Heirloom tomato pizza

Pizza Italian cuisine

Today, a rare glimpse inside the mind of DUN, DUN, DUN…A tomato hater. For the record: please state your name, relation to the interviewer, and how long you have hated tomatoes. My name is Michael, I am husband to the author of the website sarcasticcooking.com, and I’ve hated tomatoes in most contexts as long as I can remember. What is it about a tomato that you dislike? I would have to say their “tomatoeyness.” Some tomatoes, like cherry tomatoes, are extremely tomatoey, and nearly intolerably so. What do you mean by “too tomatoey”? Do you know the flavor of the juice inside a tomato? If you take a whole tomato of any kind and bite into it, the texture and flavor of the seeds and juice inside the tomato, after the skin is broken, is the flavor I describe as tomatoey. It’s terrible. Not only that flavor, but the juice inside of a tomato, that slimy and gooey texture, makes me squirm. Are there any kinds of tomatoes you do like? I can handle a sliced tomato, because those tend to have most of their “tomatoeyness” removed in the process. Actually, a sliced tomato can be a really refreshing topping …

Oct. 1, 2021, 12:03 p.m.