Grape Tomatoes
For a great tasting snack, try Grape Tomatoes. Once you bite into this tomato, you will experience a burst of flavor that you will never be able to resist again. Since they are small and full of flavor, they are also a great way to get kids into eating tomatoes too.
Store tomatoes at room temperature. Do not refrigerate them. Tomatoes are ethylene producers; keep them away from ethylene-sensitive produce like cucumbers, greens, and lettuces.
FUN FACTS:
- Although grape tomatoes were once considered a specialty item, they are now as common as bananas.
- The first tomato plants grew wild in Peru and Northern Chile.
- Grape tomatoes are about a half to a third the size of cherry tomatoes, and they're the perfect size for adding to salads because they are much easier to get on a salad fork.
- Grape tomatoes are a labor-intensive crop to grow. Because of their size, it takes more time to pick them. Just like grapes in a vineyard, they form in clusters on a tomato vine, but need to be picked individually.
- In Thailand, grape tomatoes, which are a hybrid of roma tomatoes, tear-drop tomatoes, and cherry tomatoes, are popular snack items that are eaten in place of peanuts in bars.
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