Tomatomania!
Tomato tasting at Loteria Grill
Today we went to a tomato tasting at Loteria Grill in Hollywood.It was hosted by Tomatomania! who sold us all those interesting seedlings last March, a food blog I’ve never heard of called SippitySup and Loteria. Admission was one homegrown, correctly identified tomato — which for us means FREE! because we are swimming in tomatoes.
We decided to pick the tomatoes just a couple hours before, but the plants have slowed down a bit. There was only one ripe Black from Tula. I forgot to pick the adorable little Red Currants who live in a container out back unfortunately. That’s ok tho, b/c I got to show them off at a party a couple weeks back — I brought a small salad bowl full, and people ate them like candy.
But I was pleased that no one else brought any the varieties we did, except the Jaune Flame. This was our contribution, minus the Jaunes which went to another plate to mix with others’ harvest.
our contribution
Ours was a very red year. Next year I’ll make a point of including some greens, yellows and oranges. I scribbled down the names of the attractive fruits and the ones that come recommended by the Tomatomania guys.
We also met Bill Anderson, who’s tomato accounting was profiled in the LA Times last year. I doubt we’ll get to 3,000 this year, but why not dream?
Here’s a list to kick start our planting next year:
- Paul Robeson
- Sun Cherry (sweet)
- Garden Peach
- some sort of Oxheart
- White Currant
- Cuor de Bue (interesting shape)
- Dr. Wyche’s Yellow (big)
- Pineapple Hawaiian
- Isis Candy
- Speckled Roman (oxheart)
- Old German
- Striped Cavern
- Chocolate Stripes
Think that’s too many? Nah.