Supermarket tomatoes taste like nothing?

Salt solves the problem

Created: 01/11/2023, 02:30 p.m

By: Joana Lück

Tomatoes from the greenhouse usually taste bland and floury.

But with a trick you can even turn supermarket tomatoes into aroma bombs in winter.

If you don't want to do without fresh tomatoes even in winter, you can't avoid supermarket tomatoes.

But beefsteak or vine tomatoes in particular often lack flavor in winter.

You can help with this trick from a YouTuber.

Supermarket tomatoes taste like nothing?

The salt trick saves her

Tomatoes that come from greenhouses often have little flavor.

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Whether sliced ​​on bread, in a salad or pasta sauce - tomatoes are the most popular vegetable and can be found in the supermarket all year round.

Sometimes you can already tell by looking at the varieties in winter: instead of a rich red, they vegetate in a dark pink to light red;

no wonder, because very few of them have seen real sun.

At home, the suspicion is confirmed when the fruit tastes floury and watery instead of sweet and aromatic.

As the YouTube channel

explains, you should use the following steps to get taste bombs even from supermarket tomatoes:

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• Cut the tomatoes into slices.

• Salt the tomato slices and let the salt soak in for about 15 minutes.

  The salt extracts water from the flesh, similar to aubergines.

• Scrape off the excess salt and enjoy the tomatoes.

  They should now taste more intense and aromatic.

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The YouTube community doesn't seem entirely convinced of the trick, but it has made some curious:

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• "Good trick!"

• "It's too much work for me.

  I don’t buy tomatoes from the supermarket when it’s not in season and prefer to use my preserved tomatoes.”

• "Super interesting - I'll try it!"

• "I now buy tomatoes from the supermarket only in extreme emergencies."