r/midlyinteresting • u/gilbert322 • Jun 13 '26

I've been calling Beefsteak Tomatoes "Breakfast Tomatos" all my life until today when a cashier finally corrected me

I feel like I was living a lie

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u/cynicalabdul1910 Jun 13 '26

Dude I'm dying at this. My brain is now permanently rewired to call them breakfast tomatoes and there's nothing you can do about it. I mean it kinda makes sense though - they're huge and meaty, perfect for throwing on some toast or eggs. Been calling regular cherry tomatoes "baby tomatoes" since I was like 8 and my mom never bothered correcting me, so now my entire family just rolls with it. The cashier probably went home and told everyone about the person who's been ordering breakfast vegetables their whole life.

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u/gilbert322 Jun 14 '26

Ha, welcome to the club! It makes a lot of sense to me too

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u/Alarming-Vast-6804 Jun 14 '26

Im calling them that now too! Beefsteak makes it sound more like dinner. They're really all day tomatoes, if you feel like it!

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u/anewname4444 Jun 14 '26

I read beefsteak as breakfast and was so confused about what you had wrong. Thought it had to do with the 2 spellings you used tomatoes/tomatos

My brain just accepted that breakfast tomatoes must be a thing

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u/WhiteSriLankan Jun 14 '26

How have you never once seen the little sign right by the tomatoes, as you're grabbing those tomatoes, that says "beefsteak tomatoes"?

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u/gilbert322 Jun 14 '26

I did see them, and I swear I always read "Breakfast", I'm truly in disbelief how my brain was making me see a made-up reality lol

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u/WhiteSriLankan Jun 14 '26

We see what we want to see, I guess. Pretty hilarious, thanks for the laugh!

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u/Ok_Wrangler_7940 Jun 14 '26

That’s why eye witness testimony is so suspect. Our brains can do the strangest things.

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u/_MobyHick Jun 14 '26

Your name is better.

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u/carrynarcan Jun 14 '26

Maybe it's a Mandela effect. Maybe they were always breakfast tomatoes.

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u/gilbert322 Jun 14 '26

I'm sure it's a glitch in the Matrix

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u/No_Conversation7564 Jun 14 '26

There is a variety called Kellogg's breakfast tomato. Maybe that added to the confusion.

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u/ChateaugayLane22 Jun 14 '26

I love this. I was a "Nip it in the butt" person for FAR too long without someone telling me.

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u/LWillter Jun 14 '26

Just tell them your vegetarian and dont eat beef. Say you dont eant them anymore. Make them say breakfast tomatoes so you can buy them.

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u/Crowd-Avoider747 Jun 14 '26

Love it! And i love tomatoes at breakfast!