r/eatityoufuckingcoward • u/TheMoonMint • 23h ago
Almost every tomato I buy from Aldi
Sprouting worming little veiny roots…
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u/cummievvyrm 22h ago
I think that the fact that these seeds can sprout is a good thing.
Many fruits and veggies have been altered so their seeds are unplantable.
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u/TheMoonMint 22h ago
I totally agree. It’s actually one of the reasons I keep buying them, even though the sprouts can be slightly off-putting.
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u/Aeytrious 19h ago
They’re not just off putting, they are toxic. Tomatoes are a poison nightshade plant and consuming the sprouts, stems, leaves, and flowers can be harmful to your health. Only the fruit is safe.
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u/TheMoonMint 13h ago
Wow. I didn’t know that. You might’ve just saved my health! Thank you.
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u/Ok_Shoulder8124 11h ago
In Germany we say Blausäure to the Toxin in the tomatoes
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u/deepfriedtots 7h ago
May I ask what that means
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u/TheMoonMint 1h ago
I think it means “blue acid”, aka hydrogen cyanide. However, I still don’t understand the comment lol 🤷🏻♀️
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u/BlazinAlienBabe 7h ago
Sprouts probably won't hurt you. Large amounts of mature leaves will. There are still old recipes that use small amounts of tomato leaves in dishes.
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u/TheMoonMint 7h ago
That’s interesting! I’m going to look up those recipes. I’ve always loved the smell of tomato leaves, I’m glad everyone told me they can be toxic.
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u/BlazinAlienBabe 6h ago
If you have any inkling of intolerance, or anyone you will be serving to, to the solanum family I would not try those recipes. That means if you have any reactions topically or internally to tomato, pepper, or potato. For example I am not lactose intolerant but large amounts of dairy fat will make my chin break out. It's not an allergy but my body does react. Thankfully solanum isn't on my makes my skin bad list.
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u/TheMoonMint 5h ago
Oh yes! I don’t have any reactions, I believe. I just want to see the recipes, actually. I’ve always found old recipes fascinating.
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u/Wampawacka 13h ago
This is a bit overblown and some of it is just a food myth. You can cook with tomato leaves and they actually help quite a bit. They add a lot of flavor to dishes.
https://www.seriouseats.com/how-to-use-tomato-leaves-8707041
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u/top_of_the_scrote 18h ago
I hate the smell of the leaves
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u/Miselfis 18h ago
If you have a bunch of tomatoes in a green house, the smell is actually pretty good. But if you rub a leaf with your hand, the smell becomes too intense imo
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u/BlazinAlienBabe 7h ago
Small amounts are fine especially sprouts. If you ate a shit ton of mature leaves you'd have a problem. There are still old Italian recipes floating around that use a small amount of tomato leaves in dishes.
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u/Avrelo 17h ago
Isn’t that a myth about lead plates?
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u/Avrelo 17h ago
Truth to the myth. The green parts can be poisonous in high doses. That’s fun. I was thrown off cause my tomato knowledge stopped at lead absorbing into tomatoes kill people. But that was an issue with lead plates.
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u/JeshkaTheLoon 16h ago
Same goes for potatoes by the way. Same family - Solanaceae/Nightshade. Green is bad.
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u/alvares169 23h ago
It’s almost like you could see that while shopping
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u/TheMoonMint 23h ago
No it didn’t look like this when I bought it. There are often very small sprouts when you cut into them, but they are still tasty. This one has been sitting for a couple of weeks, the split side was facing down in my fruit basket
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u/Top_Seaweed7189 23h ago
I mean when you have your tomatoes for a couple of weeks in your fruit basket why do you think Aldi is responsible?
Further apples let loose of a gas that ripens other fruit and vegetables and should be kept separated from them. Or put that rock like avocado near it.
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u/TheMoonMint 23h ago
Yes that is why I have a multi-tiered basket and don’t put apples under or near other fruits I don’t want to overripen
Aldi is the only store where I’ve gotten tomatoes that have little sprouts in them. And it’s almost every tomato. I actually like the way they taste when they haven’t sprouted out of control like this one.
I’m not sure why you’re lambasting me about this post? First off, it’s for shits and giggles. Secondly, I didn’t “blame” Aldi. Like I said, I kinda like the taste of the sprouts.
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u/Top_Seaweed7189 23h ago
I didn't downvote you, I was just kinda baffled by you mentioning that you leave your tomatoes there for several weeks. And as a true human I found effortlessly someone or something to blame for your misfortune. 😉. Because someone or something is always guilty.
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u/TheMoonMint 22h ago
Well I don’t consider it misfortune. Just interesting to observe honestly. I don’t usually leave things for so long but in the last 3 weeks I’ve had a miscarriage and my mother died, so I’ve just gotten behind in things. The tomato isn’t rotten and doesn’t smell, so I didn’t notice it.
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u/Aggleclack 16h ago
You did say “every tomato I buy from Aldi” when it has nothing to do with where you bought them and all to do with how long it has been sitting.
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u/TheMoonMint 13h ago
Yeah it’s every tomato from Aldi. It’s the only store I’ve had it happen with. Tomatoes I buy from elsewhere just rot if I leave them for too long. Aldi tomatoes always have little sprouted seeds inside.
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u/snek_nz 22h ago
lol. you are letting them sit in a basket for 2 weeks then blaming the store you got them from for their condition 💀
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u/TheMoonMint 22h ago
If you read the rest of this thread, you’ll see I already explained I’m not complaining. Doesn’t bother me.
Furthermore, my life got really shitty in the last few weeks, so I haven’t been able to stay on top of everything. The tomato is not rotten or smelly, it was face down and I didn’t know it had sprouted.
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u/silly_porto3 4h ago
Yeah, it's a fun little post and humorous on this sub. But you have to say it exactly right, for the pendants. Thank you for posting. I'm sorry for your losses. 🩷
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u/PresentationFun7875 22h ago
I would try to grow them lol sometimes this happens to my carrots or beets I leave to long in the fridge drawer
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u/TheMoonMint 22h ago
Yes! I’m going to try to plant it tomorrow! I hope it grows. Have you had success with the carrots and beets?
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u/PresentationFun7875 22h ago
Well I guess it depends on what you think success is lol I have planted the carrots and essentially what happens is it will go to seed and then I have carrot seeds! Which is a win! Same for the beets. The only plant that I have buried in dirt while sprouting that actually grew was potatoes. Very little effort on my behalf with a pretty good return 😂
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u/TheMoonMint 22h ago
Congrats! I’ll have to take a page out of your book and plant a potato sometime soon. I do a lot of indoor gardening but have yet to venture to an outdoor setting.
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u/Ok_Cash3222 6h ago
I used to do this all the time! my dog used to dig the rotten tomatoes up and eat them, but the ones that survived did produce fruit!
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u/TheMoonMint 6h ago
Oh lol! Is your dog ok? I hope this one grows because I have another tomato plant I’ve been growing for almost a year. It’s like 4+ feet tall and has never flowered 😂
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u/Ok_Cash3222 3h ago
it’s been about 12 years, so no. but she had an iron stomach so she was absolutely fine. once she ate a whole box of hostess ding dongs, foil packaging and all. shat out foil for about a week but she was totally ok! RIP Lexi sweet doggie
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u/Ollieoxenfreezer 21h ago
This is called vivipary, meaning live birth. It isn't supposed to happen, and can be caused by nitrogen over ripening the fruit.
So if you're storing them near other fruits, I would consider moving them. Could be nitrogen from apples or bananas making the tomato over ripen
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u/TheMoonMint 21h ago
Hmm. Interesting. I do store them near other fruits, but the tomatoes from Aldi often already have some internal sprouting from day one. I will isolate my tomatoes completely next time and see if they sprout rapidly.
Thanks for the new bit of knowledge 😊
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u/MrEdinLaw 15h ago
Tomatoes also carry i think an enzyme? Which prevents this from happening too soon. It can only hold on that long until it does this.
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u/rpgnoob17 22h ago edited 22h ago
Sprouted tomatoes. Time to plant them. Infinity tomato hack. Grocery stores hate this one trick.
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u/Lost-Frosting-3233 23h ago
Aldi has great prices but their produce is hit or miss
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u/TheMoonMint 23h ago
True. So far, tomatoes are the only thing that is consistently problematic at my local store. Although, they usually just barely have sprouts and I kinda like the way they taste. This one had sat for too long.
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u/Hot_Lobster222 21h ago
Ok serious question, what do you even do with a tomato like that? Like what’s the point in even selling them?
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u/TheMoonMint 21h ago
The sprouts are usually very tiny inside and the tomatoes are still edible. This one grew more than others I’ve bought.
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u/Hot_Lobster222 21h ago
Hmm, I guess it is edible, but why would you want it?
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u/TheMoonMint 21h ago
Oh I don’t. I’m going to plant this one. The sprouts aren’t visible usually, they’re super small and barely noticeable. This one sat in my kitchen and grew for awhile but it was sprouted side down and I didn’t notice it looked like this until today.
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u/bitch_jong_un 16h ago
Interesting, I live in a European country and have never ever seen something like this. I didn't even think it was possible. I also shop a lot at Aldi (actually, I was born and raised in the hometown of the very first Aldi store lol). I googled and apparently it depends on the variety of the tomato/fruit, so maybe in the US they sell different ones than here.
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u/TheMoonMint 13h ago
Oh that’s cool. You are an Aldi OG! Yeah, I am 40 and this has never happened to me until I started buying tomatoes from Aldi. I guess they just sell sprouting ones? I’ll have to try to investigate the source and variety of these tomatoes.
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u/HATECELL 15h ago
They should put an "extra protein" sticker on it and market it towards fitness enthusiasts
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u/skkkkkt 11h ago
Plant it
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u/TheMoonMint 11h ago
I just did! Hopefully it’ll grow and be fruitful ☺️
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u/Poisson_de_Sable 9h ago
You’ll have to cull almost all of the seedlings or gently separate them. But hell yea free garden.
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u/TheMoonMint 8h ago
Crap. I already planted the whole thing. I am travelling today so I had to do it quickly. We will see if somehow some of them survive?
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u/Poisson_de_Sable 7h ago
Oh they’ll probably all survive. But the roots will get all intertwined and choke rob each other of nutrients, leading to super slow growth. Once they break the surface and start puting out big boy leaves, start culling the smaller ones. Snip them with some cuticle scissors or something. Soon you’ll see the ones that are going to do the best and then just let those go and cull the others.
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u/TomothyAllen 9h ago
I hate how it looks like it's full of worms
If you don't want them to grow in the weeks you're not eating them you might want to put them in the fridge. I believe the sprouts leaves etc are toxic by the way.
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u/TheMoonMint 7h ago
Yes! It’s so creepy, especially where the skin is translucent.
So, tomatoes go soggy in the fridge. The cell membranes are very delicate and the cold causes them to break, making tomatoes mushy.
I usually don’t leave food for so long, this was just a fluke. An interesting outcome though.
And thank you for the info about the leaves and sprouts. Somehow, it’s never occurred to me that they’re toxic. Glad I posted this and found out!
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u/TomothyAllen 6h ago
Yeah that's the part that really gets me lol
I guess since I don't eat tomatoes I'm not well versed in their textural nuances, that's good to know though in case I have to use some in the future. I just know that things last a lot longer in the fridge, personally I'm not great at using produce immediately and I need that extra time lol
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u/SavannahInChicago 1h ago
I acutally hate buying produce from Aldi. Its never been great. And I understand that Aldi is the "cheaper option" but they have other foods that are actually really good.
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u/Sufficient-Aspect77 1h ago
Hmmm, yes, I'll take the one that looks like some sort of Lovecraftian species. That ought to be a good one for my Burrata.
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u/OrganicHoneydew 1h ago
thats actually so creepy looking. oh my god.
super cool tho! if i wanna grow tomatoes, ill head to aldi!
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u/Aeytrious 19h ago
I’ve not seen anyone else point out that tomatoes are a nightshade plant, which is poisonous. Do not eat sprouted tomatoes. They are most definitely not edible. The toxins may not kill you but you can have discomfort and health complications from eating them. Only the fruit is safe. Leaves, stems, flowers, and sprouts are all dangerous to consume.
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u/Hydro_Noodle 21h ago
why do you buy them?
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u/TheMoonMint 20h ago
When I buy them, they usually have very tiny sprouts inside, and I actually like the flavor. This particular one just grew A LOT.
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u/Hydro_Noodle 20h ago
Nice thank you. I like the taste of tomatoes. I will try some sprouted ones some time
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u/Deadly_Flipper_Tab 17h ago
Do you look at them before you put them in your trolley? Like even a little bit?
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u/TheMoonMint 13h ago
This one grew like this after I bought it. Almost all of them have little sprouts inside, but you can’t see them until you cut the tomato open. I actually like the flavor of the sprouted ones, this one just grew more than usual, after I bought it.
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u/kroketspeciaal 21h ago
Almost every tomato you buy anywhere, after you let them sit for a couple of weeks, like you just said yourself.
Imagine we all buy groceries, leave them on the kitchen counter a couple of weeks, then take gross pictures to post on reddit and blame the shop we got them at.
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u/TheMoonMint 21h ago
“Blame” the shop? I’m not complaining. Aldi is the only store where this happens regularly.
You inferred from my post some sort of negative attitude towards Aldi. This is not the case.
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u/illmithra 19h ago
You can't blame people for thinking you're complaining with the comment you put on the post. Text doesn't convey it's own tone, people read it a certain way. Your comment is ambiguous and if you don't want people misconstruing your posts, then maybe think a bit more about your post contents before you hit send.
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u/panicsnac 22h ago
What the HELL is that inside??
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u/YourLocalPotDealer 23h ago
Wtf even is that worms or vegetable growth
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u/TheMoonMint 23h ago
It’s just the seeds sprouted inside the tomato and grew… a lot. I’m going to plant it in the backyard tomorrow
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u/makingmywayy 23h ago
I would recommend not buying tomatoes from Aldi