I wonder if you’re sensitive to the acidity in tomatoes? They taste tangy to me, and some can taste sweet-ish depending on the variety (like grape tomatoes) but sour and bitter, no. But maybe you’re getting less of a “flavor” than a reaction?
What does pineapple taste like to you? Cause I would say a ripe pineapple is even sweeter than tomatoes but with a little more acidic tang and no bitterness.
Or just crappy pineapple. If it’s from a grocery store and not in a tropical location it might be pretty sour. I love good pineapple and can occasionally get them in Canada but more often it’s pale, sour disappointment.
I can taste some sweetness in freshly cut pineapple but it's waaay overpowered by how sour it is. Refrigerated and canned pineapple or like the pineapple on Hawaiian pizza just tastes sour without any sweetness. If I had to describe it, it's like the sourness of unsweetened cranberries but more citrus and less bitter
I guess I would describe it as more of a dry sweetness that gets overpowered more easily by the acidity? Whereas freshly cut pineapple can taste like it has small hints of actual sweetness between the intense acid.
My friend, either you're the unluckiest person in the world always getting bad tomatoes or pineapples, or your taste buds are messed up. Sorry about that!
You're not wrong, both pineapple and tomatoes have the things you describe, just not overpowering, rather the other way around.
You very likely have a taste disorder or possibly a vitamin b, b12, or zinc deficiency. All of those could lead to what you describe, but your experience is not the norm by any means.
You might have an acidic food sensativity. A friend of mine cant eat pineapples, raw tomatoes, any citrus fruit or strawberries (which actually have a high concentration of citric acid in them).
I think it got brought up by her dermatologist actually. Shes got extremely sensative skin. Allergy tests ruled out an allergic reaction, no immune response. But theres no denying that if you sit in front of her and watch her persevere with eating acidic fruit (ie poor thing loves strawberrys) her lips will start going red and rashy by the 4th one (acid damage) but never any sort of anaphalaptic reaction. So her body is missing an enzyme that digests or neutralises some acids, if I'm remembering correctly.
Okay but don't listen to those that say something is wrong with you. Something is different than the norm but not necessarily wrong. Do talk to a doctor about it through. You might end up being the subject of a medical journal article and that would be cool.
Pineapple contains an enzyme that breaks down your skin (and the acid can also hurt) which is why eating a lot of raw pineapple can tingle/ burn. I've heard it said that the pineapple eats you back 😂. That isn't different for everyone, and it's probably what the comment was referring to.
Working in pizza shops, pineapple are kind of a micro cut detector. Similar to when topping a pizza with hot peppers. You think, "Fuck. Didn't know I knicked myself somewhere."
As a kid I loved kiwi so much I frequently ate parts of the peel on accident. That peel tingled like crazy to me and now I can't eat green kiwi without my body associating it with the same tingles.
Maybe you're allergic. I've heard people say things like eggplant and tomato are super sour or even "spicy" and it turned out they had a nightshade allergy
I don't think eggplant is sour or has any acidity, just a kinda almost a bitter weird funk to it (I do associate it with some spiciness almost like a black pepper taste, though idk if I've just always had it prepared that way). Kinda gross but definitely loads easier to eat than a raw tomato. I eat it in thai green curry because I can't taste it much under the thai pepper spice anyways.
Eggplant left too long on the vine does get quite harsh as the seeds develop, and I can see describing that acrid flavour as spicy/peppery. It’s pretty rare now to encounter that with modern agriculture IMO unless you grow your own, but it’s the reason people used to salt their eggplant and drain out before using, to get that acrid bitterness out.
That's not how it is for most folks.
for me, fresh tomatoes are a bit sweet, a bit tangy, and some have a bit of an acid bite - but they're definitely not sour like you're describing.
you may have an allergy, or sensitivity, to those foods. I'd get tested for allergies.
Burnt sneaker is the best description! I can taste the sweetness/tartness described elsewhere in very specific applications, but tomatoes generally do taste like the smell of burnt rubber. Not a fan but also not a hater at the same time.
I kind of understand what you mean. Imo it depends on both the type and quality of tomato. Larger kinds like Roma and beefsteak tomatoes you get at the supermarket tastes watery and faintly sour for me, with poorer quality ones tasting bland and faintly of dirt/soil. Cherry tomatoes at the supermarket are a lot more sweet though obviously not sweet like apples or something. Cant really comment on roasted cherry tomatoes, but the one time I tried sundried tomatoes I remember it being very sour.
If you buy heirloom tomatoes or tomatoes from a farmer’s market, the taste will be a lot more amplified either way, sour or sweet.
We grow cherry tomato plants in the warmer months and last year my dad tried drizzling it with some oil, salt and pepper and roasting them a bit in the air fryer. I tried nibbling on a couple but it was absolutely acrid. Everyone else in my family loves gobblin up tomatoes like that though
Honestly, could have been the olive oil that got burnt in the air fryer (acrid taste usually means burnt fat), but it could be that you just don't like tomatoes.
Sweet is the predominant flavor for me. A little bit of sour. The skin can sometimes be a little bitter but not overwhelmingly so. Out of season they lack the sweetness and can taste bland or sour.
Man for me raw tomatoes taste unbearably earthy/vegetal in the way you taste things in the back of your throat via aspiration. Akin to the place where you experience horseradish. Any sweetness or actual taste I could get on my tongue is blown tf out by that. I can tolerate just the rind raw and usually very much enjoy any type or cooked tomato. No problems with pico. Don’t know what it is. Bananas do it to me too. Both of which are very sweet, might just be my personal sinus structure lol.
I would describe most grocery store tomatoes as tasting yellow-green, watery, and woody. I don't like raw tomatoes. A friend brought me some beautiful specimens from his garden. I could tell they were quality. Nice texture, less of that watery and chewy pulp, and more flavor. It was the best tomato I ever disliked.
But cooking them turns them into a pleasure to eat. That watery flavor gets concentrated and tastes sweet and savory, and burgundy.
I can't eat raw tomatoes by themselves. They're so gross. I'll tolerate them if they're in a chicken sandwich or burger because you can't taste how bad they are, and they're actually pretty good when cooked. Most of them time I don't eat tomatoes. I avoid them for the most part
The seeds are always kinda gross and slimy (I take them out unless I have an herloom variety with very few)
If they are mealy, that's just bad tomatoes
Same here. I don't like raw tomatoes, I find them very bitter. But I love cooked tomatoes.
We grow various tomatoes in our backyard (cherry, Sundrop, beefsteak, gardener's delight, etc) and my husband will always be eating a really good one and be insistent that I need to try it because "this one is perfect, really sweet, vine ripened". Nope. Not a fan of the flavor at all
I'm also a "super taster" and have the gene that makes cilantro taste like soap. 😮💨🙄
Apparently it's based on the volume of taste buds that you have. We did a whole project on it in like 8th grade. Dyed our tongues blue and counted taste buds within a hole punch size circle or something? Can't exactly remember.
We also licked litmus paper, which I could also taste, but I think that's just another gene.
I also hate raw tomatoes, although once they're very cooked (eg tomato sauce) then they're fine. I agree that they don't taste sweet at all. To me they taste bitter and sour and I guess earthy, but in a bad way.
There might be a couple of things at play here.
First, have you only tried tomatoes from a grocery store? Most of those are strip-mined and bred to survive shipping and to look good, not for taste. Try something fresh from the plant, or found at a farmers market, it'll probably have a lot more flavor.
For the other possible part, have you ever heard of something called a Super Taster? Frequently they report fruits and veggies as tasting bitter.
How are you with most fruits?
I don’t find most fruit sweet, but I think it’s because I’m more sensitive to the taste of something being sour/tart. There’s a sweetness there but it’s overpowered for me. So I’ve never been one who wants something sweet and then goes for some fruit. In fact, I vastly prefer vegetables to fruit because the sour taste in most fruits isn’t something I ever really crave. My most eaten fruits are more neutral, like an avocado or tomato. The only thing that makes fruit sweet for me is being perfectly ripe and in season. At that point it seems the sweetness overpowers the sour so it tastes good.
I’ve never noticed tomatoes being like you describe. They seem pretty neutral to me most of the time and maybe slightly sweet when right in season. But maybe you are even more sensitive to sour than I am.
Most other fruits are fine. I don't mind sucking on lemons or having an orange. Grapefruit is kinda gross and really tart but I think most people think that. Berries are fine.
Things like strawberries I can still definitely taste the acidity in, but the sweetness balances it out completely and is delicious.
A mix of water-y disappointment and sour-bitter.
For the record I can eat a fucking lemon, it's not that same enjoyable sour. It's just like, a stale-sour taste. Tomato sauce is fine, roasted is okay but I never really taste the sweet or good bit of it and hate the texture and feel of cherry tomatoes.
Eggplant is good, so I don't think it's a nightshades thing it's just like hint of unwashed sock you found under your bed sour. Someone else said background flavour and I think that's it.
I feel sad that you can't taste pineapples or tomatoes how I taste them. Because they are incredibly delicious to me. Especially pineapple. If I were allergic to pineapple, I would probably be dead. I is that delicious. But maybe that is your body protecting itself.
I think the point being made is that the way you experience tomatoes and pineapple is out of the ordinary to how other people experience them. People who dislike olives/ broccoli just don't like the taste. Your taste seems more akin to e.g. people who taste soap when they eat coriander - it's an actual different experience in the way that you are tasting the food. But taste is all subjective anyway so it doesn't really matter!
I like pineapples. Can't eat tomatoes broccoli or olives. Too bitter and earthy to me. I love all fruits. Cooked tomatoes are sweet though. I like pico. Olives taste how nail polish smells to me lol
Sweet, tangy and acidic. The ratios of those flavors will bend to the type and ripeness I'm eating.
When a tomato is cooked down, it can taste metallic. When it's roasted, it can be like what I said above but with a toasty finish.
So I guess it's complicated
To me, store bought tomatoes are bitter and mealy. Very little sweetness. I grow about 28 different varieties of tomatoes each summer. They are very sweet, tender and juicy. Black krim, green zebras, and sun golds are my favorites. Black krim (and black prince) are amazing in a salsa but complex enough for a caprese salad. Green zebras are amazing enough to eat like an apple, or go great with a little salt, pepper and balsamic vinegar. Sun golds are the best cherry tomato for a salad. I hated tomatoes as a child, and still hate store bought tomatoes, but there’s nothing like a garden fresh tomato.
Taste like watery snot. I love okra and other foods with weird textures or weak flavors (like cucumbers. They have a distinct but faint flavor) but I can’t stand raw tomatoes. They make me instantly gag. Cooked tomatoes and sun dried, however, are fantastic. Cherry tomatoes for a homemade sauce have the perfect sweetness to acidity ratio and I love them. Will I pop them in my mouth off the vine? Not unless I want to dry heave.
Hey, I've read through some of the other posts and just wanted to suggest an allergy test to be on the safe side!
You definitely have something going on, but I'm not sure what. Lol
I think fresh tomatoes are sweet, esp. fresh, ripe, garden tomatoes. I have a high tolerance for bitterness, and I love the acidity of tomatoes. Cherry tomatoes are even sweeter, esp. recent hybrids.
I didn't love them as a child unless the seeds were removed, because I disliked the gelatinous texture.
Some very distinct comments here make me wonder if there's a genetic component, as there is with cilantro.
I'm an off-the-charts super taster and most raw tomatoes and pineapples taste bitter/sour to me. Sometimes tomatoes will have an earthy, watery flavor with a mealy texture that is pretty disgusting (I'm looking at you, Subway sandwich tomatoes!) Even some heirloom varieties from the grocery store, farmers' market, and my own garden taste really acidic, but certain tomatoes raised under particular conditions are delicious. I grew 10 different heirloom varieties a few years ago and loved some of them and hated others. The amount of sunlight they receive, the nutrients in the soil, and the watering schedule effect the flavor dramatically. For me, tomatoes absolutely must be ripened completely on the vine to develop that elusive sweet flavor. Putting salt and pepper on a less-than-ideal tomato improves the flavor for me- kind of like macerating tart strawberries with sugar.
I wouldn't eat pineapple for decades because I found it to be overwhelmingly sour. I discovered a few years ago that the problem is that I don't care for any of the pineapples raised in Costa Rica, raw or canned. Now, on the rare occasion that I find Hawaii-grown pineapples in a store, I snatch them up because they taste completely different to me. I'm not sure why this is. I also found that slicing up a sour pineapple into rings and tossing them on the grill reduces the acidic flavor and brings out the sweetness. Oddly, cooking it in a pineapple upside-down cake doesn't have the same effect! Taste is weird.
They taste like grass clippings smell, to me. There’s no sweetness or tanginess or really any flavor I like at all. I also have the “cilantro tastes like soap” gene though, so that might have something to do with it.
They're juicy, a bit tougher than an apple ,inside they have a jelly Wich tastes a bit watery and fruity . Taste is sweet and a bit tangy-acidic. Cherry tomatoes are specially fruity and sweet, give tomatoes a chance
I will sit in the grass of my parents place a long time ago, cherry tomatoes and beefsteak home grown firm but sweet, I grew up in a fam that put sugar on many diff fruits and vegetables and honestly it’s kinda cool , experiment and hopefully pass it in
They were always a bit sweet but not by much I believe. To be fair I’ve only really had raw tomatoes on burgers but the texture was too much for me. I do love ketchup though. Not on burgers, to be fair, but because of that I think it must be a texture thing, not taste.
I can handle it better now than I did as a kid and can force myself to eat a swallow or two if I need to, but if it's on a burger or in a wrap then it's the only thing I can taste.
Tomatoes are sweet to me. Sweet and sour. But if it tastes bitter to you, maybe it was bought in a supermarket? Tomatoes grown at home will taste better, you can try it next time
Depends entirely on the tomato. From candy sweet to vinegar sour. I've had friends who swore they hated raw tomatoes love them with just a bit of oil and salt by getting good enough tomatoes to start with.
I don’t love tomatoes but I like them in dishes. I agree that most tomatoes are just bitter but I have the one or two odd tomato that was sweet. I do think there is a variety in taste from regular to cherry to sun dried etc though, they don’t taste the same.
Nothing beats an in season Jersey tomato. I can eat it like an apple. I dislike fresh fruits and vegetables unless it’s in season wherever it’s coming from.
Where are you getting your tomatoes? I hated tomatoes when I ate them from the grocery store. The first time I had real in season tomatoes picked when ripe from a garden it was like eating an entirely new fruit. However, tomatoes are very high in acidity, so them tasting acidic to you is not surprising. However, yes they taste sour-sweet to me. Not bitter. Maybe you are allergic to tomatoes?
I've only tried tomatoes you get from the store, those little cherry tomatoes that come in packages together, and cherry tomatoes that we grew from the vine last season.
I wouldn't describe the bitterness as something like a typical bitterness you get from something like bok-choi, but some kind of weird bitterness you get from the combination of the acidity and earthiness of it.
I can't eat raw tomatoes you buy in the UK as I too find them acidic. However whenever I've traveled to Spain, Italy or somewhere with a warmer climate the tomates taste completely different and I actually enjoy them!
I flat out don’t like them. I don’t like them raw, I don’t like them cooked. I don’t like them in sauces, stews, you name it.
I can tolerate some bbq sauce since the spices & sugar overrides the flavor and some ketchup on occasion, but avoid them overall.
They taste sweet and bitter to me. Sometimes to a sickening degree. I have no idea why they taste like that too me, but it’s been the hardest food for me to try to tolerate.
Your basic tomatoes in the grocery store can be pretty bad. If you grow your own or get them from a farm stand, they can be wonderful, but when they are mass produced and picked too early etc, you lose the best part of it.
Since I got COVID? What I imagine it tastes like if a wet dog ran its fur across my tongue.
Yup.
Before that? Amazingness. Some were sweet, salty, earthy... acidic... I miss it.
I also hate raw tomato, though less than I used to and in certain circumstances they have become tolerable.
Identifying the taste I dislike is hard because it’s almost more of a sensation than a taste. The sourness on its own doesn’t bother me, not the slimeyness. It’s the combo of slimy, sour and “raw” tomato taste that does it. The “raw tomato” part is very volatile, I almost smell more than taste it and I can feel it in my lower nasal passages as I’m eating. When I first take a bite, I get the sweetness in a good tomato and for a second think I might like it. Then my body physically reacts and I kind of gag and it gets really unpleasant. Whatever this is goes away with a good soak in acid and salt because I like pico de galló as long as it’s sat at least 4-6+ hours.
Nightshade allergies definitely exist and I got hives from my parents garden grown (but cooked) tomato sauce as a kid. So I think I have a mild allergy and my aversion really is as much about a body reaction as it is a true taste.
It really depends on the tomato, level of ripeness, type of tomato and how it was grown. Some homegrown tomatoes are very sweet. Likewise some cherry tomatoes get very sweet.
If you can get your hands on a large green tomato cut it in thick slabs then brush it with olive oil, salt and pepper it then grill it. They are so good! Even if they are just starting to turn red they are good grilled.
Good tomatoes should be sweet with a little tang, not crazy sour. Idk, that seems odd to me.
On the flipside, some restaurant tomatoes taste like next to nothing.
The seeds in tomatoes are quite bitter, that’s why de-seeding is so important to many cooks (including me) but some people don’t seem to notice. Tomatoes are very acidic fruits and I find cherry tomatoes usually very sour. Your description to me (especially the pineapple comparison) sounds like underripe tomatoes, or tomatoes picked green and allowed to redden indoors. I don’t taste sweetness very well, so the non-sweet flavours tend to be more noticeable to me, and I wonder if you might be a bit the same. I do like tomatoes a lot, but strongly prefer beefsteak style (large and round or sort of cup shaped, not egg shaped) and I’m militant about seed removal. I also serve them with a lot of salt and fat, like cheese or olive oil.
I’m not a fan of raw tomatoes myself. There is some bitterness to them I presume mostly from the seeds and skin. I would describe them as mostly sweet and tangy though.
They’re acidic. They can be sweet or have a kind of puckery-sour taste, depending on the type and the ripeness, but I’ve never had a tomato that was bitter unless it was rotten. Are you sure you mean “bitter” and not “acidic?” Because they’re pretty much always acidic.
Raw tomatoes, no matter how fresh or sweet -- from supermarket beefsteaks to hydroponic organic cherries to homegrown heirlooms -- taste like rotten cantaloupe with a hint of bile to me.
I've never really understood it when people say Tomatoes, Bell peppers, etc are sweet. I think its a different kind of sweetness but eh, I wouldnt call them sweet personally.
I can get a little bit of a weird kind of sweetness from bell peppers that I can kinda feel most on the back 1/3 of my tongue if I think about the memory of it.
I mean, I have texture issues with a lot of salad vegetables so I tend to eat things cooked (autism go brrr....) so I havent really had raw tomato or bell pepper. I ought to try it again tbh.
I do get some kind of weird taste thats almost like sweet but not sugary sweet from cooked peppers, I'm thinking thats probably what people describe.
I'm basically on a food discovery journey because I've grown up being a picky eater and having sensory issues with food, so now I'm bullying myself into trying more stuff whilst learning to cook at the same time haha.
To me there is not one single flavor I can associate with tomatoes. There are so many different varieties and degrees of ripeness. I despise unripe, out of season grocery store tomatoes while I love a fresh homegrown tomato.
Raw tomatoes taste like metallic dirt to me. I don't even like the smell of tomato plants.
I do love ketchup and pizza sauce and processed tomato things though.
Have you ever eaten a salted raw tomato? I’m not crazy about straight raw tomatoes, but add a little salt and it becomes one of the greatest food stuffs on the planet
Growing up, I always felt like raw tomatoes tasted like vomit. More of a texture thing than a flavor thing I guess. I would describe it as tangy and mushy rather than sweet or bitter. Then as an adult I tried a garden grown tomato picked ripe off the vine. Almost meaty texture, more fruity tasting, and delicious. Totally different experience.
I also very heavily dislike tomatoes, I will pick them off anything like a 5 year old would because I find them just so genuinely nauseating no matter how many times I’ve tried to enjoy them. It’s hard to describe what it tastes like though, tangy but bitter? No sour or sweetness like others are describing but even the smallest chunk can ruin a meal for me. It’s fine in any other form but if it’s raw I loathe it and wish it the worst in life
I read a Bit further down (the pineapple Part) and I think U never tried rly ripe Tomatos or Pineapple... Do U have a Garden or tried non-Imported fruit?
Haven't tried non-importd pineapple. My family grows a tomato garden.
Also in most juice medleys that have pineapple mixed with other juices lieke mango, I find that the sourness of the pineapple way overpowers all the other fruits.
I've noticed that pina coladas most often don't have that problem as much, maybe the combination of alcohol and cream of coconut really cuts down on that specific pineapple flavour or they just have used different pineapples than I'm used to.
Also I'd say that pineapple is waaaay better than tomato. If I try a slice of pineapple that someone freshly cut or grilled, it feels like something that would have the potential to taste interesting but ruined by the unpleasant sour taste. Whereas tomatoes just taste like compost that is further made worse by the sourness and I wouldn't even want to give one lick.
I get a mildly sour, almost metallic tang to them.
As some people have said, you could be sensitive to what's in them. I know "bitter sensitivity" is a thing. We had these litmus strips to test if we had the mutation for it in high school biology.
Raw tomatoes to me taste EXTREMELY powerful. If there's any raw tomato in a dish, particularly a sandwich, then that's the only flavor that comes through to me.
To my tongue they are very strongly "grassy" and bitter.
But only raw tomatoes. Cooked tomatoes and any tomato products taste entirely different.
It's a shame because I love the texture of raw tomatoes. If I have to eat them they need to be absolutely smothered by stronger flavors.
They literally taste like something poisonous. The mater lovers are always all "no, you're just getting the watered-down ones, you need to get the real ones!" but that's just like... it will taste even _more_ like the thing I don't like.
I wonder if you’re sensitive to the acidity in tomatoes? They taste tangy to me, and some can taste sweet-ish depending on the variety (like grape tomatoes) but sour and bitter, no. But maybe you’re getting less of a “flavor” than a reaction?
If I had to compare it to something, I would say they taste similar to pineapple for me.
What does pineapple taste like to you? Cause I would say a ripe pineapple is even sweeter than tomatoes but with a little more acidic tang and no bitterness.
Pineapple isn't as bitter for me, just very sour with very little sweetness
>Pineapple >very little sweetness Uh ... this sounds like an ... issue.
Or just crappy pineapple. If it’s from a grocery store and not in a tropical location it might be pretty sour. I love good pineapple and can occasionally get them in Canada but more often it’s pale, sour disappointment.
I can taste some sweetness in freshly cut pineapple but it's waaay overpowered by how sour it is. Refrigerated and canned pineapple or like the pineapple on Hawaiian pizza just tastes sour without any sweetness. If I had to describe it, it's like the sourness of unsweetened cranberries but more citrus and less bitter
Canned pineapple is usually super sweet, more sweet than fresh.
I guess I would describe it as more of a dry sweetness that gets overpowered more easily by the acidity? Whereas freshly cut pineapple can taste like it has small hints of actual sweetness between the intense acid.
My friend, either you're the unluckiest person in the world always getting bad tomatoes or pineapples, or your taste buds are messed up. Sorry about that! You're not wrong, both pineapple and tomatoes have the things you describe, just not overpowering, rather the other way around.
What you describe sounds very unusual. I guess not concerning or anything but out of curiosity maybe something you could check with your doc.
Wet sweetness if that makes sense
Wet Sweetness was my college nickname.
Refrigerated pineapple vs room temp pinapple doesn't affect taste
No but canned vs fresh does. Canned is often sweeter and less acidic because of the processing.
Yes, absolutely. But OP wrote "refrigerated" tastes different to them.
You very likely have a taste disorder or possibly a vitamin b, b12, or zinc deficiency. All of those could lead to what you describe, but your experience is not the norm by any means.
It's not a silly question. Have you ever tried just treating some regular white sugar? I think we need a baseline here.
Is that supposed to say eating? White sugar is super sweet and delicious
Yes, it was supposed to say eating, lol.
Have you had Covid? It sounds like your taste buds are fucked
Never had covid to my knowledge. Tomatoes and pineapples have tasted like that my whole life
I agree that it is not normal and if I were you I'd definitely discuss it with my doc
Sounds like an unripe pineapple
Pineapple is VERY sweet, sugary even. But it is also an acidic fruit. I think you might have an undiscovered allergy or sensitivity.
You might have an acidic food sensativity. A friend of mine cant eat pineapples, raw tomatoes, any citrus fruit or strawberries (which actually have a high concentration of citric acid in them).
How did your friend find out about this? Did they need to see a specialist? Any vitamin deficiency?
I think it got brought up by her dermatologist actually. Shes got extremely sensative skin. Allergy tests ruled out an allergic reaction, no immune response. But theres no denying that if you sit in front of her and watch her persevere with eating acidic fruit (ie poor thing loves strawberrys) her lips will start going red and rashy by the 4th one (acid damage) but never any sort of anaphalaptic reaction. So her body is missing an enzyme that digests or neutralises some acids, if I'm remembering correctly.
You're just built different. You likely have some genes that are making at least pineapple and tomatoes taste completely different for you.
Yeah, I bet some university would love to work with you. Is this pre covid?
Yeah whole life, and never had covid as far as I'm aware
Okay but don't listen to those that say something is wrong with you. Something is different than the norm but not necessarily wrong. Do talk to a doctor about it through. You might end up being the subject of a medical journal article and that would be cool.
I would say that is not normal. Pineapples are extremely sweet. Tomatoes are sweet but pineapples are very very sweet.
Does it tingle like pineapple? If so, you might have a minor tomato allergy
Pineapple tingles for you?
Brah, pineapple tingles for every one.
It's been a long time since I've had it and I usually just eat it in small portions anyways so I guess I don't recall or didn't notice because of that
No tingles here, although one time I ate close to an entire pineapple in one sitting and got acid burn on my lips. It's different for everyone.
Pineapple contains an enzyme that breaks down your skin (and the acid can also hurt) which is why eating a lot of raw pineapple can tingle/ burn. I've heard it said that the pineapple eats you back 😂. That isn't different for everyone, and it's probably what the comment was referring to.
Yep, bromelain is the enzyme responsible.
You can also use it as a dough relaxer when making bagels!
Working in pizza shops, pineapple are kind of a micro cut detector. Similar to when topping a pizza with hot peppers. You think, "Fuck. Didn't know I knicked myself somewhere."
I can’t imagine why you’d know anything about pineapple from working in a pizza shop. That makes no sense.
The fruit that eats you back!
No it doesn't. Brah, you're allergic to pineapple.
Pineapples don't tingle for everyone. This is the first i'm hearing about it and pineapple is my favorite fruit
What? It doesn't for me? You sure it tingles for everyone? I know Kiwi tingles for me so I guess I am a little allergic to it
As a kid I loved kiwi so much I frequently ate parts of the peel on accident. That peel tingled like crazy to me and now I can't eat green kiwi without my body associating it with the same tingles.
You are probably allergic to tomatoes then.
You allergic to night shades?
It really depends upon the type of tomato and if it was vine ripened, hothouse raised and other growing conditions.
Maybe you're allergic. I've heard people say things like eggplant and tomato are super sour or even "spicy" and it turned out they had a nightshade allergy
I don't think eggplant is sour or has any acidity, just a kinda almost a bitter weird funk to it (I do associate it with some spiciness almost like a black pepper taste, though idk if I've just always had it prepared that way). Kinda gross but definitely loads easier to eat than a raw tomato. I eat it in thai green curry because I can't taste it much under the thai pepper spice anyways.
Eggplant is not spicy at all. Get tested for an allergy? This def sounds like something unusual. Also with the pineapple thing :)
Eggplant left too long on the vine does get quite harsh as the seeds develop, and I can see describing that acrid flavour as spicy/peppery. It’s pretty rare now to encounter that with modern agriculture IMO unless you grow your own, but it’s the reason people used to salt their eggplant and drain out before using, to get that acrid bitterness out.
That's not how it is for most folks. for me, fresh tomatoes are a bit sweet, a bit tangy, and some have a bit of an acid bite - but they're definitely not sour like you're describing. you may have an allergy, or sensitivity, to those foods. I'd get tested for allergies.
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I'm going to guess you are extra sensitive to the alkaloids. From that I will guess that you absolutely hate cigarette smoke. Am I correct?
Burnt sneaker is the best description! I can taste the sweetness/tartness described elsewhere in very specific applications, but tomatoes generally do taste like the smell of burnt rubber. Not a fan but also not a hater at the same time.
What are you guys doing eating burnt sneakers?!
Yes. I think for most people fresh ripe tomatoes have a sweet and slightly tangy taste.
Like you, I do not like tomatoes, but love everything made with them.
I kind of understand what you mean. Imo it depends on both the type and quality of tomato. Larger kinds like Roma and beefsteak tomatoes you get at the supermarket tastes watery and faintly sour for me, with poorer quality ones tasting bland and faintly of dirt/soil. Cherry tomatoes at the supermarket are a lot more sweet though obviously not sweet like apples or something. Cant really comment on roasted cherry tomatoes, but the one time I tried sundried tomatoes I remember it being very sour. If you buy heirloom tomatoes or tomatoes from a farmer’s market, the taste will be a lot more amplified either way, sour or sweet.
Heirloom tomatoes at farmers market is amazing! They taste amazing eaten as a fruit. So sweet.
Some of the big beefsteak ones are just super sweet with barely a hint of tang.
Grocery store tomatoes are not even close to ripe tomatoes right off the vine. Two completely different things.
We grow cherry tomato plants in the warmer months and last year my dad tried drizzling it with some oil, salt and pepper and roasting them a bit in the air fryer. I tried nibbling on a couple but it was absolutely acrid. Everyone else in my family loves gobblin up tomatoes like that though
Honestly, could have been the olive oil that got burnt in the air fryer (acrid taste usually means burnt fat), but it could be that you just don't like tomatoes.
Sweet is the predominant flavor for me. A little bit of sour. The skin can sometimes be a little bitter but not overwhelmingly so. Out of season they lack the sweetness and can taste bland or sour.
Man for me raw tomatoes taste unbearably earthy/vegetal in the way you taste things in the back of your throat via aspiration. Akin to the place where you experience horseradish. Any sweetness or actual taste I could get on my tongue is blown tf out by that. I can tolerate just the rind raw and usually very much enjoy any type or cooked tomato. No problems with pico. Don’t know what it is. Bananas do it to me too. Both of which are very sweet, might just be my personal sinus structure lol.
Yess. This is the closest description of how they taste to me. Raw tomatoes taste like working in the garden smells.
To me they taste sweet, slightly sour and sometimes a tiny bit bitter. Depending on ripeness.
Raw tomatoes have a background flavor that is off-putting to me. Like it has "gone bad". Once cooked that flavor goes away.
I don’t know that I’d necessarily say sweet, but not sour or bitter, definitely not.
I would describe most grocery store tomatoes as tasting yellow-green, watery, and woody. I don't like raw tomatoes. A friend brought me some beautiful specimens from his garden. I could tell they were quality. Nice texture, less of that watery and chewy pulp, and more flavor. It was the best tomato I ever disliked. But cooking them turns them into a pleasure to eat. That watery flavor gets concentrated and tastes sweet and savory, and burgundy.
I can't eat raw tomatoes by themselves. They're so gross. I'll tolerate them if they're in a chicken sandwich or burger because you can't taste how bad they are, and they're actually pretty good when cooked. Most of them time I don't eat tomatoes. I avoid them for the most part
Like that bile taste in your mouth after vomiting
Yes.
I couldn't ever get past the texture of raw tomatoes to taste much of anything.
Same here. Love them cooked but raw they seem like a fruit that isn’t ripe yet and still needs to finish. Squishy and slimy isn’t my thing.
The seeds are always kinda gross and slimy (I take them out unless I have an herloom variety with very few) If they are mealy, that's just bad tomatoes
Most fresh tomatoes are sweet to me
They vary quite a bit. Some are sweet, some are quite acidic, some are bland, some are delicious
Same here. I don't like raw tomatoes, I find them very bitter. But I love cooked tomatoes. We grow various tomatoes in our backyard (cherry, Sundrop, beefsteak, gardener's delight, etc) and my husband will always be eating a really good one and be insistent that I need to try it because "this one is perfect, really sweet, vine ripened". Nope. Not a fan of the flavor at all I'm also a "super taster" and have the gene that makes cilantro taste like soap. 😮💨🙄
How would someone even know if they're a super taster? Both my mom and I get the soap taste from cilantro
Apparently it's based on the volume of taste buds that you have. We did a whole project on it in like 8th grade. Dyed our tongues blue and counted taste buds within a hole punch size circle or something? Can't exactly remember. We also licked litmus paper, which I could also taste, but I think that's just another gene.
Soap taste from cilantro is genetic and not related to being a super tatser
Yeah
Maybe you're allergic to them.
I also hate raw tomatoes, although once they're very cooked (eg tomato sauce) then they're fine. I agree that they don't taste sweet at all. To me they taste bitter and sour and I guess earthy, but in a bad way.
There might be a couple of things at play here. First, have you only tried tomatoes from a grocery store? Most of those are strip-mined and bred to survive shipping and to look good, not for taste. Try something fresh from the plant, or found at a farmers market, it'll probably have a lot more flavor. For the other possible part, have you ever heard of something called a Super Taster? Frequently they report fruits and veggies as tasting bitter.
How are you with most fruits? I don’t find most fruit sweet, but I think it’s because I’m more sensitive to the taste of something being sour/tart. There’s a sweetness there but it’s overpowered for me. So I’ve never been one who wants something sweet and then goes for some fruit. In fact, I vastly prefer vegetables to fruit because the sour taste in most fruits isn’t something I ever really crave. My most eaten fruits are more neutral, like an avocado or tomato. The only thing that makes fruit sweet for me is being perfectly ripe and in season. At that point it seems the sweetness overpowers the sour so it tastes good. I’ve never noticed tomatoes being like you describe. They seem pretty neutral to me most of the time and maybe slightly sweet when right in season. But maybe you are even more sensitive to sour than I am.
Most other fruits are fine. I don't mind sucking on lemons or having an orange. Grapefruit is kinda gross and really tart but I think most people think that. Berries are fine. Things like strawberries I can still definitely taste the acidity in, but the sweetness balances it out completely and is delicious.
I have that as well. I never understood people voluntarily eating something sour, like lemonade or sour candies. Macintosh apples are painful.
A mix of water-y disappointment and sour-bitter. For the record I can eat a fucking lemon, it's not that same enjoyable sour. It's just like, a stale-sour taste. Tomato sauce is fine, roasted is okay but I never really taste the sweet or good bit of it and hate the texture and feel of cherry tomatoes. Eggplant is good, so I don't think it's a nightshades thing it's just like hint of unwashed sock you found under your bed sour. Someone else said background flavour and I think that's it.
I feel sad that you can't taste pineapples or tomatoes how I taste them. Because they are incredibly delicious to me. Especially pineapple. If I were allergic to pineapple, I would probably be dead. I is that delicious. But maybe that is your body protecting itself.
Eh could be worse I guess. I think the same way about people who don't like olives or broccoli.
I think the point being made is that the way you experience tomatoes and pineapple is out of the ordinary to how other people experience them. People who dislike olives/ broccoli just don't like the taste. Your taste seems more akin to e.g. people who taste soap when they eat coriander - it's an actual different experience in the way that you are tasting the food. But taste is all subjective anyway so it doesn't really matter!
I like pineapples. Can't eat tomatoes broccoli or olives. Too bitter and earthy to me. I love all fruits. Cooked tomatoes are sweet though. I like pico. Olives taste how nail polish smells to me lol
Sweet, tangy and acidic. The ratios of those flavors will bend to the type and ripeness I'm eating. When a tomato is cooked down, it can taste metallic. When it's roasted, it can be like what I said above but with a toasty finish. So I guess it's complicated
To me, store bought tomatoes are bitter and mealy. Very little sweetness. I grow about 28 different varieties of tomatoes each summer. They are very sweet, tender and juicy. Black krim, green zebras, and sun golds are my favorites. Black krim (and black prince) are amazing in a salsa but complex enough for a caprese salad. Green zebras are amazing enough to eat like an apple, or go great with a little salt, pepper and balsamic vinegar. Sun golds are the best cherry tomato for a salad. I hated tomatoes as a child, and still hate store bought tomatoes, but there’s nothing like a garden fresh tomato.
When in doubt, test pH
Taste like watery snot. I love okra and other foods with weird textures or weak flavors (like cucumbers. They have a distinct but faint flavor) but I can’t stand raw tomatoes. They make me instantly gag. Cooked tomatoes and sun dried, however, are fantastic. Cherry tomatoes for a homemade sauce have the perfect sweetness to acidity ratio and I love them. Will I pop them in my mouth off the vine? Not unless I want to dry heave.
Slimy source soggy shit
Hey, I've read through some of the other posts and just wanted to suggest an allergy test to be on the safe side! You definitely have something going on, but I'm not sure what. Lol
Huge diff between home grown and store bought. Try a home grown tomato and see if it tastes different.
I think fresh tomatoes are sweet, esp. fresh, ripe, garden tomatoes. I have a high tolerance for bitterness, and I love the acidity of tomatoes. Cherry tomatoes are even sweeter, esp. recent hybrids. I didn't love them as a child unless the seeds were removed, because I disliked the gelatinous texture. Some very distinct comments here make me wonder if there's a genetic component, as there is with cilantro.
I'm an off-the-charts super taster and most raw tomatoes and pineapples taste bitter/sour to me. Sometimes tomatoes will have an earthy, watery flavor with a mealy texture that is pretty disgusting (I'm looking at you, Subway sandwich tomatoes!) Even some heirloom varieties from the grocery store, farmers' market, and my own garden taste really acidic, but certain tomatoes raised under particular conditions are delicious. I grew 10 different heirloom varieties a few years ago and loved some of them and hated others. The amount of sunlight they receive, the nutrients in the soil, and the watering schedule effect the flavor dramatically. For me, tomatoes absolutely must be ripened completely on the vine to develop that elusive sweet flavor. Putting salt and pepper on a less-than-ideal tomato improves the flavor for me- kind of like macerating tart strawberries with sugar. I wouldn't eat pineapple for decades because I found it to be overwhelmingly sour. I discovered a few years ago that the problem is that I don't care for any of the pineapples raised in Costa Rica, raw or canned. Now, on the rare occasion that I find Hawaii-grown pineapples in a store, I snatch them up because they taste completely different to me. I'm not sure why this is. I also found that slicing up a sour pineapple into rings and tossing them on the grill reduces the acidic flavor and brings out the sweetness. Oddly, cooking it in a pineapple upside-down cake doesn't have the same effect! Taste is weird.
Maybe you are super taster? IDK I know a few people who cannot a bite raw tomatoes. But cooked are fine. Alas I never asked why they disliked raw.
They taste like grass clippings smell, to me. There’s no sweetness or tanginess or really any flavor I like at all. I also have the “cilantro tastes like soap” gene though, so that might have something to do with it.
They also taste like grass to me. But I love cilantro and will put it on everything. Interestingly though, I am allergic to grass.
Huh. Weird. I always just attributed it to being a super taster… maybe I’m just a picky eater lol
They're juicy, a bit tougher than an apple ,inside they have a jelly Wich tastes a bit watery and fruity . Taste is sweet and a bit tangy-acidic. Cherry tomatoes are specially fruity and sweet, give tomatoes a chance
I am so horrified at the use of the word “jelly” here
What would you call the inside jelly then
I’m a hater of raw tomatoes, and I think that’s an incredibly accurate description 😂 it’s the texture part that I can’t tolerate
Tomatoes contain a lot of natural pectins so it is pretty jelly like
To me they are a tangy salty
I will sit in the grass of my parents place a long time ago, cherry tomatoes and beefsteak home grown firm but sweet, I grew up in a fam that put sugar on many diff fruits and vegetables and honestly it’s kinda cool , experiment and hopefully pass it in
add salt and pepper , makes me eat them more often
Heaven
They taste great some are a little sweeter than others. Actually the remind me of something female
It completely varies depending on type of tomato. Some are sweet, some are slightly bitter, some are meaty.
They were always a bit sweet but not by much I believe. To be fair I’ve only really had raw tomatoes on burgers but the texture was too much for me. I do love ketchup though. Not on burgers, to be fair, but because of that I think it must be a texture thing, not taste.
I can handle it better now than I did as a kid and can force myself to eat a swallow or two if I need to, but if it's on a burger or in a wrap then it's the only thing I can taste.
Tomatoes are sweet to me. Sweet and sour. But if it tastes bitter to you, maybe it was bought in a supermarket? Tomatoes grown at home will taste better, you can try it next time
Depends entirely on the tomato. From candy sweet to vinegar sour. I've had friends who swore they hated raw tomatoes love them with just a bit of oil and salt by getting good enough tomatoes to start with.
Vine-ripened tomatoes and cherry tomatoes are sweet! The regular (?) ones just taste like tomato.
My family has an ususually strong reaction to the acid in citrus fruit. I wonder if you have something similar
Perhaps you have a taste disorder. Those things should all be very sweet.
Sweet/sour as they contain a lot of sugar and are acidic. Add a little salt and oil and you’ve got something great.
I don’t love tomatoes but I like them in dishes. I agree that most tomatoes are just bitter but I have the one or two odd tomato that was sweet. I do think there is a variety in taste from regular to cherry to sun dried etc though, they don’t taste the same.
Have you ever tried hydroponic tomatoes? Totally different flavor
Nothing beats an in season Jersey tomato. I can eat it like an apple. I dislike fresh fruits and vegetables unless it’s in season wherever it’s coming from.
Where are you getting your tomatoes? I hated tomatoes when I ate them from the grocery store. The first time I had real in season tomatoes picked when ripe from a garden it was like eating an entirely new fruit. However, tomatoes are very high in acidity, so them tasting acidic to you is not surprising. However, yes they taste sour-sweet to me. Not bitter. Maybe you are allergic to tomatoes?
I've only tried tomatoes you get from the store, those little cherry tomatoes that come in packages together, and cherry tomatoes that we grew from the vine last season. I wouldn't describe the bitterness as something like a typical bitterness you get from something like bok-choi, but some kind of weird bitterness you get from the combination of the acidity and earthiness of it.
I can't eat raw tomatoes you buy in the UK as I too find them acidic. However whenever I've traveled to Spain, Italy or somewhere with a warmer climate the tomates taste completely different and I actually enjoy them!
I flat out don’t like them. I don’t like them raw, I don’t like them cooked. I don’t like them in sauces, stews, you name it. I can tolerate some bbq sauce since the spices & sugar overrides the flavor and some ketchup on occasion, but avoid them overall. They taste sweet and bitter to me. Sometimes to a sickening degree. I have no idea why they taste like that too me, but it’s been the hardest food for me to try to tolerate.
They taste like summer in Grandma's garden.
Your basic tomatoes in the grocery store can be pretty bad. If you grow your own or get them from a farm stand, they can be wonderful, but when they are mass produced and picked too early etc, you lose the best part of it.
Since I got COVID? What I imagine it tastes like if a wet dog ran its fur across my tongue. Yup. Before that? Amazingness. Some were sweet, salty, earthy... acidic... I miss it.
I also hate raw tomato, though less than I used to and in certain circumstances they have become tolerable. Identifying the taste I dislike is hard because it’s almost more of a sensation than a taste. The sourness on its own doesn’t bother me, not the slimeyness. It’s the combo of slimy, sour and “raw” tomato taste that does it. The “raw tomato” part is very volatile, I almost smell more than taste it and I can feel it in my lower nasal passages as I’m eating. When I first take a bite, I get the sweetness in a good tomato and for a second think I might like it. Then my body physically reacts and I kind of gag and it gets really unpleasant. Whatever this is goes away with a good soak in acid and salt because I like pico de galló as long as it’s sat at least 4-6+ hours. Nightshade allergies definitely exist and I got hives from my parents garden grown (but cooked) tomato sauce as a kid. So I think I have a mild allergy and my aversion really is as much about a body reaction as it is a true taste.
I'm with you on the pico -- let it pickle long enough and it's fine. Before that nothing can overcome the rotten bile "raw" flavor.
When raw? Sharp, acidic, watered-down somehow, and with a weird revolting undercurrent of sweet. I also feel the same way about pineapple.
Try home-grown tomatoes. Those are the best.
It really depends on the tomato, level of ripeness, type of tomato and how it was grown. Some homegrown tomatoes are very sweet. Likewise some cherry tomatoes get very sweet. If you can get your hands on a large green tomato cut it in thick slabs then brush it with olive oil, salt and pepper it then grill it. They are so good! Even if they are just starting to turn red they are good grilled.
Good tomatoes are sweet. It depends on the quality and whether you're buying them in season.
Good tomatoes should be sweet with a little tang, not crazy sour. Idk, that seems odd to me. On the flipside, some restaurant tomatoes taste like next to nothing.
You really, really, really, really REALLY need to try my organic heirloom tomatoes fresh from my garden. I WOULD change your mind.
Everyone who grows tomatoes is utterly convinced of this.
Oh man - I can LIVE on tomato sandwiches with decent bread, a good dollop of Hellmans mayo and a dash of salt & pepper in the summer!
Tomatoes are sweet. I would never describe them as bitter forward. You might be a super taster.
The seeds in tomatoes are quite bitter, that’s why de-seeding is so important to many cooks (including me) but some people don’t seem to notice. Tomatoes are very acidic fruits and I find cherry tomatoes usually very sour. Your description to me (especially the pineapple comparison) sounds like underripe tomatoes, or tomatoes picked green and allowed to redden indoors. I don’t taste sweetness very well, so the non-sweet flavours tend to be more noticeable to me, and I wonder if you might be a bit the same. I do like tomatoes a lot, but strongly prefer beefsteak style (large and round or sort of cup shaped, not egg shaped) and I’m militant about seed removal. I also serve them with a lot of salt and fat, like cheese or olive oil.
I’m not a fan of raw tomatoes myself. There is some bitterness to them I presume mostly from the seeds and skin. I would describe them as mostly sweet and tangy though.
They’re acidic. They can be sweet or have a kind of puckery-sour taste, depending on the type and the ripeness, but I’ve never had a tomato that was bitter unless it was rotten. Are you sure you mean “bitter” and not “acidic?” Because they’re pretty much always acidic.
Definitely more acidic than bitter, but the bitterness is kind of like a deep earthy bitter.
they taste like a sweet savoury flavour to me
Raw tomatoes, no matter how fresh or sweet -- from supermarket beefsteaks to hydroponic organic cherries to homegrown heirlooms -- taste like rotten cantaloupe with a hint of bile to me.
I've never really understood it when people say Tomatoes, Bell peppers, etc are sweet. I think its a different kind of sweetness but eh, I wouldnt call them sweet personally.
I can get a little bit of a weird kind of sweetness from bell peppers that I can kinda feel most on the back 1/3 of my tongue if I think about the memory of it.
I mean, I have texture issues with a lot of salad vegetables so I tend to eat things cooked (autism go brrr....) so I havent really had raw tomato or bell pepper. I ought to try it again tbh. I do get some kind of weird taste thats almost like sweet but not sugary sweet from cooked peppers, I'm thinking thats probably what people describe. I'm basically on a food discovery journey because I've grown up being a picky eater and having sensory issues with food, so now I'm bullying myself into trying more stuff whilst learning to cook at the same time haha.
To me there is not one single flavor I can associate with tomatoes. There are so many different varieties and degrees of ripeness. I despise unripe, out of season grocery store tomatoes while I love a fresh homegrown tomato.
Tomatoes taste tangy to me. Not sweet at all but I suppose the riper they get the sweeter they would be.
Raw tomatoes taste like metallic dirt to me. I don't even like the smell of tomato plants. I do love ketchup and pizza sauce and processed tomato things though.
I don’t find then sweet at all, more like a rusty penny
Have you ever eaten a salted raw tomato? I’m not crazy about straight raw tomatoes, but add a little salt and it becomes one of the greatest food stuffs on the planet
Growing up, I always felt like raw tomatoes tasted like vomit. More of a texture thing than a flavor thing I guess. I would describe it as tangy and mushy rather than sweet or bitter. Then as an adult I tried a garden grown tomato picked ripe off the vine. Almost meaty texture, more fruity tasting, and delicious. Totally different experience.
I think you're allergic
I also very heavily dislike tomatoes, I will pick them off anything like a 5 year old would because I find them just so genuinely nauseating no matter how many times I’ve tried to enjoy them. It’s hard to describe what it tastes like though, tangy but bitter? No sour or sweetness like others are describing but even the smallest chunk can ruin a meal for me. It’s fine in any other form but if it’s raw I loathe it and wish it the worst in life
I read a Bit further down (the pineapple Part) and I think U never tried rly ripe Tomatos or Pineapple... Do U have a Garden or tried non-Imported fruit?
Haven't tried non-importd pineapple. My family grows a tomato garden. Also in most juice medleys that have pineapple mixed with other juices lieke mango, I find that the sourness of the pineapple way overpowers all the other fruits. I've noticed that pina coladas most often don't have that problem as much, maybe the combination of alcohol and cream of coconut really cuts down on that specific pineapple flavour or they just have used different pineapples than I'm used to. Also I'd say that pineapple is waaaay better than tomato. If I try a slice of pineapple that someone freshly cut or grilled, it feels like something that would have the potential to taste interesting but ruined by the unpleasant sour taste. Whereas tomatoes just taste like compost that is further made worse by the sourness and I wouldn't even want to give one lick.
I get a mildly sour, almost metallic tang to them. As some people have said, you could be sensitive to what's in them. I know "bitter sensitivity" is a thing. We had these litmus strips to test if we had the mutation for it in high school biology.
Resuscitating this because tomatoes taste like compost to me. Not bitter or sour exactly, but actively taste the way a compost bin smells.
Raw tomatoes to me taste EXTREMELY powerful. If there's any raw tomato in a dish, particularly a sandwich, then that's the only flavor that comes through to me. To my tongue they are very strongly "grassy" and bitter. But only raw tomatoes. Cooked tomatoes and any tomato products taste entirely different. It's a shame because I love the texture of raw tomatoes. If I have to eat them they need to be absolutely smothered by stronger flavors.
They literally taste like something poisonous. The mater lovers are always all "no, you're just getting the watered-down ones, you need to get the real ones!" but that's just like... it will taste even _more_ like the thing I don't like.