I saw Tomato vs Potato Europe map for probably my 100th time and I was thinking about it and since June I've probably eaten fresh tomatoes every single day. It's a must have in Serbian households over the summer, we mostly use them for salads, but there're a few main dishes we make as well.
How often do people in your country eat fresh tomatoes? How do you usually eat them?
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Every day when they’re in season. Multiple times a week when they’re not.
I literally gag when I eat fresh tomatoes because I hate the taste so much. It’s weird because tomato purée (literally just boiled and blended tomatoes with nothing else) is something I could eat all day
I eat tomatoes every day when they’re in season, in Ireland that’s quite a short season starting with Small varieties in July to larger varieties August-into-November
Cucumber+tomato+sour cream with salt and pepper almost every day.
Depends on the weather. And if making fresh gazpacho also counts as eating fresh tomatoes. But I almost always have tomatoes in stock for sandwiches and salads. In winter more for sandwiches, in summer more for salads. At least once a week, sometimes every day for weeks.
Often but not daily in season and occasionally when out of season. I like them but not enough to eat them all the time.
Probably about once or twice a week. Usually we just use canned instead if we make sauces for example.
Is is my favourite vegetables, very easy to prepare (no peeling) and size is just enough to acompany any meal, so in season pretty much every day. Quality of fruits and vegetables in winter is terrible here so I’m avoiding them. Tomatoes? Tastes like cucumber. Peppers? Tastes like cucumber. Radish? Tastes like cucumber. Only exeption is cucumber, that tastes like cardboard. 😀
In season every day and when not in season almost every day😂 I eat a lot of salad almost every day
I season, almost every single day !
Most of the time with lettue, feta or mozzarela, herbs. Or in pasty/rice salad.
But also cooked like stuffed with meat plus rice, on home made pizza, in gratin, on tunna quiche, etc…
Maybe once a week because they’re not good for my stomach. But I love a nice bowl of gazpacho or salmorejo in the summer
Only when in season. I like tomatoes with sour cream, onion and sometimes cucumbers. I like them on bread. As with other things, cost is a factor. Tomatoes are fruits and thus a treat, not what will get me fed.
Never. I don’t like raw tomato’s, gives me the shivers.
Depends a bit, a few times per week. Mostly in salads. In the summer I eat a lot of salad, with potatoes/chips and a sausage. Sometimes a specific dish requires potatoes. Also I sometimes like to eat my (Dutch) cheese sandwich with a slice of tomato. Its really nice as a lunch, a slice of whole wheat bread, couple of slices of Dutch cheese (most prefer matured but I dont mind more young cheeses as well) and some sliced tomato.
During summer, it’s a common ingredient in salads, and salad are a daily summer food. Small red tomatoes are eaten as a snack.
Almost every day. I’ll usually have a handful of small tomatoes on the side of my lunchtime sandwich. They’re healthy, tasty, and need no prep other than being washed.
I have fresh tomatoes several days a week when they are in season, since I have several tomato plants at home – both cherry tomatoes and regular ones. And that is very common here in southern Sweden, where they grow very well outdoors. It might be a bit harder to grow them further north in Sweden though, and there you might need to use a greenhouse for a good harvest.
Every week at least, mostly a couple of times per week. I eat them in salads or slice them and eat them on bread. Sometimes I cut them in halves, season with salt, pepper and some dried herbs and cook them in the oven until soft. I’ve even used the little baby ones as snacks. I love tomatoes but they are of course best when in season.
Belgium 🇧🇪. We eat fresh tomatoes regularly. I really like to combine them with lots of things so sometimes I eat them everyday, but sometimes just once a week maybe?
I guess fresh tomatoes are usually used in salads, or just chopped up to accompany the meat and potatoes/pasta. Or as little snack (the cherry tomatoes).
i love tomatos, but i eat fresh ones only in summer/ when its season. in season its almost daily, or every other day
the tasteless waterbaloons out of greenhouses are not worth it.
(german here)
Usually every day. If I am not able to get fresh tomatoes while travelling, I have a bottle of ketchup in my bag for emergency tomatoes fix, that way I can survive that day without fresh tomatoes.
Almost every day. I often eat sandwiches and salads that contain tomatoes. I like to snack on mini plum or cherry tomatoes. And of course they’re a regular ingredient in cooking. I eat a lot of potatoes, but definitely more tomatoes.
Couple times a week. Dutch tomatoes are kinda shit, and foreign ones cost more.
A couple times a week I would say.
Definitely not every day, but I enjoy some fresh tomatoes. In season it definitely more tho.
Guess it also depends on the definition of fresh tomato, if I throw some fresh tomatoes into my pasta sauce, does that still count?
Even though I am potato Europe, I still eat more tomatoes than potatoes
I like them a lot but they are my worst trigger food for reflux, so not very often…
Daily, I always have tomato and olive oil toasts for breakfast and I have tomato salad or salmorejo (cold creamy tomato soup) almost every night.
Practically everyday. In salads, [rubbed in bread](https://www.gimmesomeoven.com/tomato-rubbed-bread-pa-amb-tomaquet-pan-con-tomate/)(pa amb tomàquet), in sauces, etc.
Make tomato soup, salsa, relish and sauce. Old school
Every day pretty much
They are a staple in our house
(Italy) Peppe usually eat then multiple times per week in salada, I don’t as I despise them lol, but I cook with them basically every day so no fresh tomatoes for me but cooledealmost everyday
I often eat snack tomatoes when available. The regular tomatoes are not that tasty in NL.
Almost every day! I love tomatoes, even the ones we get in winter, which aren’t as good. I use them in salads, sliced as a side with some salt and black pepper, in soups, sauces, sandwiches.
I’m sensitive to histamine so I have to be careful with tomatoes, but I try to eat them often… well, as often as I can find them on sale. Otherwise they’re just not affordable anymore, like most fresh vegetables & fruits. :/
3-10 times per week in my family, most people I know is almost the same or slightly less.
There are probably big variations, but tomatoes are definitely a staple vegetable here.
depends
i dont like normal tomatoes on their own but the small ones the size of a peanut are good
normal tomatoes only as part of a dish, maybe once or twice a week
Pretty much every day. We buy the small and tasty ones which are expensive AF, but it’s one of our few indulgences. Life is too short for bad tomatoes, and unfortunately in Norway they are very few options.
Many many many days.
It is mostly a must to have in salads. Look for Ensalada campera: boiled potatoes, boiled eggs, tuna, onion and tomatoes. Olive oil, salt and vinegard. For another one, add mayo and olives to prior list.
Chopped tomatoes with chopped garlic, olive oil, vinegard and salt. Delicious for dipping bread too.
Then, we have Gazpacho and Salmorejo, 2 cold soups where tomato is the main ingredient.
Every day. I love tomatoes so much I always buy them, even in winter.
Several times a week. I love eating tomatoes as a snack
Never because i don’t like them. But other Dutch people like it, when you go somewhere for lunch lots of dishes have tomatoes in it.
Multiple times per week, usually in salads. In the summertime, tomatoes with feta-type cheese and some olive / sunflower oil drizzled on can be a meal.
It’s quite unusual for me not to have some tomatoes at home, at any given time. Usually cucumbers as well.
– tomatoes & cucumbers on the side, with a cooked meal
– salads
– sandwiches, tartines – a slice of bread with some greek youghurt, salt, and tomato / cucumber slices is one of my go-to snacks
– also, tomato + cheese = love
Every day! When in season, I love making a salad with tomatoes, finely cut cucumbers, red onion, and feta cheese 😋
I live in Poland. Yesterday my husband made tomato and onion salad to go with the schabowy, today I had gazpacho for breakfast and now I’m waiting to have some tomatoes delivered to make Pico de gallo for my chicken lunch. In the order I also added cherry tomatoes because lettuce, cherry tomatoes, olives and feta style cheese is my favourite salad. So, every day?
Every day when in season. Almost every day outside of the season.
Not very often. The sort of tomatoes we get in supermarkets are nothing special, first time trying Isle of Wight tomatoes from a farmers market was a revelation to me, but tomatoes that good can’t just be picked up from Tesco unfortunately. Fresh tomatoes in southern Europe must be amazing.
Daily at this time of year, sliced on bread, in salads, as a side to main meals, etc.
In season several times a week or everyday. Outside of season I stick to canned tomatoes for sauces or cooked dishes and splurge on local greenhouse-grown cherry tomatoes, the regular ones taste of nothing AND are expensive.
Those European Maps are soooo stupid. In summer most Polish people eat fresh cucumbers, tomatoes everyday. Both tomatoes and potatoes are a staple, and often used produce.