Have You Heard of These 5 TOMATO Dishes?

[@marylynnconejo884]

I have a grapefruit spoon, which has ridges on it. I find it very useful for things like removing the seeds from pumpkin, and it can also be used to hull a tomato.

[@essjayell]

My family had a curved grapefruit knife we used to separate the grapefruit wedges and then ate with a standard spoon, but same idea.

[@sandraschenk6066]

I use this spoon also for melons to remove the seeds

[@qmegmills]

I came here up say the same thing! Grapefruit spoon for the win!!! Great for squash and even scooping out the inside of an apple.

[@blakemccabe15]

The lack of flavor in our tomatoes is because of industrial farming. Some types, like cherry tomatoes are made to be more flavorful, but also are more expensive. If you go to farmer's markets or grow them yourselves, it's SO much better. You can even get an indoor tomato plant (people used to even use potato plants as decorations). A lot of it though is just how we have bred many foods to be bigger and produce more, but they lose flavor and diversity. Another reason to support small farms, less common types to preserve historic foods, and connect with local co-ops. --- from your local foodie, serious follower of your channel for a few years, and history teacher/anthropologist

[@MorganeNestPasNormale]

I'm so moved to see a recipe from my home, Reunion Island, featured here ! Thank you Beryl ! I encourage everyone to try it, it's a delight. But please, do try to find makrut lime, its taste is unparalleled ! (I would also add red onions, finely chopped)

[@lesliekanengiser8482]

The cherub tomatoes and the yellow ones are always good from Naturesweet. When my garden stops producing, we are still able to enjoy dishes with fresh tomatoes. If you can't grow them yourself or don't want giant watery tomatoes, they really are the way to go.

[@jonathanrio6587]

Tomatoes were the LAST thing that I started liking as my palate changed. I hated them all my life. Now I LOVE them at 60! I just saw the first recipe and already have water in my mouth!!!!!! Can't wait to see the rest! GREAT episode! thanks!

[@juliaokami7123]

That is CRAZY to me! What did you not like about them, before you hit 60? I adore all tomatoes, in all their forms, I worship them LOL. I've recently discovered the Heirloom Tomato (the big ones with ridges). Found them at Marks & Spencer's (large one) - btw I'm based in the UK. But they were so expensive and also they're super popular, so if you go shopping and come back to the posh tomatoes: they be GONE! 😭Anyway, not sure why I just told you all that. Glad you're liking them no though xxx

[@LadyCynthiana]

Wonderful that you get to experience enjoying tomatoes now!

[@sreenidhibadri897]

As a native from Tamil Nadu, I never knew about the sweet tomato pachadi dish! Looks so delish 😋 I’m always a fan of the savoury variation of the dish, so excited to try the sweet one 😃

[@conniesawyer5108]

Hey Beryl! I'm not sure if you've done an episode on this: I would love an educational episode on how to properly store items (ie. pots, pans, cutting boards, etc) in ones kitchen (secret organizational tips especially for smaller kitchens). Just a thought 🙂 Great episode as always! ❤

[@AnujaTewari]

Agreed!! How to store all the ingredients and maintain it all well

[@jbodenauthor]

In Canada we have the same issue with tomatoes bought from grocery stores tasting mealy and like a whole lot of nothing. I buy my tomatoes usually from a local farm veggie box thingy and the tomatoes are heirloom and soooooo much better.

[@EhmBeez]

Agreed veg box or farmers market or small shop. If you have a Costco near you, try the “kumato” tomato.

[@terrihansen1581]

You are not wrong about commercially grown tomatoes. If you are interested, read "Tomatoland: How Modern Industrial Agriculture Destroyed Our Most Alluring Fruit." I only eat larger, sandwich tomatoes in season, and either grown in my garden or in a local farm.

[@Freaky0Nina]

There is a Tamil diaspora community right where I live. Their supermarket, I tell ya, GODSEND. Will try that dish.

[@lesliekanengiser8482]

My friend makes these stuffed cherry tomatoes with bacon, onion mayonnaise and tomatoes, of course. I did it myself one time. Then, I discovered it tasted the same when you just chopped the ingredients and moistened with the mayonnaise. Now, i enjoy this dip/spread/filling much more often

[@marshawargo7238]

I thought that same thing! Just throw it in a bowl and turn stuffed into salad! That way you get to use the cherry tomatoes instead of the tasteless big ones!

[@lesliekanengiser8482]

My friend used cherry tomatoes. Sometimes even the tiny grape type. It is extremely difficult to core tiny 1 inch circle tomatoes

[@Wisp_underscore]

To think people in the past used to call tomatoes poisonous, now look how far we'd come.

[@glennjpanting2081]

Yes, we know now that tomatoes are not poisonous. Now, how long until people stop thinking the Earth is flat? 😒

[@MichaelEdelman1954]

A popular myth. No one believed they were poisonous. The claim was made by some that that they “heated the blood”, and were unsuitable for certain hot-blooded Mediterranean peoples.

[@TheKingOfBeans]

Yeah now they think that vaccines are poison. Not much has changed

[@dasja9966]

Humans in general already believe ​that earth is round. Some people somehow regressed though. Guess it's only a matter of time now before flat earthers stop eating tomatoes.

[@marshawargo7238]

Gurren! My son is one of them! He listens to those radical tubers 😢!!! I used to Love tomatoes But, in 1981 we lived in a 4 apartment building, every apartment got a small piece of the yard to make a garden. Ours was up against the side of the white wall. IDK what it was, double sun from direct then the bounce off of the wall, south facing, that patch of ground, extra rain from the roof? IDK! Our yield was Massive! I ate so many tomatoes that year that I don't love them anymore 😢!!!

[@marlies7444]

For parties (back in the 70s and 80s) my mom would make shrimp cocktail (like yours in mayonnaise) and fill avocado halves. The creamy shrimp salad goes very well with the avocado.

[@sannebolleke]

I am also from Belgium. What you can do is peel the tomatoes and use slightly smaler tomatoes . Scoop out, if possible, only the seeds, not the tomato flesh. ❤❤ It is a real known and loved dish out here (originated in the '70 😉).

[@andrewinnj]

Not surprised but grateful that you referred to the particular type of lime used in the dish from Reunion as Makrut lime. The name it's also known by is considered offensive but I wouldn't identify that info as commonly known to people living in the US. I see it used mostly on cocktail bar menus and wince a little when I do. Also: I was thinking Makrut lime leaves are easier to come by in the US and using them in combo with more accessible limes might be a good "cheat."

[@ami2846]

Wow. That name did seem odd to me as an Arabic speaker but I never thought to look into it. Thank you for the awareness. I will refer to the fruit as makrut lime from now on.

[@sabarnasarker4630]

The Bangladeshi guy is so right! Tok is neither a curry nor a stew and I find it so hard to describe it to other people! I am from West Bengal, India and ending most lunches with a tok is necessary during the summer months!!

[@Willothewisp99]

I just tell people it’s a chutney

[@malice41414]

My father when I was young, made and canned tomato jelly. Tasted like strawberry. Great memories.

[@Ehhhhhh2178]

That sounds delicious! Next time she puts a call out for a dish that fits your father's recipe, you should consider submitting. I think many people would be interested in recipes that treat tomatoes like fruit instead of a vegetable.

[@MimiMimi-pk9ib]

Hey Beryl 👋 next time you need to core a tomato try using a grapefruit spoon 🥄. Love your channel 😀

[@snokzor]

You have an amazing channel. Keep it up!

[@sherrywendt5108]

Home grown tomatoes even the big ones are delicious I’m with you on the industrialism of the tomato Sometimes they’re just so bland.

[@BeccaAl]

My favourite food TOMATOES! 🍅 I love them 😍 Thank you Beryl 🙏🏼

[@BeccaAl]

13:59 I think you might’ve over done this one a bit Beryl! 😅

[@janesalisbury3686]

I have been making versions of the first (Bangladeshi) recipe for many years, what elevates it to an even higher level is the addition of celery thinly sliced and sauted with the onion. If you can't be arsed chopping celery, use celery seeds . . . yum.

[@RichardLLoyd-e5f]

Beryl- Most of the taste of a tomato is inside the tomato where there is a bunch of glutamic acid. Mix the shrimp with the gel and mayo and you will have more tomato flavor and participation in the dish.

[@lesliekanengiser8482]

When we do tomato gravy, we just fry onion in bacon fat, add home canned tomatoes and some thickener, and serve it on the biscuits. After they're baked. No sweetener. (Well, maybe a tsp to lessen the tartness). Try it without sugar and I think you'll like it

[@vickiolson]

Yum! I will be trying this! Is the recipe Southern?

[@lesliekanengiser8482]

​@vickiolson yes. My grandmother made it for me. She was from Mississippi. It was a recipe born out of necessity. She was one of 9 kids.

[@TBaynes64]

That's how my family in Mississippi makes it, also. We eat it over rice at breakfast.

[@MrsBrit1]

Dear Beryl, get a tomato corer! It's like a weird little jaggedy, found spoon, kinda like a melon baller shape, but it's meant for scooping the hard core from the tomato. PS Try growing some heirlooms next summer on your balcony!!

[@dannyczorrilla]

watching these as im having a chickpea stew with nature sweet cherry tomatoes for breakfast 😂

[@ashleymakins4183]

Beryl’s nyamnyamnyam sound is something I deeply identify with

[@poojadhuldhoya]

Mushrooms would make a great episode

[@betsyhoneyvenom]

Local tomatoes are usually riper, the further it's traveled the greener it was picked and the less flavor. That large dense fiberous white center is a tell that your tomato was picked green and gas ripened too. Local produce stands or farmer's market tomatoes are the best if you can't grow your own.

[@glennaround]

Beryl, when you use a micro plane grater, put the grater on the food. Not the food on the grater. You will find it easier to use. You will be able to see where you have grated.

[@marshawargo7238]

And how much is collected on the blade!❤

[@laureblau1241]

I would add tamarind to the tomato chutney !!

[@echomoonstar]

Duke’s is the mayo of choice here in Richmond, Virginia

[@estherlouisamay]

Heirloom tomatoes are my favorite tomatoes 😎

[@EhmBeez]

My southern stewed tomatoes are sooooo different! Interesting to see a different way for doing it.

[@anpe4970]

I think the key to hollowing out tomatoes is a grapefruitspoon! I was struggling once when I was cooking in mynparents kitchen and found a grapefruit spoon in the drawers. The serated edges made it so much easier!

[@Flakii]

new beryl episode 🔥🔥🔥

[@LadyCynthiana]

You know I clicked when I saw tomatoes! They might be my favorite fruit, even above strawberries. A really good garden tomato can give a ripe strawberry a run for its money. Plus, I've been looking for a good stuffed tomato recipe because I can't eat peppers (without great pain later) and I looove tomato based soups, stews, sauces, etc.

[@lonniehubbard2302]

Where are you getting your tomatoes? Our tomatoes in the South are wonderful, flavorful and delicious.

[@marshawargo7238]

I bet that because of the size of the country & high population & cost versus sales, the tomatoes in larger cities are all hothouse! They are known for the lack of actual flavor! The way her core was, I think they picked her tomatoes too soon for shipping & it had more growing/developing to go (flavor is probably the last development😂!)

[@rebelcolorist]

My fave mayos are Duke's and Kewpie... Yum!

[@christinegraham2579]

For the shrimp & tomato salad, try putting some salt (my favorite would be celery salt), then add your salad of choice!

[@RiverkeeperEmberStar]

I agree I am totally team spoon and team chopsticks. Not sure there's anything you can't make without those two.

[@cugrngneer]

Tomatoes are actually a fruit. I made Tomato Jam with tomatoes I grew this year, seasoning it with a little coriander, nutmeg and lemon juice, so it's not just sweet. It's amazing on so many things. You can give it a kick by adding some diced "Cowboy Candy" (google recipes) mixed in...very tasty. (I spice up my Cowboy Candy with whole Allspice and mustard seed.) The Tomato jam with diced Cowboy candy over Brie cheese is party perfect!

[@shannonrobinson262]

Maybe take the stewed tomato base and carmelize some onions and make a tart instead. That would be lovely. Maybe a pop of olives to brighten it up and for presentation.

[@erinweaver3453]

The best mayonnaise (which didn’t seem included in the blind test!) is Duke’s!! Duke’s all day

[@necrogenesis1981]

I LOVE stewed tomatoes, although I’ve always had them from a can, they remind of my grandpa because a common thing he made me was stewed tomatoes with grilled cheese or mac and cheese with buttered toast, if it was the grilled cheese I would dip it in the tomato sauce and if it was mac and toast I would soak the toast in the tomatoes, one of my all time favorite comfort foods.

[@kimlee2932]

I feel you may have used the wrong type of biscuit. Maybe try a southern style rather than a flaky layer one. Totally different texture.

[@michellekennedy4426]

Do I like tomatoes? No,in fact I hate them. Did I still watch this entire episode? Yes,yes I did.😂

[@vickiolson]

Duke's is my favorite mayo. It is the taste of summer!

[@marianapaivaleite5543]

Best tool to empty tomatoes are grapefruit spoons - they are spoons with a cerrated end. Great for other stuff like deseeding cucumbers, scooping melon and many other uses.

[@az55544]

In New England, stewed tomatoes are just the tomatoes, sugar and butter - no biscuit - and much less sugar. Chunk large tomatoes (small tomatoes have too much skin for cooking), add sugar and butter to a casserole and bake in the oven until the liquid is reduced. About an hour at 350*. You just eat it hot from a bowl.

[@laureblau1241]

Ah, the Belgian delicacy ! The best with gray shrimps ! 😋

[@ErinShep]

23:29 yes beryl yes you are I worship you 🙇‍♀️

[@ginnyweatherbee7941]

Duke’s is my favorite mayonnaise. I think with the shrimp salad, I would salt and pepper the tomato. Also agree with using a grapefruit spoon to hollow out the tomato

[@sunshinegorman3218]

The beefsteak tomatoes in the US have had their flavor genetically modified to death, also hothouse and hydroponically grown are week too. Got to go for heirloom and locally grown.

[@k.a.3877]

So happy to see a bengali dish...Tomato tak in sylhet (north east of benagladesh) is usually eaten with fish :)

[@Thehighpriestess108]

I grew up on stewed tomatoes and I’ve never seen it with biscuits inside. We used to eat them on top of kraft Mac and cheese 😊

[@ashleymakins4183]

BLUE PLATE MAYO. It is the best. I am 100% converted from Dukes and will never go back. It’s creamy and delicious and from New Orleans

[@Lyricoflife1084]

Yay! My favorite fruit! ❤

[@Timmoddly]

Beryl, I love your channel so much, this was a great episode. My only note would be to not use those style canned biscuits in anything described similar to bread pudding. They don't absorb in such a way as to get the right texture in a bread pudding, especially if you aren't letting them get a bit stale first. No canned biscuits will, I've tried them all hoping lol. It has something to do with a preservative in the recipe I believe. If you'll make them using bisquick (or similar boxed mix), it'll be much easier than from scratch and will be ten times better. Guaranteed.

[@vmitchinson]

The 35 MPH tomatoes, designed to hit a wall at 35 mph and not be damaged. They are also picked green. If you can find home grown vine ripened the shrimp stuffed will be much better.

[@butterpoweredbike6135]

I'm going to be making a big batch of your mom's green tomato pickles next week!

[@Hope-uk6zw]

Have you ever had enchiladas and eggs? We eat enchiladas served on a plate with a fried egg on top. When you need to get stuff out of fruit or veggies use a grapefruit spoon. It has tiny spikes on the end.

[@tktyga77]

Do check out the Korean way of eating tomatoes like fruit such as with a bit of something sweet like sugar or stevia if not honey on top. It's actually pretty refreshing

[@CarlGorn]

My dear, departed grandmother, who could cook up a storm on pure instinct but couldn't successfully convert any of her dishes to a recipe, made tomato preserves every year. One of these days, I'm going to crack the code on her secret to get that amazing fruity sweetness out of this acidic berry.

[@jeil5676]

I'd like to try these cherub tomatoes. As a tomato home grower, every store bought tomato I've tasted is worse in flavour than the worst homegrown tomato I've ever had. I've never had a great large tomato from the store and I have tried some cherry types that had a little flavour, but I'm still searching for any tomato from store that can compare to the worst homegrown. Most of the fancy toms are not cheap either. Maybe these can fare better than the others.

[@karenbruster1693]

Dukes mayo for life!!!

[@alysoffoxdale]

As a Virginia native, it was Sauer's for me, but after that Richmond-based company shut down, Duke's is the best there is now.

[@ErinShep]

22:51 I will never understand America but I respect this dish

[@josephwest124]

Just a possibility for the shrimp stuffed tomato, but maybe the tomato could benefit from a bit of roasting. I know a lot of recipes for roasting hollowed-out tomatoes usually involves stuffing the tomatoes and essentially baking them but it's a thought.

[@Dutchbelg3]

The thing is with the Belgian stuffed tomato is the grey shrimps and getting the real good tomatoes. The grey shrimps are caught in the North Sea and the taste is so much deeper than any other shrimp species. They are much smaller than the ones Beryl used. Then the tomato part: In Belgium there are SOOOOO many kinds of tomato available and this dish needs a good quality tomato. The stuffed tomato looks completely different overhere. Guess you need to come over to Belgium the get the right taste ! 🙂 Food is important in Belgium and so we are serious about preparing dishes and use quality ingredients! You are invited!

[@deborahcopeland384]

Do the Tomato and Biscuit as a savory casserole. NO SUGAR. The best is made from crushed canned tomatoes, chopped onion and bread or biscuit cubes. Add Basil or other "tomato" herbs if desired (or leave out - either is fine). Buttered breadcrumbs on top and bake until hot an bubbly. The tomato will still give a touch of sweetness on its own.

[@sarikavijay1151]

Very interesting how my family comes from Kerala too but my grandma and mom make tomato pachadi in a sauce of mustard and coconut. Similar to how it’s made in mangalore.

[@kklock9057]

This was a fun episode. I think people prefer Kewpie mayo because it has MSG. So if you don't have a Japanese mart nearby, just use Hellmann's and add a dash of MSG (Accent seasoning is MSG if you need a brand name).

[@andycalimara]

Kewpie mayo is made from yolks only

[@Jacks_here]

I think the American sweet tomato dish would be good with a nice strong cheddar sliced on top.

[@leannsmarie]

A homesteading KZbinr I watch has stated that store-bought tomatoes taste of sadness & regret. I have to agree. I grow my own heirloom varieties and the flavor is worlds better. I will have to come back to this episode next June, when my plants are producing. For now, I'm relegated to the Campari brand tomatoes from the store, which do at least have some flavor. They're bigger than cherry or grape tomatoes, but smaller than the average hothouse varieties in stock. {*sad noises*}

[@spanky814]

If I ever submit a southern biscuit based dish I'm gonna make a point to insist to get the pillsbury southern style or Bisquick, those flakey layers biscuits suck so bad. The fake butter flavor and texture is the worst. A real southern style biscuit is much much softer, fluffier, and suited to jammy and fruity food

[@kylemeyer4266]

Actually domestic tomatoes are most closely related to wild tomatoes in Mexico where they were first domesticated. The wild relatives may have evolved from tomatoes in the Ecuador and Peru region but our tomato today comes from Mexico.

[@thomp9054]

Howdy all! Quick tip if you don't already know, Put cherry tomatoes on the cutting board and put a lid on them, then cut away safely with your knife between board and lid. Instant halved tomatoes!! Look it up if you need visual

[@ShanaLawson]

I can’t eat tomatoes but I’m watching this! lol

[@larissa-eb4vx]

18:12 Salt would have changed everything here! Salt brings out all the flavours & I have noticed that some tomatoes need the salt more than anything

[@zzizahacallar]

❤ tomates. I put them on everything.

[@rachaelhoffman-dachelet2763]

Helman’s is my favorite mayo, but Dukes is also good. I love Kewpie, but as a sauce not a spread? If I’m drizzling mayo, then Kewpie, if I’m making a salad or sandwich, then Helman’s.

[@___InvalidUsername]

My big nothing-tasting tomato hack (from canada so same problem unfortunately) : whenever I eat raw tomato, i sprinkle it with some salt (best quality you can but even table salt is better than nothing) and let that sink in for a few minutes before using the tomato. You dont need too much, but it really does help bring out the juices and flavour. (Is this that osmosis water thing?maybe?) If you have salt in other parts of your dish, you can just adjust it because of the salt you added on the tomato. Cheers

[@W._Langman]

It's funny how the words curry and cookery are related. There is a medieval cookery book called the forme of cury, from old French queuerie, meaning cookery. So curry is so much more than what we think of as curry today. I love tomatoes and often thought our tomato soup as too creamy and not tomatoy enough. So I will definitely try the Tomato Tok. So thank you

[@marshawargo7238]

IDK Y your comment made me think of it but I wonder if regular tomato soup cooked extra long with added stewed tomatoes? Or just go ahead & make this Tok❤!!!

[@tichtran664]

Well yeah. BUT curry the word DO exist in Tamil language.

[@Anmolnegi-yw7hg]

In my region in India I have never even heard the word curry , or something remotely similar

[@W._Langman]

@@marshawargo7238 yeah, that's not a bad idea. I never thought of adding tomatoes

[@W._Langman]

@@Anmolnegi-yw7hg really? So what do you call what we call curries?

[@autolargue]

The best mayonnaise is from the Netherlands, Zaanse brand.

[@jolenerobinson6597]

Tip for getting the top off of a big tomato.. once you've cut a circle around the stem spot, just twist it till it comes of.. coring a tomato with a spoon tends to be the best.. grapefruit spoon even moreso

[@rosejustice]

Beryl - Easist way to cut cherry tomatoes is between 2 deli containers and then slide your knife through. Here: kzbin.infosFh5PGPrSZs?si=vXb2m-A7ucIUcHdZ

[@philoctetes_wordsworth]

Kewpie! 😋😋😋

[@OceanMcIntyre]

You need a homegrown vine ripened tomato. They have a very different flavor.

[@ElamiteMan]

In Iran We Make Pickle From Green And Raw Tomatoes 🍅 !!

[@TheCindyhoashi]

I think you should have salt and pepper the inside of shrimp salad tomatoes .

[@therestlessnative365]

Great episode. For the tomato tok recipe - you say 4-5 tomatoes. Watching the video I was trying to translate that into how many cherry tomatoes you used. 1 pint?? I travel full time and pretty much only use cherry tomatoes because they last so much longer

[@Jennyralluna]

Where is the SARCIADONG ISDA 🇵🇭🤔 (Made with fried tilapia,bunch of tomatoes and egg) Or the KINAMATISANG BABOY (soupy pork dish like sinigang but instead of tamarind we use lots of tomato to make the soup a little bit sour)

[@ryangilby]

I wonder if the shrimp salad would be better if you mix in some of the tomato innards.

[@heatherkane5913]

It's because in America, the tomatoes are picked before they are ripe and then ripened on the way to the stores (and usually just force color change) AND if they are refrigerated they completely lose their flavor. Unfortunately, if you want good tasting big tomatoes you'd have to buy at the farmer's market.

[@rantsandfaves]

I LOVE TOMATOES SO MUCH, SO I ALREADY KNOW WILL BE MAKING EVERY DISH! THANKS BERYL

[@ErinShep]

13:57 can you store this like a preserve? Like if I wanted to keep it in a jar?

[@kathrinlancelle3304]

Duke's Mayo is the best.

[@CamilleKing-be6mb]

I live in the U.S. and I kid you not, most of these "American dishes" on this show I have NEVER EVER heard of 😅

[@alihammington77]

You need a grapefruit spoon!!

[@newyorknewyork196]

I live in Georgia the best mayo is Dukes