The Netherlands has become an agricultural giant

Re:The Netherlands has become an agricultural giant by johansch on Sunday September 03, 2017 @01:30PM (#15162649)

In Sweden we tend to get e.g. tomatoes from the Netherlands, Spain and Morocco. From a consumer perspective it seems random - the price doesn't really factor in at all.

Tomatoes from the Netherlands are almost always tasteless.

Tomatoes from Spain are often tasty, but sometimes tasteless.

Tomatoes from Morocco are sometimes tasteless and sometimes horrible.

So I look for Tomatoes grown in Spain and wish for the best...

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Re:The Netherlands has become an agricultural giant by ardit33 on Sunday September 03, 2017 @02:20PM (#15162944)

Italian, or Albanian tomatoes are the best. You guys live so up-north, that it takes a long time for tomatoes to get there so you are most likely going to get shipped the 1. Tasteless type, that happens to resist longer on shelves, or 2. Unripped tomatoes that get ripened on the way there.

There is a huge difference in taste between in vine ripped tomatoes and the one they are picked up still green.

The northeast US has the same problem. Tomatoes in California are usually pretty good, tomatoes in Boston taste like crap. (the joke is that Boston is the last stop for a tomato truck, before they get thrown in the ocean as trash).

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Re:The Netherlands has become an agricultural giant by iagovar on Sunday September 03, 2017 @02:22PM (#15162956)

Do they tell you from which region?

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Re:The Netherlands has become an agricultural giant by johansch on Sunday September 03, 2017 @07:39PM (#15164608)

Origin country is always clearly labeled. Not harvest date though. :(

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