I have a quick question for you. The HH and I were at the grocery store the other day and I mentioned we needed a tomato for taco night.
You know where this is going… right?
Well, I proceeded to look for the ripest tomatoes in the produce section and the ripe tomatoes happened to be the greenhouse grown tomatoes from Canada.
And yada yada yada there weren’t any single tomatoes so I proceeded to take ONE tomato off the vine and my husband nearly flipped out telling me I couldn’t do that and I was like what are you? The tomato police?
If I want ONE tomato I can buy ONE tomato. There isn’t a rule saying I have to buy the whole {5!} cluster of tomatoes.
Embarrassed that I was doing this he turned and walked away and left me in the produce department all alone. Husbands. They are SO WEIRD. Aren’t they? {Fact: This is the same man who puts bananas in a plastic bag.}
So my question for you is… When you shop for tomatoes, do you feel obligated to buy all the tomatoes on the vine?
I need to know.
~Mavis
Janie says
I only take one off the vine. lol
Have a great day, Janie
Christa H says
You do not need to buy all of them just like you don’t need to buy all of the bagged grapes either, which is why those bags are open at the top so you can take what you need and move additional cluster grapes to a different open bag. Since both are priced by the pound, you only take what you actually need.
Besides, the tomato cluster in your picture has multiple produce stickers on it as do other clusters on the shelf!
I actually taught this to my high school students when I took them on a walking grocery shopping field trip to complete group projects.
Nancy Settel says
Oh my this sounds like my husband and I but yes I would end up buying the whole cluster since I know for sure I would use all the tomatoes with in the week. Oh how I have been craving tomatoes (even the cardboard type tasting ones at this point). But actually you are right as it is by the pound and I am sure contrary to your husbands thoughts you are not the first to do this.