Greek Tomatoes Are Awesome

One thing everyone in our group Greece noted early and often was how good the vegetables were. In particular, the tomatoes were awesome. Every one we had tasted like they were home grown, which is surprising considering we didn’t have a single home cooked meal. I think we had Greek salad at every meal. The brother went so far as to say he won’t eat tomatoes outside of Greece, something I find hard to believe yet surprisingly plausible.

My own theory revolved around the influences of and trade-offs due to mass production and the hydroponically grown tomatoes we have in the States. The other theories were differences in the soil, particularly all the volcanic influence in the soil over here yield tomatoey goodness.

Well, via Instapundit, here’s a possible explanation. The nickel version is we like our tomatoes pretty and that costs in the taste department. Of course, the tomatoes in Greece weren’t visually objectionable so we should be able to fix this problem post haste.