I’m also that guy. And every time I say I don’t like raw tomatoes someone pipes up with “Well you just haven’t had a good one.”
I promise you, I have had what people call a good tomato and I still didn’t like it.
I hate all tomatoes.
Went to Italy on vacation and was like what the hell I’ll try it here. Delicious, amazingly different. Normally tomatoes taste like spoiled ham to me (best way I can describe it) but not there
Came back home to the states… Tried again, garbage.
No idea if it was dressed up, or freshness but yeah.
Having grown tomatoes in my garden for several years now, I get why people think regular store tomatoes are gross. Even the good looking ones are already dead. Their flavor only lasts maybe a week and it dies off quickly. There’s nothing like a tomato picked and eaten the same day.
Yeah it’s the texture of the tomato, not the taste
My friend calls them “tainted water.” I love them though, I mean I have Italian ancestry so I think it’s like a law or something that I need to love them.
White onions for me
Every single time i accidentally eat any white onion that hasnt been cooked into mush my brain immediately decides it has just eaten a cockroach and it must be ejected. For good measure better evacuate the stomach too
I felt this way until the first time I had a tomato that had never been refrigerated. Turns out that the enzymes that make tomatos taste good denatures at fridge temps, and makes them taste like grainy mush. If you ever get a chance to try a fresh tomato, I can’t guarantee you’ll like it but I can guarantee it’s a significantly different taste and texture than the cold ruined tomatoes you find at a grocery store
