Tomatoes!

 Tomatoes are here! I'm going to give yall a run down of the different tomatoes that we are growing this season. The tomatoes we have fit into three categories: Slicers, Cherries, and Pastes/cooking. While different varieties have different purposes they have been bred for, I would like to add that I've been cutting up all the varieties together and making different variations of tomato salad/salsa/tomato cucumber salad, and adding all types to various cooked dishes.

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Slicers
Slicing tomatoes are just that; perfect eaten as slices, perhaps with a tiny bit of salt sprinkled on them. Add to a sandwich or serve as an appetizer with some cheese and herbs atop.

Dr. Wyche's Yellow was one of our favorite varieties we grew last year. So good to chow down on thick slices.

Black Krim is a yummy tomato similar to Cherokee Purple (which we are growing too but didn't have any to harvest today). Really good on sandwiches. I'm inspired to grow this variety because it is from the same area in Ukraine where some of my ancestors come from.

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Cherries
Eat by them selves or cut up and put in any type of salad. Cherries tend to be sweet and flavorful.

Lucky Tiger was another of our favorites last year. Its a "green when ripe" tomato that is sweet, tangy and firm, that we could not stop eating. We are excited to be adding its cousins this year, Pink Tiger and Blush Tiger. The Tiger tomatoes are recently developed varieties from the seed wizards at Artisan Seeds.

Sunrise Bumblebee is also a recent project from Artisan Seeds. Yummy, tastes like a Sungold!

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Cooking/Paste
Paste tomatoes are great for cooking. They are less watery and retain their texture longer when cooked. These are the tomatoes to use to make something like ratatouille. Also great roasted. 

Amish Paste is a real old time variety, workhorse of a tomato. Classic Flavor.

Black Vernissage. Technically this falls into the "saladette" category of tomato; not quite a cherry, and not quite a slicer. It is the first time we've grown them. I find they have a nice firm texture and are good both in salads and cooked.

Marzano Fire Paste is another creation of Artisan Seeds. Classic paste traits with striped marbled beauty.

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