contain a bottle of ketchup.
Where the climate is hot and sunny, tomato plants can grow huge. This is why it is useful to employ a cage to contain the plants and prop the fruits off the ground where they can be accessed by pests. They are commonly grown in hanging baskets or grow bags, sacks of compost that people cut slits into and jam the plants inside while they are still small.
Because tomatoes love sunshine and heat, there are some climates where they are best grown in a greenhouse, conservatory or simply under an overturned plastic drink bottle. For optimum flowering, they require little water, while they go through loads of the stuff when they are fruiting. In terms of fertilizer, tomatoes thrive on potassium. Tickling the tiny yellow, bell-shaped blossoms can encourage pollination, and care must be taken to eliminate aphids and the giant green caterpillars that thrive on developing plants.
Tomatoes also have their uses outside the kitchen. They may brighten dull pots and pans, for one thing. They can also be used as a hair rinse, especially to get rid of unpleasant smells like perming solution.
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