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eru on July 11, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: How we're scammed into eating phony food

I quite liked the Dutch tomatoes that we got in Germany. I understand they are grown in greenhouses?

spiderfarmer on July 11, 2016 | [–]

You're not the only one: http://www.hortidaily.com/article/20364/Germany-Only-Dutch-t...

eru on July 12, 2016 | | [–]

Ha, I was about to mention Spanish tomatoes being worse, but decided against it.

Aaargh20318 on July 11, 2016 | [–]

It used to be that germans called Dutch tomatoes 'Wasserbombe'. Although nowadays they are starting to breed for taste over looks again.

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