[4ad]

I was born in Romania, visited there less than two weeks ago, and now I am in the United States. This is simply not true at all. Tomatoes in Romania taste exactly the same as tomatoes in the United States (e.g. bland).

Even tomatoes bought from farmer's market are not much better because they don't use the tastiest varieties of tomatoes.

[mclion]

In the winter tomatoes have no taste. Real tomatoes are a summer plant. Ask your parents. ;)

[4ad]

I don't have to ask anybody, I have lived in Romania for 21 years. Summer tomatoes that are not specially sourced are just as crappy in Romania, Austria, and United States. Slightly better at the farmer's market though. I have also lived in rural Romania for many months at a time, in the summer, for over a decade, and have grown tomatoes myself.

The only time I ever got good tomatoes was at some tomato faire, or some special organic farmer's market (in the summer, of course). And every time it was outside Romania.

The idea that food in Romania is somehow unaffected by global economic development is a myth that has to die.