Why is it getting harder to chew the tomato skins you buy now?

At that time, the tomatoes were soft, sweet and juicy, many netizens said that the tomatoes sold on the market now are hard and unpalatable, not to mention that the bite is sour and juicy in the mouth, it is to make a tomato soup noodles, put the tomatoes in the pot and fry, and the tomatoes can't be fried.

Tomatoes are one of the most common vegetables in our lives, remember when I was a child, tomatoes can not only be eaten as vegetables, but also as fruits, the sweet and sour taste of tomatoes, the rustling feeling in the mouth, that is, sweet and sour and refreshing, scrambled eggs with tomatoes in ordinary life can be said to be a dish with Chinese characteristics. The tomatoes are not as good as they were before.

Now most of the tomatoes on the market are ripe, and there will be a certain amount of drug residues such as ripening agents, tomatoes are not naturally grown and ripe tomatoes, such tomatoes generally do not have tomato seeds, some tomatoes also use insect pests in the growth process, no lodging and other agents.

The current tomatoes are not picked according to the season, contrary to the natural growth law of tomatoes, the tomatoes planted in the greenhouse, when they are picked, they are not ripe, such tomatoes are easy to transport and can be stored for a long time, and the tomatoes are still green when they are picked, and they turn red overnight by hormones such as ethylene, how can such tomatoes be natural.

There are many reasons why people like to peel tomatoes, one is that the skin of tomatoes tastes bad, and it is easy to chew when eating, and the other reason is that people are worried about pesticide residues on the skin of tomatoes, because now many businesses will apply some ripening drugs on the surface of tomatoes in order to pursue good appearance, and if they are not peeled, these drugs are easy to enter the human body and will harm human health.

The small way to choose tomatoes is natural, look at the shape, choose tomatoes with a round shape, those with high pointed bottoms, angular or irregular shape tomatoes, let's not choose. Choose pink, the skin has small white dots, and it feels like a faint layer of pink on the surface, and the pedicle part has a faint cyan.

Peeling raw tomatoes is a relatively simple method, you can take a stainless steel spoon, scrape back and forth along the surface of the tomatoes, after a while, you can find that the skin of the raw tomatoes and the flesh inside have been naturally separated, then make a small opening of its skin, and tear off the skin.

At present, tomatoes that are densely planted on a large scale are injected with regulators (hormones) from the beginning of the seedlings to promote growth, and then ripen later, which greatly shortens the entire growth period and fruit ripening period of the plant. However, the use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides, and hormones can greatly dilute the original flavor of tomatoes. As a result, agricultural breeders have worked hard in this direction in the selection of varieties, gradually eliminating the small and ugly varieties among the many varieties of tomatoes, and finally forming the large and beautiful tomatoes that we eat now.

Tomatoes, also known as tomatoes! Everyone should know this!

As for the tomatoes you said are getting harder and harder, jokingly saying that it's because you don't grow and eat them yourself in the countryside!

But the fundamental problem is not that the tomatoes are getting harder and harder, but that the tomatoes that most people eat are not ripe!

As for why, those who often cook and buy groceries should know!

Nowadays, supermarkets purchase vegetables and fruits in large quantities in advance, and there will be several links in this process. Tomatoes are generally very red and soft when ripe. Not resistant to transportation and afraid of squeezing bumps!

Therefore, the tomatoes that are generally purchased are with a little green and not yet red, which is convenient for transportation and long-term storage. Such tomatoes are harder! Naturally, it won't taste good**!

There are even some merchants who will apply ripening agents to ripen semi-green tomatoes and sell them in a good color!

Speaking of which, I really miss the days when I was a child when I grew my own vegetables at home, small tomatoes, big tomatoes, milk tomatoes, and I ate them when I picked and wiped them in the countryside, which were soft and delicious.

However, the past cannot be traced!!

Now tomatoes taste very hard, not as good as before, juicy, sweet and sour, mainly for the following two reasons.

One is the tomato variety. In order to meet the market demand, most of the tomatoes planted by farmers are hard-fruited tomatoes, which have the advantages of storage and transportation, long shelf life, etc., and are loved by dealers. But it tastes worse and is not as delicious as before.

Second, it is affected by the picking period. Nowadays, most tomatoes are sold off-site, and they are usually harvested before they are fully ripe. This is then ripened at a later stage, resulting in hard tomato flesh.

The third is the use of hormones in the cultivation process to artificially accelerate the ripening of tomatoes.

The tomatoes in the supermarket ** are all greenhouse vegetables.

From the time of sowing seedlings, various fertilizers and pesticides are used.

Chemical dipping agents are used during flowering to prevent flowers from falling and increase yield.

As a result, cyclamate and bulking agent are sometimes used to increase the appearance and sweetness of the taste.

A little reddish at the time of picking is basically removed, and the ripening agent is sprayed before transportation.

When you arrive at the supermarket, you will see the red fruit, but it is not naturally ripe and has a poor taste. If it is naturally ripe and picked, it cannot be transported for long distances and is easy to be damaged and deteriorated.

This year, I planted a few tomatoes in my hometown, and I went to the agricultural material store to buy medicines, and the boss said: I planted and ate them myself, and it was best not to use any medicine, there was no benefit at all....After a few months of maturity, I deliberately bought some supermarket comparisons, and there was really a big difference!

Now that the total population is increasing and concentrated in large cities, urbanization is becoming more pronounced, and young people's willingness to cultivate is decreasing, these situations require our crops to have higher yields, and they need to be resistant to transportation and storage, so that they can be easily sold to farther places, and under such a premise, the direction of tomato cultivation must have changed. Many tomatoes on the market today are thick-skinned, porcelain-solid, and shelf-stable, and these characteristics are indeed advantages from a commercial point of view, but the price of obtaining these advantages is to sacrifice part of the taste and taste of tomatoes. I have also bought particularly delicious tomatoes in more expensive supermarkets before, but ** is several times that of ordinary tomatoes on the market, so I can only say that I get what I pay for.

Since the tomatoes are all greenhouses, they are all green when picked, and they are ripe with medicated water, so the skin is thicker, and because they are not naturally ripe, the water is less! 2 Due to transportation reasons, the moisture content of the fruit will also be less.

Not necessarily. As the tomatoes ripen and the cells slowly dehydrate, the tomatoes will become softer and softer as the water slowly penetrates, and the water penetration of the tomatoes will be accelerated under high temperatures. It is possible that the tomatoes have become soft because they have been stored improperly or left for too long, and they are not necessarily bad.

Is it OK to eat tomatoes cut green when they are cut: It is not recommended to eat them. The fact that the tomato is green after cutting is a sign that the tomato is not fully ripe, and the unripe tomato contains a certain amount of solanine.

Among them, solanine contains a certain toxicity, when excessive intake of solanine will affect the normal physiological activities of human tissues and organs, resulting in various symptoms of physical discomfort, and this substance can not be completely eliminated even after high temperature, so it is recommended that it is best not to eat unripe tomatoes.

It depends. Tomatoes have a small piece of softness, if there is no peculiar smell, the appearance has no black spots, mold, and the epidermis does not run water, which is a bump mechanical damage, such tomatoes are not completely broken, and they need to be eaten as soon as possible, otherwise they are easily invaded by bacteria and other microorganisms, resulting in their deterioration and decay. However, if a small piece of tomato is soft, accompanied by peculiar smell, mold, black spots, and juice, it is rotten and spoiled, and can not be further eaten.

It depends. Tomatoes have a small piece of softness, if there is no peculiar smell, there are no black spots in the appearance, no mold, and the epidermis is not runny, which is a bumpy mechanical damage, such tomatoes are not completely bad, and they need to be eaten as soon as possible, otherwise they are easily invaded by bacteria and other microorganisms, resulting in their deterioration and decay. However, if a small piece of tomato is soft, accompanied by peculiar smell, mold, black spots, and juice, it is rotten and spoiled, and can not be eaten.