[globuous]

Yes !! Tomate à la croque au sel as we call'em !! First time I ate a tomato like that in the US, my american friends made so much fun of me "yo, no way brooo ! he's eating a tomato like an apple, da'fu !! Weird frenchman !!".

I still eat my tomatoes like that every so often, it's so good ! Although I think I end up eating quite a bit of salt when I do that which isn't so good...

[nkozyra]

In my head the biggest problem with this is that tomatoes are very liquidy and that seems like a very messy proposition.

Obviously, sliced tomatoes with salt is a relatively common breakfast side item, so the idea of just eating tomato with salt isn't that uncommon in the U.S.

[kljrewpoioepi]

Eat enough of them, and you'll develop the proper technique - do the initial bite slowly and carefully, while gouging the internal pressure. You might need to try another spot. Then immediately suck the interior. Then proceed eating them one pocket at a time, while occasionally sucking any free floating liquid.

[ilikehurdles]

They're no worse than peaches in that regard. I only eat peaches over a sink.

[edgyquant]

I've been eating tomatoes in the US my whole life and definitely most people I've met think it's weird eating them plain.

[Shivetya]

fyi

Waffle House, one of the larger chains of grill made food offer sliced tomatoes as a side in place of hash browns. I have no found that offering elsewhere. So it makes me wonder how it made to the menu

[nkozyra]

Interesting, I've found it to be a pretty common side item at breakfast places and delis.

[tracker1]

Salt is fine... in general you're more likely to get too little salt than too much, and the difference in your blood pressure between the two isn't that significant.

[arminiusreturns]

I love tomatoes. They are seriously one of the best foods that exist, but I do find they can be messy, so I really enjoy a large plate of thinly sliced tomatoes with salt and pepper more evenly distributed as an alternative to this. Very cool to learn the French name for this though!

A few other things great with salt and pepper: grapefruit, watermelon, cantelope, cottage cheese, buttermilk.

[zerkla]

My Irish auntie also adores a tomato dipped in salt! I haven't been brave enough to try, however.

[UnFleshedOne]

Try tomatoes with mayo, you will never go back :)

[zamadatix]

Dumb question but do you take a bite then add salt on the exposed portion as you eat? Or does salt just stick to tomatoes better than I think?

[marzell]

If it's just large tomatoes, people often cut them into slices and then salt them. Or cube them along with cucumber, or halve them if they are cherry tomatoes

[kljrewpoioepi]

You add salt as you eat on the exposed portion. You can try putting salt on the initial bite spot, most of it will fall away, a bit will remain though.

[stjohnswarts]

you take a bite first. Salt obviously won't stick to tomato skin.