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Here’s Why Jalapeño Peppers Are Less Spicy Than Ever
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I was surprised at how delicious home grown tomatoes are as well. But even if a market started offering tasty ones it'd be hard to sell, at least at first. Like "no these aren't a new variety but we grew them for taste instead of commercialism, we promise. And btw all our other tomatoes are bland." It's doable but there'd be an adjustment period I think
You can develop an eye for it. Mainly you aim for ugly tomatoes with a certain shade of red. Spotty is good!
But still, tomatoes suck. You gotta hit the local places for the real deal, and even those are falling off around here.