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This is not just any tomato...
Sri Carmichael20.05.09
It looks rotten but apparently it tastes delicious.
A new green super tomato', which can be eaten before its ripe, hit the shelves of Marks and Spencer today.
The 'kumato' develops from a dark green to a dark red to a dark brown and is a perfect sandwich filler throughout, developers claim.
The fruit is said to have a mild clean taste and firm texture perfect for slicing into sandwiches
As it ripens it develops a spicy aroma and sweeter taste. It is also thought to be an aphrodisiac.
The kumato took 10 years to develop from a wild version grown on the Galapagos Islands and is already commonly eaten in Mediterranean countries.
Dr Ian Puddephat, sensory scientist at plant science company Syngenta, who helped develop the mini kumato said: “While continental Europeans and Americans have eaten multi-coloured tomatoes for years, British consumers have traditionally only bought red.
M&S tomato specialist George Hebditch said: “The Kumato looks and tastes sensational. It has an appealing sweet flavour and will offer a really exciting new look to salads.
The kumato is grown in Lancashire where the climate is mild enough to grow the seeds due to the warm Gulf Stream passing the Irish Sea.
The tomatoes, which cost £2.49 a punnet, are being launched in Marks and Spencer to coincide with National Tomato Week.
Reader views (3)
Top 10 Aphrodisiacs
1 - Respect
2 - Getting In Shape
3 - Psychoanalysis
4 - Viagra
5 - Yohimbe, Tribulus and Maca
6 - Oysters
7 - Chocolate
8 - Alcohol
9 - Spanish Fly
10 - Rhino Horn
Can I order 1, 2, 7 and 8 with crispy pancakes
As a parent of 3 children the best Aphrodisiac is adult time, which is something I recall from times of old. Chill out and relax if you need rotten tomatoes to bring back the zong then could I suggest a good message would do you more good and bring back the zing
- Gary, Brentwood
“While continental Europeans and Americans have eaten multi-coloured tomatoes for years, British consumers have traditionally only bought red."
Errrm, I'm a British consumer and I rarely ever see anything except red tomatoes in the shop, perhaps occasionally yellow. If supermarkets and shops stocked other colours, perhaps people would buy them. However all I really want is decent taste, sometimes it's possible to get tasty toms from supermarkets but frequently like much fuit, they are picked under ripe and taste like wet cardboard.
- Mcw, London
Could this be another 'revenge of the killer tomatoes' episode?
- Mike, London England
