Tomato (Solanum Lycopersicum syn. Lycopersicum esculentum) is a plant of the family Solanaceae, native plant of Central America and South America, from Mexico to Peru. cultivated by the Aztecs and Incas beginning of the year 700 AD, and then introduced to Europe after the Spanish brought it to Europe in the 16th century, Spain was also later brought tomatoes to the Philippines, which is the starting point for the spread to other areas in the entire continent of Asia. The word "tomata" English comes from the original name of the Aztec, tomatl.
There are tomatoes in a range of colors from green when ripe, yellow, orange, red, purple (black), and mottled.
People familiar with the tomato fruits, tomatoes, vegetables and tomatoes. Based on this, the tomato is a function of the classification of fruit and vegetables, although the structure of the tomato is a fruit.
Selecting Tomatoes:
- Choose tomatoes that have not been so red in order to be kept, except when tomatoes will soon be cooked.
- If you want to directly consumed, choose a tree with ripe tomato red color evenly from tip to tip of its fruit stalks.
- Choose tomatoes that weighed according to the size. Tomatoes like it contains a lot of water.
- Choose tomato skin surface smooth, not grooved, or cracks.
- Choose a color other than red tomatoes, fresh and also feels solid in the hand.
Saving Tomato:
Tomatoes do not match stored in the refrigerator. Temperatures below 10 degrees C as in the refrigerator will interfere maturity. Tomatoes will be red in the refrigerator, but no longer contain a lot of water and it was not sweet anymore. Because the tomato flavor is stored in normal air temperatures will be much more delicious than that stored in the refrigerator.
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