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Maui Onions
Two characteristics set the Maui onion apart from other yellow onions: the high sugar and high moisture content of its flesh.
Cantaloupe Melon
The cantaloupe is defined by two elements: its roughly netted stone and green colored skin and its aromatic orange-coral colored flesh. When perfectly ripe, the flesh is juicy, unctuous and sweet.
Grower
Seasons/Availability
Red Sweet 100™ Tomatoes are available year round from southern Baja Mexico.
Description/Taste
A tiny hybrid variety, red Sweet 100™ tomatoes offer a delicious sugary-sweet tomato flavor. The plants that bear these tomatoes produce an amazing number of bright red one-inch fruits in clusters.
Nutritional Value
An excellent source of vitamin C, tomatoes are low in calories, cholesterol-free and provide some folate and fiber.
Applications
Drizzle with a favorite dressing or vinaigrette. Add to stir-fries the last few minutes of cooking and cook until just heated through to maintain their delicate texture. Fresh herbs that especially complement tomatoes are dill weed, parsley, curry, oregano, chili powder, bay leaves, mint, thyme and garlic. An ideal party tomato, use as an attractive edible garnish. For best flavor, do not refrigerate.
Ethnic/Cultural Info
Native Americans, however, found many uses for the tomato and devised sun-drying techniques using slanted boards. Cortez learned these techniques and passed them on to his countrymen.
Geography/History
Food historians write that possibly tomato plants were first brought to North America by British colonists. It is believed tomato plants traveled with Spanish settlers to the Caribbean and were taken farther north into Florida and Texas. Caribbean slaves who were fond of the tomato's taste and who used it in their dishes are also thought to have introduced it to Southern American cooking. In addition tomato seeds were also brought into America by Italian and French immigrants. However, because of the English skeptics who believed tomatoes were poisonous, it wasn't until just before the Civil War that Americans took a liking to the tomato. Cultivated in the United States since the seventeenth century, Thomas Jefferson planted and ate tomatoes in America during the time the tomato was still considered poisonous.
Featured Restaurants
Restaurants currently purchasing this product as an ingredient for their menu.
Recipe Ideas
Recipes that include Sweet 100s Cherry Tomatoes. One
is easiest, three is harder.
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Seasons/Availability
Red Sweet 100™ Tomatoes are available year round from southern Baja Mexico.
Description/Taste
A tiny hybrid variety, red Sweet 100™ tomatoes offer a delicious sugary-sweet tomato flavor. The plants that bear these tomatoes produce an amazing number of bright red one-inch fruits in clusters.
Nutritional Value
An excellent source of vitamin C, tomatoes are low in calories, cholesterol-free and provide some folate and fiber.
Applications
Drizzle with a favorite dressing or vinaigrette. Add to stir-fries the last few minutes of cooking and cook until just heated through to maintain their delicate texture. Fresh herbs that especially complement tomatoes are dill weed, parsley, curry, oregano, chili powder, bay leaves, mint, thyme and garlic. An ideal party tomato, use as an attractive edible garnish. For best flavor, do not refrigerate.
Ethnic/Cultural Info
Native Americans, however, found many uses for the tomato and devised sun-drying techniques using slanted boards. Cortez learned these techniques and passed them on to his countrymen.
Geography/History
Food historians write that possibly tomato plants were first brought to North America by British colonists. It is believed tomato plants traveled with Spanish settlers to the Caribbean and were taken farther north into Florida and Texas. Caribbean slaves who were fond of the tomato's taste and who used it in their dishes are also thought to have introduced it to Southern American cooking. In addition tomato seeds were also brought into America by Italian and French immigrants. However, because of the English skeptics who believed tomatoes were poisonous, it wasn't until just before the Civil War that Americans took a liking to the tomato. Cultivated in the United States since the seventeenth century, Thomas Jefferson planted and ate tomatoes in America during the time the tomato was still considered poisonous.
Featured Restaurants
Restaurants currently purchasing this product as an ingredient for their menu.
| Lodge at Torrey Pines Main | San Diego CA | 858-453-4420 |
| Flavor Del Mar | Del Mar CA | 858-755-3663 |
| Great News Cooking School | San Diego CA | 888-478-2433 |
| The Farm House Cafe | San Diego CA | 619-269-9662 |
| Caffe Calabria Coffee Roasting Company | San Diego CA | 619-683-7787 |
| Fairbanks Ranch Country Club | San Diego CA | 858-259-8811 |
| Lodge at Torrey Pines Grill | San Diego CA | 858-453-4420 |
| Bistro West | Carlsbad CA | 760-431-9195 |
| Marine Room | San Diego CA | 858-551-4676 |
Recipe Ideas
Recipes that include Sweet 100s Cherry Tomatoes. One
is easiest, three is harder.
