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They are. Its the green ones that aren't ripe.
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What fruit is red?
Some apples, ripe tomatoes, cherries.
Why are tomatoes orange?
They have not grOwn fully for them to turn ripe and red or... It's not a tomato...
Do green tomatoes weigh more than ripe tomatoes?
According to M. Night Shymalan, Red is a bad colour and yellow is a good colour. -On a more serious note, yellow tomatoes in my opinion are more sweet than red ones and the skin of yellow tomatoes are thicker
When do you pull tomatoes off vine when they are green or red?
They are ripe when they are red. HOWEVER, in our commercial system pulling them green would result in more harvests a year, so they modified the plant to turn red earlier, before it is ripe, so they could produce more and make more money. The tomatoes we buy in the store are not ripe yet, for financial reasons. Pull them off when they are red. The taste will dazzle you. Then they will be ripe. Good luck.
Why are tomatos red?
Not all tomatoes are red you can grow yellow ones the color shows they are ripe. The ones that are red contain a chemical called licopene.Licopene gives red colour to tomatoes which is carotenoid. It is like beta and alpha carotene which is present in carrots.
How do tomato trucks not smash the tomatoes?
Over the years it was found that when a tomato is red and ripe it was already too ripe to withstand the pressures of uneven roads plus weight pressures of tomatoes from the top. So it was found that if tomatoes are picked a few days earlier when just red and still firm the tomatoes are able to withstand the problems of transport and arrive at their destination still firm and unblemished.
What does red a tomato mean?
Tomatoes are deeply red, so the expression "red as a tomato" means that something is as red as it can possibly be. However as ripe tomatoes come in red, pink, orange and yellow (depending on the species) the expression can be confusing to new users of English.
What does red as a tomato mean?
Tomatoes are deeply red, so the expression "red as a tomato" means that something is as red as it can possibly be. However as ripe tomatoes come in red, pink, orange and yellow (depending on the species) the expression can be confusing to new users of English.
Are unripened tomatoes as nutritious as ripe ones?
No
What Are budgies favorite fruit?
Ripe tomatoes
What do you mean when you say 4 ea ripe tomatoes?
ea is the abbreviation for each, which is the unit of measure in your example. It means use 4 ripe tomatoes.
Where does tomato ketchup come from?
INGREDIENTS: HEINZ® TOMATO KETCHUP (TOMATO CONCENTRATE FROM RED RIPE TOMATOES, DISTILLED VINEGAR, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, CORN SYRUP, SALT, SPICE,
