From the "carne" offerings, four ribs from a rack of lamb came cooked perfectly to order and were topped with mushrooms and, in a misstep, tough dried tomatoes.
The more initials, the tougher the tomato, probably in more ways than one.
If you didn't already, remove the tough part where the tomato attaches to its stem.
A serrated knife works best for items that have a softer interior and tougher exterior like melons, tomatoes, and breads.
The best was penne with juicy, crumbled sausage, tomato and, unfortunately, tough sauteed arugula.
The clams, pieces of tomato, garlic and tough, undercooked beans did not relate to each other in the peppery rich broth.
Their tough, unyielding meat and uninspired tomato sauce were far from the tender, slow-cooked, fall-from-the-bone treats they should have been.
The three or four chunks of steak, covered with corn, poblano peppers and slices of anemic tomato, were so tough we couldn't cut them, even with a steak knife.
I was thrilled to learn how to recreate the spicy, sweet and sour flavours of my favourite restaurant's Sichuan aubergines at home, so that's my winner, but it was a tough contest – twinnydip's pretty tomato and aubergine cake would make a lovely picnic, while withmustard's Bengali aubergines were great with flatbreads for a simple Saturday lunch.
Supermarket tomatoes are pale pink, tough and tasteless.
Yet even in August — peak tomato season — the vine-ripened tomato salad was flavorless and tough, with too little Gorgonzola and too much vinaigrette.
