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[–] xorollo@leminal.space 60 points 4 months ago (1 children)

What's the texture situations on these?

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 39 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I imagined one is like a potato and the other a tomato, just with the flavours swapped.

[–] xorollo@leminal.space 21 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Ok then I'm definitely going for the pomato. That's basically like a mashed potato in a nice skin to help keep it's shape.

[–] neo2478@sh.itjust.works 13 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Nah, that would be like watery soupy mashed potato. Plus I guess it would taste like raw potato

[–] xorollo@leminal.space 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Neo, why can't you let me have my to-go mashed potatoes head cannon?! What did I ever do to you?!?!

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[–] smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works 45 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Can I make pomato fries? Do they need ketchup?

[–] tal@lemmy.today 24 points 4 months ago (1 children)

"What this tomato needs is some tomato sauce."

[–] Klear@quokk.au 7 points 4 months ago

Pomato sauce

[–] Asafum@lemmy.world 17 points 4 months ago

"Eureka! I have invented the self-ketchuping french fry!"

[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 37 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Totato. I like the flavor, but not the texture, of tomatoes.

[–] Nuerion@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago

i was gonna comment the same exact thing lol

[–] snek_boi@lemmy.ml 25 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

To me it's obviously the potato that tastes like tomato. I use tomatoes in so many dishes. Potatoes don't taste nearly as good as a tomato. Heck, even fried potatoes need tomato: fries with ketchup!

[–] Purple_drink@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Absolutely. There's no real use for the opposite.

[–] neo2478@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago

It would be just a shitty watery potato

[–] Rhoeri@piefed.world 18 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Could you imagine if this was a thing? Foods with flavor profiles switched with texture profiles of other foods?

Think about it:

We could actually achieve…. STEAK fries.

[–] AstroLightz@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

This is/was a thing with the Grapple. NileRed made a video on it on their NileBlue channel.

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[–] 30p87@feddit.org 14 points 4 months ago
[–] callyral@pawb.social 13 points 4 months ago

Totato, tomato taste without the weird gross tomato texture.

[–] lemmylump@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Tomacco

Look homer that idea has already been tried.

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] MagicShel@lemmy.zip 8 points 4 months ago

What a wonderful phrase!

[–] AllHailTheSheep@sh.itjust.works 10 points 4 months ago

totato fries with pomato ketchup sounds like a great way to convince someone their having a stroke

[–] tal@lemmy.today 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Dice 'em both, cook 'em together and eat them both.

Tomato and potato work together, so I figure that totato and pomato should too.

[–] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 4 months ago

Totato because I don't like the texture of tomatoes.

[–] Sumocat@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

Totato. I add tomato flavoring to potato a lot, but never the other way around.

[–] Admetus@sopuli.xyz 5 points 4 months ago

Is the pomato cooked first? If not, then I'd rather have the totato.

[–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 5 points 4 months ago

Fried green pomato.

Also like ever bite into a raw potato? Even if it tasted like tomato that is a hard no.

[–] essell@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

I believe when they bred the Pomato they were quite poisonous, so the other one

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[–] orenj@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 4 months ago

Gimme a knife and a crockpot and some spices, i'll take five of each

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Can we cook them? If not, I want the tomato that tastes like potato. If we can cook them, switch that.

[–] FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Absolutely.

[–] percent@infosec.pub 3 points 4 months ago
[–] RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 3 points 4 months ago

Is cutting out my tongue an option

[–] HurricaneLiz@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Totato for sure, potatoes taste gross 😂

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago (4 children)

This triggered me. Please don't speak ill of potatoes. Are you even okay!?

[–] nagaram@startrek.website 3 points 4 months ago

It depends on raw or cooked.

If both options are cooked and line up so

A Totato has the texture of a coooked potato with the flavor of a cooked tomato, I'm 100% down

Pomato though... Idk. I'm imaging a pomato sauce and I think it would just be mixed mashed potatoes and spaghetti ya know? Not repulsive, but not desirable.

And if we're talking eating it raw? Totato without question. Rough texture sure, but I'd get through it .

[–] gerryflap@feddit.nl 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Come back to be me when you've experienced the fine Dutch Cuisine of boiled potatoes, plain vegetables, and watery meat as the primary dish of your childhood. Occasionally the boiled potatoes are mixed with slightly undercooked potato slices, and potentially the spices kerrie or nutmeg may be added when the culinary level is exceptionally high that day.

I know potatoes can be better, but unless they're fried I honestly don't want them in my house anymore

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Everything in that dish should have been seasoned and roasted instead of boiled

[–] IronBird@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

look, if you need to deep fry or smother something in butter for it too taste good...it doesn't taste good

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Then literally nothing tastes good.

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[–] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

you watch your fucking mouth

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[–] Pika@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago

pomato hands down.

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[–] JackFrostNCola@aussie.zone 2 points 4 months ago

Totato seems fairly practical, if you slice thin enough it could create interesting burgers or salads, however if you could turn Pomato into mashed potato it could save a bunch of effort mashing...

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago

Potato flavored tomato? A bland tomato? I already eat those fried with egg wash and cornmeal. (One large tomato is enough for 1-2 people, don’t repeat my mistake. We ate fried green tomatoes for days in multiple forms.)

A tomato flavored potato? That’ll condense some of my recipes and ruin others. But also a yes.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 2 points 4 months ago

Neither. If I want to taste a tomato, I'll eat a tomato.

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