[enraged_camel]

As a fellow gardener, this probably has to do with the type of tomato/carrot that you grow. For example, the carrots in your garden are probably of the sweeter variety than store-bought carrots.

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Was going to say the same. Tomatoes vary hugely in many aspects; you can't really talk about a 'tomato', they're so different.

(anyone tasted a potato fruit? Toxic and like little green tomatoes, but I wonder at their taste)