/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>5547376
I agree with you man. I loved cooked tomatoes/tomatoes in dishes, but raw tomatoes or plain tomatoes are absolutely disgusting. Like bug guts on the inside, seriously.

Tomatoes are amazing raw or cooked, you two don't know what you're taking about. I bet you've never even had a ripe tomato straight from the vine.

raw tomatoes look like abortions on the inside

>>5547376
Go to bed kid. Tomatoes are amazing as their own.

>>5547388
Yeah and I about vomited.

Tomatoes are mother nature's snot.

>>5547403
Tomatoes are only good for two things: ketchup, and sauce.

>>5547415
What's the point of this thread?

>>5547415

grilled maters with cheese and olive oil are pretty epic

>>5547416
Just curious if there is a vegetable in existence that is more disgusting (unless mixed with many other things) than the tomato?

>>5547416

to bitch about tomatoes while others defend them. What's the point of any thread? We all have better things to do but we chose the Chan.

Tomatoes are good when they have a fucking taste. When some pleb buys shitty tomatoes and slices them up and you try to eat them and they just taste of water and nothing, then yeah I agree.

Try growing some yourself, OP. I defy you to dislike >>5547388

>vegetable

>>5547426
Trust me, I would prefer it if tomatoes tasted like nothing.

>>5547415
Ketchup is literally the worst thing anyone can do with tomatoes. That shit is disgusting and barely resembles the amazing fruit they came from.

>>5547428
It's about time.

>>5547430
Umm, no, ketchup is literally the best thing you can do with the literal demon spawn of satan that is the putrid tomato.

>>5547430
Yeah thats why I like ketchup and despise tomatoes.

>>5547425
Yeah, but some discussions can actually be proven and disproven. This is just a yes/no-discussion.
>tomatoes are disgusting
>i think they taste good
>no
>yes
>no
>yes
The topic is too vague and lazy to make it into a reasonable discussion.

>>5547441
Ketchup defiles everything it touches. It should never be used on any food, ever.

>>5547446
>The topic is too vague and lazy to make it into a reasonable discussion.

Welcome to 4chan.

>>5547446
Oh I'm sorry, are you upset that there are some people who aren't in denial about the fact that tomatoes taste absolutely vomitrocious?

>>5547447
There should be a /ckeurope/ and a /ckamerica/
Fucking plebs don't know anything about food. Discussing mountain dew and pizza hut all day long. FUCK.

>>5547454
I'm not upset at all. Does it seem like I am upset? I can use smileys if you want :)

>>5547447
Agreed. I love tomatoes and hate ketchup.

Why would you want every food to be complimented by something so sweet tasting? It's disgusting.

>>5547447
I'm sensing some tension. Let's be honest here. Ketchup is great and about the only thing to-shit-oes are good for. The sooner you accept this, the happier you'll be in life.

>>5547455
>Fucking plebs don't know anything about food. Discussing mountain dew and pizza hut all day long. FUCK.

I know fuck yuropoors

>>5547461
>ketchup on pizza
>it already has tomato sauce

A spoonful of ketchup helps the otherwise awful tasting vegetable go down.

>>5547465

maybe they forgot and he's improvising

>>5547388
this, nothing like a tomato sandwich or tomato biscuit with thick slice of fresh picked tomatoes

Cherokee Purple are my favorite

>>5547469
absolutely disgusting

>ITT: Amerifats doesn't like vegetables
Tell me something I didn't know already

>>5547469

please don't do that miss

>>5547475

>vegetables

stupid yurop

>>5547475
they arent vegetables and tomatoes come from the americas

Could you do this with tomatoes? Would you even WANT to? I didn't think so. Unless you were bolemic and wanted to throw up using a different method than shoving your finger down your throat.

>>5547376
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>>5547483
>>5547484
Pls don't get all sperglord on me. I'm sorry, they are 'fruits/berries of the nightshade family'.
>tomatoes come from the americas
Yes, I'm well aware of that. Point being?

>amerifats refusing to eat a vegetable unless it comes in a squeeze tube
Shocking.

>>5547499
yuropoors are retarded

I couldn't disagree with OP any harder. I love raw tomatos, I could live off of them. Also tomato juice, especially with a dash of worcester sauce mixed in.

>>5547502
>vegetable

>>5547508
>applying biological definitions to the kitchen

>>5547502
>europoors having shit taste
I bet you like tomatoes because your government told you to like them. Being the "pull down your pants, bend over, and take it" type that you guys are and all.

On the other hand we Americans said no, we're not going to take this shit, we're going to transform it into something worthy of human consumption.

>>5547500
fuck. who puts that much ketchup on a hotdog?

>>5547502
pls. I'm american and love tomatoes. Let's stop making stupid, country-based sweeping generalizations.

>>5547518
I'm a tomato and I love amerifats.

>>5547511
botanical not biological

yuropoors wrong again

>>5547526
>botany
>aka plant biology

>>5547512
It's because we have culture in Europe. We are mature enough to enjoy what's good. Americans are like big children.

>>5547538
>culture
>mature
>good
No, you just shut up and take it like the good little serfs you are, and try to mimic those who unapologetically rule over you and rape you in the ass (figuratively speaking of course) and call it "culture" and "maturity".

>>5547538
yeah toast or french fry sandwiches are so delicious and mature

>>5547543
>>5547548

>>5547512
>implying Ronald Reagan didn't endorse ketchup as a vegetable
kek

>>5547543
>>5547548
I'd eat the shit out of that. Just pick out the tomatoes first before you serve it to me please. Thanks!

>>5547551
>you are now aware there's 750 million inhabitants in europe

>>5547548
I generally don't care for raw tomatoes but damn I love a nice tomato and mozzarella salad

>>5547566
>inhabitants
>not people

>>5547569
What ever you want to call it Autismus.

>>5547566
>you are now aware there's 313.9 million inhabitants in the United States of America

>>5547570
Wow, that looks delicious! I'll just remove the tomatoes and olives, if you don't mind. I'll just put these in the trashcan... there, that's better.

I'm pretty sure it's just one or two dudes in this thread badmouthing tomatoes, cmon leave it m8

>>5547567
Try a Shopska salad. Cut tomatoes and cucumbers and then grate good quality feta cheese over it. Add some olive oil.

>>5547578
I already know that. And I know some of you people actually like good food.

>>5547592
Nah you're alright m8 I don't care for feta

Tomatos
>sour
>bitter
>slimy

how can anyone consider that an appealing flavor/texture combination.

>>5547599
>tomatoes
>bitter
wat

>>5547604
>anything that isn't pureed and mixed with an equal amount of sugar tastes bitter to Americans

So is this a tomato thread now?

>>5547592
Hey thanks for the effort anon, but unfortunately I don't like tomatoes. That's okay, I'll just pick them out, put a few blobs of ketchup here and there in their place... and bam! There, that looks better and much more palletable.

>>5547615
I just came.

Are there any plants that are invasive to tomato plants, so that when I come across someone with tomato plants in their garden I can throw some invasive plant seeds in them to cut down on the number of tomatoes in existence in the world?

>>5547616
>>5547621

Just stop
I wouldn't even mind if you were funny

My dad grew these incredible heirloom tomatoes last year, they were like no tomato I'd ever tasted, absolutely delicious. Had the best tom/mozzarella salads ever with pitta bread on the side, basil, olive oil and loads of salt and pepper. Dang

>>5547625
Aww, does somebody own stock in a company that earns a significant portion of its profit selling lots of tomatoes?

>>5547634
I just ate one of these bad boys earlier today.

i love heating a can of diced tomatoes on the pan and adding heavy whipping cream, spices, herbs and balsamic vinegar for a quick creamy tomato soup. absolutely delicious.

Nice Mediterranean recipe, though I'd prefer something like a whole flatfish eg. plaice cause it's cheaper and cod is pretty tasteless.

Roasted Cod with Warm Tomato-Olive-Caper Tapenade

1 pound cod fillet
3 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil
¼ teaspoon freshly ground pepper
1 tablespoon minced shallot
1 cup halved cherry tomatoes
¼ cup chopped cured olives
1 tablespoon capers, rinsed and chopped
1½ teaspoons chopped fresh oregano
1 teaspoon balsamic vinegar

Preheat oven to 450F. Coat a baking sheet with cooking spray.
Rub cod with 2 teaspoons oil. Sprinkle with pepper. Place on the prepared baking sheet. Transfer to the oven and roast until the fish flakes easily with a fork, 15 to 20 minutes, depending on the thickness of the fillet.
Meanwhile, heat the remaining 1 teaspoon oil in a small skillet over medium heat. Add shallot and cook, stirring, until beginning to soften, about 20 seconds. Add tomatoes and cook, stirring, until softened, about 1½ minutes. Add olives and capers; cook, stirring, for 30 seconds more. Stir in oregano and vinegar; remove from heat. Spoon the tapenade over the cod to serve.

>>5547376
everybody is different and there are many different tomatos

>>5547665
Thanks anon. Will make.

>>5547665
If I skip the tomatoes, I know it will taste better, but my question is will it cook fine?

>>5547376
>confirmed for never eating fresh, home grown tomatoes.

the shit they sell at the store is a bag of dirty water bred for color and firmness, with home grown tomatoes you can make a sandwich that is just tomato, mayo, and bread because they actually have FLAVOR.

>>5547672
Forgot to add that it serves 4

>>5547455
>/ckyurp/
>AMERICUNTS!
>MUH FAST FOODS IN UROP!
>MUH PIES WITH BROWN GRAVY!
>/mericka/
>cooking right guys?
>who likes top ramen
>food porn
>MUH LENTILS!
>MUH /fit/!
>MUH 5 GUYS!
>LEL u MERIFATS AND UR DISGUSTING FOOD! LOOK AT SUM REAL FOOD
>Posts pic of a mess of peas drowning in brown gravy and some meat.

can we just ban yuropoors?

>>5547700
Do you even know how to green text?

>>5547688
You don't get it. It's the "flavor" that makes tomatoes absolutely detestable. (That and the texture and consistency, which is a lot like booger infused mucous.)

>>5547606
no, it really depends on the type of tomato and where its grown; I wouldn't expect you yurotrash heaps to understand.

Bruschetta motherfuckers

Ketchup would like a word with you.

>>5547710
But that's where you are wrong. You might think it's the flavor, but it's not. You like ketchup, so you actually like tomatoes. You just don't know it yet. A lot of people claim to dislike tomatoes, olives and a lot of other stuff but when they actually get the chance to eat top premium ones they pick up what's so good about them.
>guess what, i didn't like tomatoes as a kid

>>5547376
personally i hate tomatoes, but me trying not to be an amerifat have learned to tolerate them
>chicken florentine
>salsa
>bruschetta or any other italian shit with tomatoes and bread
>roasted or sundried tomatoes
>shrimp primavera generally has tomatoes in it

there are certain things that are made for tomatoes. if you take the tomatoes out than you're missing out on the dish.

Sweet cherry tomato & sausage bake

http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/pork-recipes/sweet-cherry-tomato-and-sausage-bake

>>5547757
Looks delicious. I love the combination of tomatoes and pork.

>>5547388
>I bet you've never even had a ripe tomato straight from the vine
i fucking gagged

Love then, when I'm bored I make a lazy caprese for snacks

If tomatoes are a vegetable then avocados are a nut and sweet potatoes are a fruit

some people can just bite on a whole raw tomato. oh wow, too much, that texture

>>5547376
>i have never had a real tomato, only the water balloons found in grocery stores and restaurants

buy a beefsteak, big boy, oxheart, cherokee purple, or any other eating tomato. The comparison between real tomatoes and that shit in your picture is like the difference between spam and pork roast

>>5547484
>>5547483
>yfw Burgers don't realise that tomatoes are culinary vegetables (and botanically fruit)

>>5547376
Jokes on you, tomatoes with a bit of salt and olive oil is amazing, don't even need to cut the tomatoe just bite it like an apple. Bonus: Green tomatoes.

>>5547376
>tomato
>vegetable

This is the gayest, dumbest thing I have ever read, kill yourself OP you faggot

>>5550814
>there is a botanical definition of vegetable

>>5550954
and it doesn't fit the botanical definition of a vegetable

>>5549969

There's no such thing as a "culinary definition," that's just a way of saying you made up what you're going to call them instead of basing the classification on observed facts. You can say cheese is a culinary fruit and beef is a culinary mushroom and it would be as justified as saying tomatoes are a culinary vegetable.

>>5550964
the point was that there isn't a botanical definition of vegetable, tard

>>5550988
>>5550814


http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/vegetable?q=vegetable
>A plant or part of a plant used as food, such as a cabbage, potato, turnip, or bean:
>or part of a plant
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/tomato?q=tomato
>A glossy red, or occasionally yellow, pulpy edible fruit which is eaten as a vegetable or in salad.
>eaten as a vegetable

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vegetable
> a usually herbaceous plant (as the cabbage, bean, or potato) grown for an edible part that is usually eaten as part of a meal; also : such an edible part
>also: such an edible part


stop being an autistic retard

>>5551020

How is something "eaten as a vegetable"?

>>5551025
take a tomato, eat it.

>>5551037

That would be eating a fruit as a fruit

>>5551025
It's use in cooking is more similar to that of other vegetables than that of fruit.

>>5551093

What does that mean though?

>>5551128
Eaten as a savory food

>>5551128
exactly what he said. troll harder

funny how many people hate tomatoes despite it being so rich in "natural msg" and thus, scientifically delicious by default.

>>5551128
Fruits are generally used as either stand alone or in desserts, whereas vegetables are used more in main courses. When was the last time you had slow-roasted orange? Or and aubergine sunday?

>>5551130
>>5551153

So meat is a vegetable too? They're used the same way apparently

>There are people out there right now who pick up a tomato and bite into it and eat all of it on purpose and not as a dare

>>5550951
>getting this mad because someone doesn't like the same food you like

>>5551172
>not enjoying the tomato's seeds and juices pouring into your mouth when bitten just the right way

Oh my. I think some just dribble on my chin, but that's okay I heard it's good for the skin

>>5547484
>tomatoes come from the americas
If you hate tomatoes, you hate America. :^(

What is avocado then if tomatoes are "culinary vegetables"? Is avocado a culinary mayonaisse or something?

>>5551192
Protip: Jesus was American born and raised in Tennessee

>>5551187
You need to go on those american reality tv shows where they have you eat weird things. I think a tomato fits in there.

courgette / zucchini
i have never tasted it in any way that i enjoyed, i don't understand why people make it, when somebody gives me zucchini i feel like crying

>>5551193
a culinary vegetable mr contrarian

>>5551165
>So meat is a vegetable too?
No, idiot, that makes no sense and is contributing nothing to the discussion. Fugoff.

>>5547376
Yeah, onions.
Tomatoes are good on their own, but uncooked onions are nasty as fuck.

>>5551216

But it's not used like other vegetables are, so it can't be

>>5551247
sure it is.

>>5551251

You make a paste out of lettuce to dip chips in? You spread carrots on the top of a sandwich bun?

>>5551261
no but you eat it mostly in savory dishes

>>5551153

>When was the last time you had slow-roasted orange?

Apples and peaches are vegetables too

>>5551273
no they house the seeds and are therefore a fruit

Pork is a fruit because it's sweet

>>5551279

No, you can bake them and eat them just like a vegetable. In fact, apples are potatoes. I don't gotta explain shit, it's culinary definitions

>>5551294
GG

>>5551283
Gr8 b8 m8 I r8 it 8/8

>>5551294
wut

They are biologically fruits doesn't mean you can't use them like vegetable.

>>5547441
Did you just use literally twice in the same sentence? sorry, I thought you were trying to WIN the argument...

>>5551283
>Pork
>sweet

Only in America.

>>5551330
he used literally and literal once dumb ass

>>5551331
because pork and apple isnt common, or carnitas cooked in cola from mexico

>>5551330
Did you literally just accuse me of using literally twice in the same sentence when, literally, if you actually read my post literally you would see that I literally only used literally once and literal another time? Literally, stop posting, you tomato sucker.

>>5551342
what

>>5551342

>carnitas cooked in cola from mexico

Soda is a vegetable because it's used in savory dishes

>>5551333
Derivative of the same word, but fine.

>>5551352
YOU LOST MY IQ IS SUPERIOR 105 IQ MASTER RACE GET REKT RETARD

>>5551235
This. When did we miss this guy? Or did we just not say anything?

>>5551355
I admitted defeat already, why are you being this way?

>>5551342
Just because you cook pork with something sweet, doesn't mean pork itself is sweet.

Avocado is a cheese. Mushrooms are a meat

>>5551235
>>5551356
Samefag, also, you're kidding yourself. They're not anywhere near as nasty as tom "shit" atoes.

>>5551365
just because you cook rosemary in broth doesnt mean the broth tastes like rosemary

>>5551374
Uhh, nope.

>>5551387
>implying modification isn't possible

>>5551398
>implying I did in that tiny amount of reply time

>>5551401
>implying you couldn't if you really wanted to
Yup, you're definitely a tomato lover.

>>5551405
Well I am, and that's not a bad thing. I never changed that screencap except for cropping, but that doesn't mean I could of made it look that real in 4 minutes.

>>5551416

>>5551426
Nice try. That font is wider that 4chan's.

>>5551434
That's literally how the font looks on my computer.

Nah but seriously though, I believe you weren't samefagging. You're still a tomato lover though.

>>5551444
Well we are using different styles. Eh, oh well. My cap wasn't faked and tomatoes are fine uncooked. And some anon can't make me change my opinion.

>>5551455
So end of argument :>

>>5551464
jesus fuck are you the one who doesnt use microwaves or eat regular corn syrup for reasons they cant disclose

>>5551478
No.

>>5547548

>>5547376
carrots.

only good doused in ranch or some other sauce that drowns out the disgusting flavor and leaves you with just the crunch/snap.

Fucking carrots are like little flavor bombs. but the flavor is disgusting.

>my fuckin face when shredded carrots in my shit that I can't remove

>>5547376

I really, really like tomatoes. But how the heck can people leave that top part where they're attached to the plant on? Why can't they cut it off? I cut it off, even when it comes to those tiny snack tomatoes

>>5551571

>>5551617

You don't have to cut it, it pulls right off.

>>5551628

I'm talking about the thing in the pic. That green-brownish connecting tissue. I just don't like it and I don't even know why.

>>5551634

Oh, ok. That makes more sense.

Yeah I just leave it on and eat it. :)

>>5551571
I don't trust you opinion because you actually use ranch,

>>5551571

do you like cooked carrots?

>>5551662
its literally the only thing that I ever consume ranch dressing on/with/for. and mostly because, thats what is near carrots when you offer them to people.

but i know you just wanted to rag on ranch/people who like ranch, and imply they're stpid and have no taste/class. thats ok, you do that.

>>5551673
cooked carrots takes away the only feature of carrots that I appreciate: the crunch/snap.

mushy carrots... might as well just vomit, and then eat it from a soup bowl.

>>5551674
Ranch just taste horrible I have no strong opinion on it's social status. Carrots on so sweet that add the salt fat of ranch just makes it into some sort of unhealthy trifecta.

>>5551692
kraft ranch is horrible. but ranch in and of itself is just one of a jillion recipes for a dressing/sauce. if you make it properly, just like the others, its a fine option.

>carrots
>sweet
they taste pretty fuckin bitter to me.

>well, i get my carrots from ancient chinese secret farmer who raises carrots from national secret emperor's own sweet carrot seeds.
ok. i just get mine from the nearest grocery store, so thats what i'm used to

Just slice up a fresh tomato and add salt. It's delicious and OP is retarded.

>>5551680


er... they don't have to be mushy. you can retain the firmness by steaming/sauteing, and the flavor IMO becomes much more pleasant. i don't dislike the flavor of raw carrots but it doesn't exactly appeal to me.

i would slather raw carrots in italian dressing, but ranch meh

>>5547376
A tomato that has not been refrigerated

>>5551729
>>carrots
>>sweet
>they taste pretty fuckin bitter to me.
You must be getting strickly old or improperly picked carrots. They don't age well in my opinion.

>>5551729
>they taste pretty fuckin bitter to me
See >>5547606

>>5551781
>>5547606
a joke zinging murifats about their eating habits on the food board. how very clever. never seen that before

>>5551851
Says the person who thinks carrots aren't sweet.

>>5551862
true story. i dont live in murika tho

>>5551867
You can fucking taste the sugar of carrots. It's sweet as a fruit man.

>>5552282
>carrots
>sweet as a fruit
get a load of this faggot

>>5552282
Fruit as in edible fruit or fruit as in faggot?

OP sweetie, I really like cherry and grape tomatoes because they are mostly firm skin and not that nasty white pith

I do not touch full size tomatoes still they are still very gross to me

I hate the grainy white stuff in them

>>5547376
That "vegetable" is actually a fruit dumbass.

>>5552282

The centers of carrots are pretty sweet.

>>5552308
Carrots are actually sweet when boiled. Carrots definately don't taste sweet raw.

>>5547421
Vegetable... Troll right?

Berry for the win.

Fucking thank you.