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Search for best-tasting tomato leads New Orleans restaurateur to LSU AgCenter
Posted on 7/8/20 at 9:23 am
Posted on 7/8/20 at 9:23 am
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Posted on 7/8/20 at 11:20 am to Jim Thompson
An article devoid of content, for the most part. It is not news that the Ag center works to raise superior crops for LA....but this is just PR for the Brennans and a mention of The Commissary.
Posted on 7/8/20 at 12:29 pm to Jim Thompson
I found it interesting because I have yet to taste a "creole" tomato which was as good as those before Katrina. I just can't find that familiar taste. I've had good tomatoes labeled as "creole", but they don't taste the same.
A few weeks before Katrina, I'd found a farm online which shipped creole tomatoes from Plaquemine Parish, I believe. They shipped me a big box of tomatoes of various degrees of ripeness. They were outstanding! Those were the last great creole tomatoes I've had. I looked it up after Katrina, but it was apparently wiped out. I don't recall the name to see if they made a comeback. I finally gave up.
Anyway, from my own experience, I understand the part of the article which talks about trying to get that taste back again.
A few weeks before Katrina, I'd found a farm online which shipped creole tomatoes from Plaquemine Parish, I believe. They shipped me a big box of tomatoes of various degrees of ripeness. They were outstanding! Those were the last great creole tomatoes I've had. I looked it up after Katrina, but it was apparently wiped out. I don't recall the name to see if they made a comeback. I finally gave up.
Anyway, from my own experience, I understand the part of the article which talks about trying to get that taste back again.
Posted on 7/8/20 at 12:53 pm to Gris Gris
The most widely planted variety among the so called “creole” tomato farms/suppliers is Celebrity. It’s not heirloom per se, but it’s an older variety especially appreciated for thriving in wet weather. Those alluvial souls produce tasty tomatoes, but they’re heavy and retain lots of water, which means fungal disease galore.
Plenty of the better tasting, “resurrected” into popularity heirloom varieties just don’t produce well in coastal south LA.
I grow and buy plenty local tomatoes; haven’t noticed any drop offs in quality hereabouts.
Plenty of the better tasting, “resurrected” into popularity heirloom varieties just don’t produce well in coastal south LA.
I grow and buy plenty local tomatoes; haven’t noticed any drop offs in quality hereabouts.
Posted on 7/8/20 at 1:07 pm to hungryone
I live in Katy, TX. Tough soil. I basically lived on a restored rice field. You go down about 18" and its compact clay like concrete. I have 3 box beds in the back and I usually plant 6 tomato plants among other things. I started 8 years ago. We managed to find a place near here that had "creole" tomatoes. The first couple years, I planted one or 2 among other varieties. The creoles produce the most, are the best tasting and hardiest tomatoes. Now that's all I plant and I get there early to make sure I get the creoles. I'm not sure of the source but I will ask next time I ma back at the nursery.
Posted on 7/8/20 at 1:16 pm to Gris Gris
There's an interesting article on Creole tomatoes from the Ag Center in 2016 ("Will the Real Creole Tomato Please Stand Up?"). So said Naylor's Hardware in B.R. had Creole's with best flavor. I just grow Celebrity; I was able to can 4 gallons from less than 20 plants this spring.
Posted on 7/8/20 at 1:32 pm to hungryone
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I grow and buy plenty local tomatoes; haven’t noticed any drop offs in quality hereabouts.
I've had plenty of quality tomatoes and plenty of Celebrity tomatoes. The creoles pre-K had a distinctive flavor. I haven't tasted that flavor since. I always thought it was from the soil in which the tomatoes were grown. I haven't studied that so perhaps I'm wrong about the soil, but I've eaten plenty of "creoles".
Posted on 7/8/20 at 2:20 pm to msap9020
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Now that's all I plant and I get there early to make sure I get the creoles. I'm not sure of the source but I will ask next time I ma back at the nursery.
Just keep a couple of tomatoes off of a plant you like, and leave them in the sun to dry out, and save the seeds.
Germinate them in cardboard egg cartons on a sunny windowsill around next February.
Posted on 7/8/20 at 3:44 pm to GusMcRae
This book does a great job of breaking it down. Really does a great job talking about cherokee purple, mortgage lifter, sungolds, Lillian's yellow, etc
Posted on 7/8/20 at 4:47 pm to Jim Thompson
Posted on 7/8/20 at 10:34 pm to Gris Gris
We switched from celebrity to Big Beef tomatoes 3 years ago because they produce better and taste better.
The local Berry Town produce centers in Hammond and Ponchatoula sell their Creole tomatoes (Luizza Produce Farms) this time of year and they are excellent.
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