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Re:First tomato ever grown in space, lost 8 months ago, foun... by theonlybutlet on Monday December 11, 2023 @05:16AM (#38599215)
Oxidation resulting in Lycopene degradation and isomerization.

It probably is a shrivelled up dehydrated tomato.

But most probably edible. Wouldn't get much pleasure out of eating it though. Don't see bags of dehydrated tomatoes on the shop-shelf.

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Re:First tomato ever grown in space, lost 8 months ago, foun... by Broken_Hippo on Monday December 11, 2023 @06:45AM (#38599741)
Don't see bags of dehydrated tomatoes on the shop-shelf

I do. I have a bag in the cabinet. I use it most often on pizzas and pasta. Dehydrated tomatoes are delicious and are generally labeled "sun dried" even when there is no sun involved in the drying. Plus, I can order tomato powder and use it for things. Admittedly, I don't care for eating the dried tomatoes plain as it concentrates the flavor more (or differently?) than tomato paste does.

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Re:First tomato ever grown in space, lost 8 months ago, foun... by justinclift on Monday December 11, 2023 @03:33PM (#38605134)
Sun dried tomatoes seem to work well in pizza dough too.

As in throw in a few chunks while making the base, and the flavour seems to transfer well without screwing things up. :)

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Re:First tomato ever grown in space, lost 8 months ago, foun... by em-bee on Monday December 11, 2023 @06:37AM (#38599706)
i don't know if sun dried tomatoes are top shelf articles, but they are sold as delicacies.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun-dried_tomato

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Re:First tomato ever grown in space, lost 8 months ago, foun... by tomatotomato31 on Monday December 11, 2023 @05:51PM (#38606599)
In Germany you can get them nearly everywhere.

I'm surprised so many find it weird

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Re:First tomato ever grown in space, lost 8 months ago, foun... by pcthrowaway on Monday December 11, 2023 @05:42AM (#38599362)
It might sun-dry pretty well without a pesky atmosphere in the way
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