Well, it's not really a strawberry, but it was a surprise. When I cut into this tomato I heard a hollow ignoral instead of a juicy squeal. I looked inside and saw the unusual strawberry-like growth clinging to the core. I couldn't eat it, could I now?
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Did you at least have a nibble? I wonder if it tasted like a strawberry or a tomato?
ReplyDeleteOhh...now that looks so interesting, could it have concentrated flavor???
ReplyDeletewow! just goes to show you how closely tomatoes and peppers really are (all being members of the nightshade family and such)
ReplyDeleteThat is AWESOME.
ReplyDeleteAt first I thought you were playing around, manipulating images. What a great find!
ReplyDeleteAnd I must admit that I learned a new word from you: ignoral. It's a good one.
That is such a gorgeous picture on so many levels... the outer skin of the tomato, the color of the inside cavity, the "strawberry"... really beautiful.
ReplyDeleteSo what *did* you do with it?
I should cook more to witness freaky fruit-vegetables myself!
ReplyDeleteHmmmm Strange! Did you bring it back to the farmer to make an inquiry?
ReplyDeleteProof that nature is better than fiction.
Heh, Sam, I just published photos of tomatoes with, er, appendages on my site:
ReplyDeletehttp://smallfarms.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/img_0216.jpg
I have gotten a few of those hollow tomatoes myself. I felt cheated!
Link to tomatoes, whoopsies!
ReplyDeleteWHOA ! THis reminds me of those photos of a bunny and a cat cuddling up together...
ReplyDeleteSimply beautiful! I agree, how could you possibly eat it?!
ReplyDeleteCurious to know, what variety was this? I'm taking a wild guess, as a really ripe Green Zebra?
ReplyDeleteHeck, I not shy to say, would have stuffed it with chevre, toasted pignoli, some fresh herbs and gone to town. No knife or fork needed.
Nice visual!
Tootles,
Anni :-)
freaky!
ReplyDeletewow
ReplyDeleteyou should sell it on ebay, heh.
this looks unearthly, but beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThis is known as a "stuffing tomato". Seeds are sold by several companies - Burpee sells a beautiful yellow one.
ReplyDeleteJoey Z
What a gorgeous photo. I love the colors. Idea for a photo event - mutant fruit.
ReplyDeleteWoah. That is wild.
ReplyDelete:) Mikaela
Really? Wow, great photo!
ReplyDeleteThat is an incredibly wonderful photo...you have got to love nature and what she gives us.
ReplyDeleteThat looks weird!!! How did it taste like? I does look like a strawberry inside a bell pepper - most unusual..
ReplyDeleteBonnie - I caved in and tried it - it tasted like a [very good] tomato.
ReplyDeletewmm - it wasn'tconcentrated but the seeds perfectly encapsulated the flavour of tomato.
ann - good point - I didnt think of that.
joy - I am sorry I have already eaten it otherwise I ould have given you a bite
kudzu - looked up the word ignoral and found out its interesting history. I din't realise it was unusual, guess it's simply there on a Brit's radar.
jennifer - i stuffed it in another post
jennifer - you actually don't have to cook tomatoes at this time of year ;)
Shuna - I am afraid I have eaten it by now - maybe I'll take them a copy of the photo.
tana - I don't see it as cheated - more blessed to witness such an anomoly.
parisbreakfasts - ha - great take on the image, one from an artist's mind, for sure.
kimmie - eventually your willpower caves in and eating it becomes too much temptation. I am happy to have captured it first in a photo though.
anni - I will see if I can find out which type it was. I did stuff it and, no, I didn't use a knife and fork!
david - takes a freak to know one?
leeloreya - wish I had thought of that before I ate it. Next time.
anon - i am not sure if this was meant to be a stuffing tomato - i will check with the farmer.
elise - that might be a hard even to organise. I guess it is a good archive event.
jam*tacular - wild and cultivated all at the same time!
Bea - yes, really, lucky me. thanks.
peabody - nature is indeed a spectacular thing. Everything starts with it.
pille - it really tasted like a tomato. If it had tasted like a strawberry then I think I would have been reallly freaked out.
I just found a strawberry-like thingamabob inside a green pepper. At first, I thought it was a tiger lily, because it was very undeveloped. But then I recalled reading "Alien Tomato." The texture was drier and tougher than a strawberry's insides but very similar. The taste was a bit tart with a bitter aftertaste.
ReplyDeleteIs this some sort of mutant strawberry invasion?