Thank you so much for sharing this important information! We really have to shop carefully to avoid these Frankenfoods Samantha. For some reason I have been unsubscribed to many of my favorite Substacks, so I haven't received notices in my email or feed! I just added you back, in case you see I'm subscribing to you again.
I'll keep your husband and you in my prayers. 51 is young! 🙏✨💜
Great to hear from you again Gluck. Thanks for the update on DS and his healing hip. The garden looks amazing. My thoughts and prayers are with you and yours!
Thank you, Ishmael! I’m so grateful for his recovery and it looks like he may go back to work next week in a limited capacity. Our garden is truly a gift from the Lord. We have had some issues with a new pest this year, but have found a solution using LOTS of food grade diatomaceous earth.
Hmm I’ve grown several of the blue and purple varieties for a few years now but assumed those came about from other nightshady encounters. They certainly don’t turn solid purple inside like that! Plenty of ways to get anthocyanins otherwise. Must be a low acid tomato to not turn pink?
Right — the ones I’ve grown have blue or purple on the skin. Thought that works outside the fruit, but I guess am surprised its still purple inside what I thought would be a pretty acidic fruit.
Yes it's odd that it's purple throughout and not just a little purple, but REALLY purple. Why would the purple color on the inside make it even more acidic than typical tomatoes? Aren't regular tomatoes fairly acidic? I know nothing about this aspect of things. There's so much I need to learn!
Actually it was the other way, less acidic, but also I was wrong how acidic things need to be to make anthocyanins turn pink. Tomatoes are usually with a ph around 4, which is still in the purple range. Maybe its a useful way to know your sauce is acidic enough for canning (though I think cooking breaks that down)
My wife had surgery recently also, and the mate is so helpless during the proceedure, and it's tense to say the least. All is well that ends well. glad you two are back home and moving onward.
On these tomatoes, are they healthy or not? Not all hybrids are necessarily bad, some are good. My wife's lillies are so colorful and hybrids for example, but not for eating of course!
I’m glad your wife is faring well. Yes, he was quite in need of my constant assistance for about three weeks. We’re in the 4th week and it’s finally getting better — not normal, but better. The physical therapy 3x a week is really helping.
As far as these tomatoes go, they aren’t hybrids. They’re entirely new creations made in a lab through gene splicing. From what I understand about hybrids (which isn’t that much) are created by grafting or cross-pollination, so they’re safe. The thing I don’t like about many hybrids is that you can’t save their seeds and then successfully grow your own.
My prayers continue. I assumed they were working, but then I realized Yuri B was doing all the heavy lifting ;)
Ah, the frankenfruit! You noted '[T]he goal of the researchers seems (on its face) fairly righteous ...' 'on its face' being the key words.
YouTube, owned by Google, will likely deplatform any critical thinking. There's undoubtedly some sleazy corporate agenda afoot - at the very least. I expect YouTube will censor even the obvious questions:
Since we have natural, delicious sources of acanthocyanin already, blueberries and blackberries, what exactly is the point of mutating a tomato? Let's just eat the berries. Why did the researchers use snapdragon genes instead of berry genes? Do the altered genes cause the frankenfruit to produce more of any substance besides acanthocyanin? Do they cause it to produce less of any nutrient we'd expect in a normal tomato?
Haha that’s a funny clip and goes perfectly with my article! And all of those questions you posed MUST be answered, but I won’t hold my breath. Oh it’s ALL of everyone’s prayers that have helped us so much, Jack.
Hahahaha Justin! Look above for a comment from Jack McCord in which he links that very Simpsons episode. I never watched The Simpsons, but have seen various clips (mostly) due to the DS and the episode clip Jack posted is spot on!
Haha we started with 4 duck (I may have told you this), but THREE of them turned out to be males and two of the males were trying to KILL the other male. I deemed the persecuted male saved and DS took the other two to be "processed." They are now in our extra meat freezer.
Thank you so much for sharing this important information! We really have to shop carefully to avoid these Frankenfoods Samantha. For some reason I have been unsubscribed to many of my favorite Substacks, so I haven't received notices in my email or feed! I just added you back, in case you see I'm subscribing to you again.
I'll keep your husband and you in my prayers. 51 is young! 🙏✨💜
I wish your husband a speedy recovery. 🙏
Thank you, Troy!
Great to hear from you again Gluck. Thanks for the update on DS and his healing hip. The garden looks amazing. My thoughts and prayers are with you and yours!
Thanks Lawdog! I’ve missed you and my other “regulars” here.
It’s such wonderful news about DS, and so wonderful to see the garden!
Thank you, Ishmael! I’m so grateful for his recovery and it looks like he may go back to work next week in a limited capacity. Our garden is truly a gift from the Lord. We have had some issues with a new pest this year, but have found a solution using LOTS of food grade diatomaceous earth.
Hmm I’ve grown several of the blue and purple varieties for a few years now but assumed those came about from other nightshady encounters. They certainly don’t turn solid purple inside like that! Plenty of ways to get anthocyanins otherwise. Must be a low acid tomato to not turn pink?
Hope the hip recovery is speedy!
Oh and thank you for your prayers and well wishes! 💗
Yes we have purple and blueish varieties too, but they’re all heirloom and natural. THESE are brand new on our market and are genetically created.
Right — the ones I’ve grown have blue or purple on the skin. Thought that works outside the fruit, but I guess am surprised its still purple inside what I thought would be a pretty acidic fruit.
Yes it's odd that it's purple throughout and not just a little purple, but REALLY purple. Why would the purple color on the inside make it even more acidic than typical tomatoes? Aren't regular tomatoes fairly acidic? I know nothing about this aspect of things. There's so much I need to learn!
Actually it was the other way, less acidic, but also I was wrong how acidic things need to be to make anthocyanins turn pink. Tomatoes are usually with a ph around 4, which is still in the purple range. Maybe its a useful way to know your sauce is acidic enough for canning (though I think cooking breaks that down)
Yes for canning, we still add lemon juice even when tomatoes are the main ingredient.
My wife had surgery recently also, and the mate is so helpless during the proceedure, and it's tense to say the least. All is well that ends well. glad you two are back home and moving onward.
On these tomatoes, are they healthy or not? Not all hybrids are necessarily bad, some are good. My wife's lillies are so colorful and hybrids for example, but not for eating of course!
I’m glad your wife is faring well. Yes, he was quite in need of my constant assistance for about three weeks. We’re in the 4th week and it’s finally getting better — not normal, but better. The physical therapy 3x a week is really helping.
As far as these tomatoes go, they aren’t hybrids. They’re entirely new creations made in a lab through gene splicing. From what I understand about hybrids (which isn’t that much) are created by grafting or cross-pollination, so they’re safe. The thing I don’t like about many hybrids is that you can’t save their seeds and then successfully grow your own.
My prayers continue. I assumed they were working, but then I realized Yuri B was doing all the heavy lifting ;)
Ah, the frankenfruit! You noted '[T]he goal of the researchers seems (on its face) fairly righteous ...' 'on its face' being the key words.
YouTube, owned by Google, will likely deplatform any critical thinking. There's undoubtedly some sleazy corporate agenda afoot - at the very least. I expect YouTube will censor even the obvious questions:
Since we have natural, delicious sources of acanthocyanin already, blueberries and blackberries, what exactly is the point of mutating a tomato? Let's just eat the berries. Why did the researchers use snapdragon genes instead of berry genes? Do the altered genes cause the frankenfruit to produce more of any substance besides acanthocyanin? Do they cause it to produce less of any nutrient we'd expect in a normal tomato?
What else might be going on here?
Here's a fun video clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX08tDXPnz0
Haha that’s a funny clip and goes perfectly with my article! And all of those questions you posed MUST be answered, but I won’t hold my breath. Oh it’s ALL of everyone’s prayers that have helped us so much, Jack.
Best to you all! God is good. I appreciate the update. ♥♥♥
Thank you so much, Sadie. It has been trying, but rewarding.
Glad to hear DS is recovering well.
Thank you Kurt!
Praying for you, DS, and your family!
Thank you so very much, Yuri.
Very interesting Justin! We grow Russian heirloom tomatoes called Black Krim.
Hahahaha Justin! Look above for a comment from Jack McCord in which he links that very Simpsons episode. I never watched The Simpsons, but have seen various clips (mostly) due to the DS and the episode clip Jack posted is spot on!
OMG! Hahahah "Pinchie" got what he wanted, I guess. So did two of our ducks...
Haha we started with 4 duck (I may have told you this), but THREE of them turned out to be males and two of the males were trying to KILL the other male. I deemed the persecuted male saved and DS took the other two to be "processed." They are now in our extra meat freezer.
Checking out your video now!