The Ugly Tomatoe

I heard a very interesting piece on The Splendid Table this weekend about the UglyRipe Tomato. It is a tomato that is not allowed to be shipped out of Florida by the Florida Tomato Committee because it isn't pretty enough. The UglyRipe has a reputation for having a great taste and was developed for taste not stamina on store shelves. It means that we could be eating good tasting tomatoes year round if not for the Florida Tomato Committee. Well this was the first I had heard of this, but looking on the web there is quite a bit about it. Wikipedia of course has a good write up.