Guest guest Posted April 16, 2008 Report Share Posted April 16, 2008 Here in Pennsylvania, I've seen tomatoes ranging from on sale for 3.00 a pound up to 7.00 a pound for some of the more exotic, heritage varieties. Even in the summer time they rarely slip below 3 to 4.00 a pound. *shakes head* Sometimes when I'm down town I can hit the local indoor flea market and get them at a much better price but at the groceries. They tend to be outrageous. Dennis -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 71094 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 16, 2008 Report Share Posted April 16, 2008 I pretty much buy very few fresh tomatoes this time year. Last time I was @ our local Coop, the California-grown organic tomatoes were about $5.00 per pound while the organic tomatoes, including heritage, from Mexico were much cheaper. Since I am trying to avoid buying imports and things that travel a long way [for environmental reasons], I opted for the more expensive California-grown " cluster " tomatoes. They were fine for a salad. During the latter part of summer we can get inexpensive local organic tomatoes, including heritage tomatoes, for very reasonable prices, especially @ the farmers markets. I eat those like they were fruit and don't waste them on salads. This time of year, we eat a lot of cooked organic root vegetables and greens which are all from California and reasonably priced. Broccoli, cabbages, chard, spinach are very available here locally and tend to be part of our meals. Chard will grow year-round here. I just moved and just planted some plants. Am ready to start havesting soon. During this early Spring season, I make salads out of spinach, freshly toasted California walnuts, fresh mozzarella, bean sprouts [garbanzo, lentil, etc]. Kathleen Eureka CA Here in Pennsylvania, I've seen tomatoes ranging from on sale for 3.00 a pound up to 7.00 a pound for some of the more exotic, heritage varieties. Even in the summer time they rarely slip below 3 to 4.00 a pound. *shakes head* Sometimes when I'm down town I can hit the local indoor flea market and get them at a much better price but at the groceries. They tend to be outrageous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 16, 2008 Report Share Posted April 16, 2008 I only use local tomatoes myself! very local, since they come out of the back yard. Last year we had a lot of them so we froze, canned, and dried. I never had so many tomatoes in my life before but I felt like a tomato slave! The dried ones that I used in the loaf recipe I just posted are from our own cherry bush that wanted to take over the world last summer. All the canned ones are gone, but still have some golden sauce frozen to make lasagna, and some frozen tomato based salsa targeted for some enchiladas. I really miss fresh ones but don't want to get them at the store, very disappointing compared to ours so I am waiting. I am looking at the flowers in the new tomato vines and just wishing for fresh tomatoes. Not too much longer now. By the time we are out of the frozen stuff we will start to get fresh ones. Next year I will stagger them, do some early and late crops so we have fresh tomatoes for a longer time. Speaking of which, any one has a good recommendation for a late crop tomato variety? , " Kathleen M. Pelley " <kmpelley wrote: > > I pretty much buy very few fresh tomatoes this time year. Last time > I was @ our local Coop, the California-grown organic tomatoes were > about $5.00 per pound while the organic tomatoes, including heritage, > from Mexico were much cheaper. Since I am trying to avoid buying > imports and things that travel a long way [for environmental > reasons], I opted for the more expensive California-grown " cluster " > tomatoes. They were fine for a salad. > > During the latter part of summer we can get inexpensive local organic > tomatoes, including heritage tomatoes, for very reasonable prices, > especially @ the farmers markets. I eat those like they were fruit > and don't waste them on salads. > > This time of year, we eat a lot of cooked organic root vegetables > and greens which are all from California and reasonably priced. > Broccoli, cabbages, chard, spinach are very available here locally > and tend to be part of our meals. Chard will grow year-round here. > I just moved and just planted some plants. Am ready to start > havesting soon. During this early Spring season, I make salads out > of spinach, freshly toasted California walnuts, fresh mozzarella, > bean sprouts [garbanzo, lentil, etc]. > > Kathleen > Eureka CA > > > Here in Pennsylvania, I've seen tomatoes ranging from on sale for > 3.00 a pound up to 7.00 a pound for some of the more exotic, heritage > varieties. Even in the summer time they rarely slip below 3 to 4.00 a > pound. *shakes head* Sometimes when I'm down town I can hit the local > indoor flea market and get them at a much better price but at the > groceries. They tend to be outrageous. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 18, 2008 Report Share Posted April 18, 2008 Dennis - where in PA? i know that if i go buy them in the grocery store i'll pay something ridiculous, but i can find them at the farmers' markets now that the weather is warming up. that, and a lot of people here grow their own... ^8^ Reni ^8^ *who lives just outside of Harrisburg, PA* On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 5:28 PM, DGray_77 <DGray_77 wrote: > Here in Pennsylvania, I've seen tomatoes ranging from on sale for 3.00 a > > pound up to 7.00 a pound for some of the more exotic, heritage varieties. > Even in the summer time they rarely slip below 3 to 4.00 a pound. *shakes > head* Sometimes when I'm down town I can hit the local indoor flea market > and get them at a much better price but at the groceries. They tend to be > outrageous. > > Dennis > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 18, 2008 Report Share Posted April 18, 2008 Reni, Down in the lovely, but at time crazy, Philadelphia. I do love Reading Terminal Market downtown. Dennis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 18, 2008 Report Share Posted April 18, 2008 I live in the Southern United States. Our tomato prices right now are about $1.50 - $2.00/lb. Seems like one of the grocery stores is always having them on sale each week. During the summer they will be down to about 99 cent/lb, if it isn't overly dry again. Strawberry prices are excellent right now. They are in season in ruther south from me. I got cantalope Buy 1/Get 1 Free last week and great prices on Honey Dew mellon. Just a had a bowl of those diced up together........ Yummmmmmmm Katie, I would be in sticker shock too if I so tomatoes for as that high..........Hope they come down in your area soon and that your weather warms up. Sounds like Winter is still in full force there. Judy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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