sodium could be good. celery can already taste slightly salty depending on where you get it, but i'd love to see it amped up. a naturally-salted tomato or pineapple would hit unbelievably hard - ThreadSky

jonbois.bsky.social • 165 days ago

sodium could be good. celery can already taste slightly salty depending on where you get it, but i'd love to see it amped up. a naturally-salted tomato or pineapple would hit unbelievably hard

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What properties and features would you like to see from a new vegetable?

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forgottenboy.bsky.social•165 days ago

Salty green apples

violetstargazer.bsky.social•165 days ago

Meat's coming along well. Sauce is brown, pasta is thickening.

thesmokeshow.bsky.social•165 days ago

A savory citrus

thesmokeshow.bsky.social•165 days ago

Like give me a cross of Herbes de Provence, Lemon, Grapefruit and Fennel

willandreason.bsky.social•165 days ago

Something with a natural bbq flavor

kaiten9653.bsky.social•165 days ago

Pineapple and mango with natural Tajin flavor would slap.

darosenthal.bsky.social•165 days ago

meatsquash

nier63.bsky.social•165 days ago

Self salting heirloom tomatoes.
Brilliant.

radthundercat.bsky.social•165 days ago

And maybe a tomato with less mucus substance?

Wouldn’t be great for sauces but perfect for sandwiches and whatnot

justinkramp.bsky.social•165 days ago

If celery tasted like chili cheese Fritos the obesity crisis would end

ncsteve.bsky.social•165 days ago

Just the idea of a naturally saltier tomato makes me want to go downstairs to the kitchen and start some bacon frying.

tmariis.bsky.social•165 days ago

What about salicornia? Granted, I wouldn't pair them with meat, but with anything from the sea they're excellent.

mpbx3003.bsky.social•165 days ago

Watermelon that's the exact level of salty as Gatorade naturally would be incredible in the summer.

realfrankbrank.bsky.social•165 days ago

a pineapple that can grow a pizza underneath it

lettucewrangler.bsky.social•165 days ago

Jon, there are already a bunch of salty vegetables like agretti and saltwort. They just aren't very popular in the US.
Which is always confusing to me.

lettucewrangler.bsky.social•165 days ago

They are also breeding a salty flavor into tomatoes as well.
Varieties like Kakao and Kumato are frequently described as "lightly salted" in taste tests.
I grow kakao, and people do like it a lot

cornbreadwilson.bsky.social•165 days ago

I’m loving looking for more of a single serve eggplant. The Japanese are close.

arboviral.bsky.social•165 days ago

Samphire?

jarvitron.bsky.social•165 days ago

Potassium for me please

pnc.bsky.social•165 days ago

how did "except for those naturally occurring nitrates and nitrites in celery powder" write this skeet

snugcrow.bsky.social•165 days ago

tangent but a mechanic in my favorite fork of space station 13 is botanical gene splicing. i think you'd like it, conceptually. one time i managed to make a strain of tobacco that contained more eggnog than nicotine. fabulous game. anyway i agree they should make a sodium-rich vegetable or fruit 👍