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		OptionOfT on Nov 30, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Honeycrisp apples went from marvel to mediocre The tomatoes sold in store are bred for ticker skin to allow for mechanical picking, but that came at the cost of taste. https://www.plantsciences.ucdavis.edu/news/how-mechanical-to...

smolder on Nov 30, 2024 [–]

Interesting! I specifically remember wondering "why is the skin so tough on this?" before, when trying to take a bite of a sandwich and ending up with a whole slice of tomato pulling out.

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