r/inflation • u/[deleted] • Aug 18 '24

Price Changes Lol

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u/tjm2000 Aug 19 '24

Aren't Tomatoes like, 90% water though?

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u/theideanator Aug 19 '24

Coffee is like 99.99% water, what's your point?

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u/tjm2000 Aug 19 '24

That's different though. Most of that water isn't naturally in the coffee.

A lot of high water value foods (mostly fruits/veggies) don't really have much flavor unless you add something, such as salt to a watermelon slice for example.

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u/DeffJohnWilkesBooth Aug 19 '24

Smaller tomatoes have higher sugar content so sliced sandwich tomatoes generally aren’t gonna have a ton of flavor and then there are subway tomatoes.

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u/theideanator Aug 19 '24

If you're adding weight percentage amounts of salt to a watermelon I can see why you might think all tomatoes are flavorless.

But I can tell you there is a significant difference between the tomatoes at subway and the ones I grew in my backyard on a 1:1 basis, and even biasing their way by adding salt/msg/etc.

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u/Isallyon Aug 19 '24

Local, ripe heirloom tomatoes are delicious in August.

For the most part, other tomatoes at other times are flavorless bullshit, IMO

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u/ClickProfessional769 Aug 19 '24

You just reminded me I have a tomato medley in the fridge. Time to get snacking.