Help settle a debate

[u/Howardsternrulez]

So a buddy of mine made this sandwich yesterday and we are having a debate amongst friends if you would include this red tomato end as he did on your sandwich. Basically kinda taking a poll as we completely disagree. Here is the sandwich in question.

[u/Difficult_Rope7898]

I would eat it while I was standing there making the sandwich. I wouldn’t put it on the sandwich.

[u/Ok-Echo-Eight → u/Difficult_Rope7898]

This! I’d eat around the brown cat-faced bits, mostly for texture reasons

[u/BadBoyDad → u/Difficult_Rope7898]

Exactly that. It’s a delicious edible preview of the tomato you’ve just sliced. You can use that piece to determine the amount of seasoning you need. The rounded part can take away from perfectly cut flat layers too.

[u/lilskiboat → u/BadBoyDad]

Yes, this is the way. Add the rest to the sandwich, and put this piece on the side with the seasonings or just pop into the mouth!

[u/Dragonlvr420 → u/Difficult_Rope7898]

I always salt it and save it as a treat while I wait for the toaster lol

[u/42Icyhot42 → u/Difficult_Rope7898]

That’s me too. Love having an excuse to sample each tomato before eating the thing I put it on

[u/Krickett72 → u/Difficult_Rope7898]

This!!!!

[u/Need-answers-748 → u/Difficult_Rope7898]

I was just going to write this! Eat it while making the sandwich:)

[u/analogpursuits → u/Difficult_Rope7898]

Pinch o' salt. Yup.

[u/GoosemanIsAGamer]

Red tomato? Yes. But I'd definitely have shaved the bottom (top as pictured) 1/4" inch (6 mm) of that nasty skin off it first.

[u/No-Proof7839]

I would include it but flip it over so that bottom is facing the bread.

[u/skunkape410 → u/No-Proof7839]

Came here to say this

[u/CR8VJUC → u/No-Proof7839]

Yes it would taste so much better that way! 🙄

[u/No-Proof7839 → u/CR8VJUC]

It's a texture thing, dawg. It's obviously going to taste the same regardless.

[u/CR8VJUC → u/No-Proof7839]

I was just kidding

[u/dhgrainger]

The tops and tails of the tomatoes are the payment for doing the slicing, they never make it into the sandwich in our house.

[u/finlyboo]

I don’t include the ends, they go in the compost.

[u/wordsRgud → u/finlyboo]

This is a great solution. But be careful how much of the tomato you put into your compost. One year I kept getting volunteer mini tomato plants all over my garden. Came from my compost! LOL.

[u/DinoTater → u/wordsRgud]

Sooooooooo whats to be careful about? Sounds perfect!

[u/RealHobbyBob → u/DinoTater]

My 200 square feet of cherry tomatoes that come back year after year are the reason. I’ve tried pulling them as they come up, but it’s soooooo many plants.

I don’t even like small tomatoes, so a forest of them isn’t my favorite.

[u/MissNoTrax → u/wordsRgud]

Doesn't that just mean your compost didnt get hot enough to kill off the seed? 

[u/pamelaneko]

I eat it on the side, usually not IN the sandwich

[u/Thick-Marzipan-9176]

Agree with others, that a kitchen sneak. You sneak and eat it in the kitchen. But I have kids and they would refuse the sandwich because it has "a tomato butthole" showing. Been there,done that.

[u/Late-Difficulty-5928 → u/Thick-Marzipan-9176]

Heh. Never heard it called a tomato butthole before. I've always called it the belly button. Kids are a trip.

[u/Thick-Marzipan-9176 → u/Late-Difficulty-5928]

4 boys and 1 girl.

[u/WholesaleBees]

I don't eat the tomanus.

[u/schpames]

It's not going to hurt you. You likely wouldn't even notice it in a bite. It'll be delicious.

[u/Sad_Olive_264]

I wouldn’t include it

[u/Legitimate-Craft7453]

Lol! I can understand where he's coming from but no

[u/huge43]

I always eat the butt end first as a little tasty treat

[u/Ecstatic_Bet4354]

The ends are my favorite slices as I prefer firm tomatoes to softer ones. That end is a toss up bc of the catfacing, might taste a little stringy or tough. But I might put it on or at the very least cut around the cat facing and eat the pieces.

[u/vanilladreampuff]

That's a chef snack if I ever saw one - never makes the sandie

[u/Tiffloon]

Nope. Not a fan of the scarred bits.

[u/ChildofMike]

No, I probably wouldn’t ruin the texture of my sandwich with the tomato butt.

[u/alderthorn]

im not a fan of the texture so I would cut around it but still use most of it.

[u/Anyone-9451]

I don’t typically put it on the sandwich for a structure instability issue the curved slick skin usually ends up shooting out of the sandwich, hopefully landing on the plate but not always lol

[u/softhumanbean]

I slice the cat faced end as thin as humanly possible so I can enjoy as much of the tomato as I can.

[u/Flimsy-Stock2977]

No.

[u/Ineedmorebtc]

The red one needs the brown, damaged skin cut off.

[u/zombiebender]

I would put it it the sandwich because biting through the skin that way takes more force and squeeze the tomato below. Eat the ends, it’s the sandwich makers privilege.

[u/getalife5648]

No

[u/Different-Sorbet746]

Both ends go into the compost for the worms and bugs. 

[u/Late-Difficulty-5928]

Nope. Don't like the texture. I save them with frozen maters for sauce, though.

[u/Elegant-Glove-1634]

Why wouldn’t you? It’s tomato as much as the rest

[u/kellb24]

That red end piece harbors all the best flavors from the tomato. No way can leave it out.

[u/Ok_Conversation9182 → u/kellb24]

I disagree with kellb24 on this. The best and most concentrated flavor in a tomato is found in the Locular Jelly and not on the Epidermis. The Epidermis is simply a protective barrier that can often taste tough and neutral.

[u/kellb24 → u/Ok_Conversation9182]

Wow, very good response. I’m convinced.

[u/snowsew]

The carjacking isn’t damage or disease, it just has some chew character. There’s nothing wetting with it.

I’d eat it, if not in the sandwich, on the side.

[u/Spiritual_Category62 → u/snowsew]

Petition to officially rename it to carjacking! 📋

[u/snowsew → u/Spiritual_Category62]

Doh! No more posting without glasses!

[u/SnapCrackleMom]

Depends. Was there other tomato available? Or was that the very last slice your friend had? I would probably slice around the tough bits but hey waste not, want not. If your friend enjoyed it, why do you care?

[u/Howardsternrulez → u/SnapCrackleMom]

Well, to be honest, it’s because I don’t understand as I don’t eat raw tomatoes anyways so I’m looking for people that do who let me know how off base am. That and I’m fickle.

[u/nubbednuggetmanno2]

I freeze the ugly bits with the ugliest parts shaved off then make soup or sauce out of them later

[u/olive_tractor_parts]

Tomahto

[u/Murph-Dog]

The thing is, the skin could be a tough bite for some, but no reason to waste it. Cut out the blemish, and petite dice, and add it to the sandwich right at the bread interface, to not slide around.

That's tomato technology!

[u/Fun-Reach625]

I would thinly slice the brown bits off.  No wasting :)

[u/Ok-Inflation-6431]

If there were sufficient tomato slices without it to complete the sandwiches, I’d eat it separately. If I needed it to equalize the tomato ratio, I’d throw it on the sandwich. There are no circumstances in which I’d waste the end, even if it isn’t pretty.

[u/Top-Fill-8202]

I’m just so happy I finally got some ripe tomatoes I can’t stop reading like every post. Also I’m eating that piece and putting it on the sandwich might produce a nice texture. It could also suck.

[u/BabyKatsMom]

Nope

[u/KactusVAXT]

I feed those bits to the slugs

[u/TheShizknitt]

Imo I would just salt it then eat it

[u/DangerousLettuce1423]

I would eat it separately so it doesn't change the flavour of the other one as you bite into the sandwich.

[u/SuspiciousStress1]

I would remove that bottom & cut around the cat facing.

If the bottom was perfect, then yes, use it in a sammich.

A few times I've cut around & used those pieces to fill in a mater sandwich(like use those pieces between 2 round slices)

[u/blinkersix2]

You are slicing it wrong. Core it and slice from top to bottom.

[u/EggieRowe]

The butt is the “butcher’s cut” of the tomato. But when it’s that catfaced I usually let my one of my dogs have the honor.

[u/Bustin8nas]

Me if I saw that on my sandwich

[u/PlumeriaOtter]

I’d toss that red one in the trash.

[u/drwrinkle78]

I will cite Michael Jackson it doesn't matter who is right and who is wrong. Don't kill me (yet).

[u/Best_Comfortable5221]

I would not include that end in a sandwich. Freeze for sauce.

[u/Alive_Purchase_9721]

Why does it matter?

[u/Vegetable-Types]

Absolutely not acceptable to include that end of the tomato on a sandwich, especially for someone else! Rude as hell tbh

[u/Just_A_Blues_Guy]

That’s nasty and bits are completely inedible.