A Romanian’s observation who cannot decompose a tomato. The man claims he bought tomatoes from the store a month ago and, leaving one uneaten, decided to put it in a specially designed basin for maceration. He was quite surprised to see that all the other food items placed in the basin had decomposed, yet the tomato remained intact after a week in the presence of bacteria meant to help produce compost.
What are the tomatoes sprayed with that end up on store shelves? This is the question on many citizens’ lips after seeing a Romanian’s post, which mentions that more than a month after purchase, a tomato remained intact, without spoiling or molding. When placed in the maceration basin, the tomato still looks as beautiful as on the first day.
A man posted on Facebook, in a group of farmers, two pictures showing how a tomato bought from the market refuses to decompose. Even in the specially designed basin for maceration filled with bacteria and fungi, the tomato heroically resisted, prompting the man to share the pictures with an acidic comment.
A tomato bought over a month ago and left in the maceration basin. I don’t know what they put in them, but my peaches spoil within 3-4 days after harvesting. Inspections are only done in markets to target small producers, while in hypermarkets, inspections are merely superficial. P.S. The basin contains almost all the fungi and bacteria that should have decomposed the tomato long ago, yet the tomato seems to kill everything in the basin, the man noted, astonished by his discovery.
Following his post, comments appeared immediately. Dozens of people appreciated that the fruits and vegetables from stores lack flavor and are so heavily sprayed with chemicals that they resist for years without major changes. Half-jokingly, half-seriously, some say that nowadays, tomatoes are more than just a box or container. Not just tomatoes are like this.
Tomatoes bought from markets, forgotten for months in bags, look as they did at purchase.
Others have had similar experiences, claiming they found tomatoes forgotten for months in bags and boxes that looked almost as fresh as when purchased.
I had a tomato from the supermarket hidden under a chair in my house; it stayed there for over 6 months, and when I found it, it was a bit wrinkled, but not even mold had touched it—the tomato looked almost new. I don’t know what they spray them with, but they can easily stay on the shelf for several months. I harvested large tomatoes from the garden into two basins, and by Friday, half of one basin was already spoiled, shared an internet user.
Another shared an older experience: It happened to me too, about 15 years ago, to forget some tomatoes in a plastic bag, and after a month or two, they were fresh, just like when I bought them.
