Originally, I had no intentions of posting another "T" recipe. After all, "U week" technically started on Sunday. But I was so inspired by these gorgeous tomatoes I just had to share it with everyone. What can I say? Heirloom tomatoes make me want to break the rules. Can you blame me?I'll be honest. I don't know much about Heirloom tomatoes beyond the fact that I think they look cool and they taste good. (And they are expensive...I paid $3.99 per pound for these at Whole Foods). I decided I needed to be more educated about them in order to properly share them with you.
A google search produced lengthy explanations about open pollination and seeds. I'm no gardener (although I'd like to be someday), so this mostly flew over my head. Fortunately, I found a pretty layman explanation on The Life in Green blog, which described them this way:
"Simply put an heirloom is a variety of plant (tomato, melon, lettuce etc.) that has been saved and passed from one generation to the next. There may be other criteria that lends one to being an heirloom, such as how many generations a variety has been saved, but leave that to the heirloom aficionados. Let’s keep it simple here, k?"
Thanks Lisa, I couldn't agree more.
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