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by Joe-Speedy on June 20th, 2006
Gassing a tomato is the practice of using CO2 to artifically add a red color to the unripened fruit. That is how you get the bright red baseball hard 'mato's into the supermarket where they slowly go soft as they ripen.
by Nancy_G3470 on February 18th, 2011
what if theres a reaction to carbon
by allgreenthumbs on August 30th, 2006
The tomato's yummy flavor comes from ripening in the sun. That's why garden tomatoes are worlds better. Supermarket tomatoes are usually picked green and taste like cardboard with lots of acidity and none of the sweetness.
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Wonderful what they are doing to our food supply isn't it. :(
by Namaste formerly future_health_educator on June 20th, 2006
thanks. if they are gasing tomatoes, how hard would it be to gas citizens?
by Anonymous on June 21st, 2006
sounds gaseous!
by Answers101 on July 6th, 2006