# You say "to-MAY-to," I say "Satan's hellspawn fruit."

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-say-to-may-to-i-say-satans-hellspawn-fruit/175778>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [May 16, 2003, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-say-to-may-to-i-say-satans-hellspawn-fruit/175778 "2003-05-16T22:01:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-say-to-may-to-i-say-satans-hellspawn-fruit/175778/81 "2003-05-21T11:45:07Z")

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> I used to despise tomatoes. And I mostly still do. Slimey icky nasty tomatoes. However, I changed my mind on my first trip to Italy 12 years ago. This was also my first trip out of the U.S. There, the tomatoes were plump and juicy and actually bright red. Not slimey and nasty and pale and gross. So I thought maybe I was mistaken, and that tomatoes were not disgusting. When I got back to the U.S. I discovered that I was right to begin with.

Hah! City Slicker! I see a city slicker!

I think the reason some of you (those not allergic) dislike tomatos is that you haven’t seen them cooked right. Like any food, there are a huge number of ways to cook tomatos. I, personally, don’t like the super-watery ones. But slice them up, pat them dry and then they go well on burgers or anything. Sun dried 'maters are great. Cherry’s are heaven.

And, you know, I used to not like them much. But i found that raw taste alone was just not my style, but when accompanying other flavors it works so much better.

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**Author:** ![Sauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-say-to-may-to-i-say-satans-hellspawn-fruit/175778/82 "2003-05-21T13:06:39Z")

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> \*Originally posted by scout1222 \*  
> \*\*Yeah, the “dog has gas”. You’re not buyin’ that shit, are you, **Sauron**?
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> 😛 \*\*

Well, no. The fact that we have an outside dog doesn’t help her argument much.

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