Green and Red Zebra Tomatoes at Union Square Market
8/31/09, 10:33AM – It’s a long story, let’s just say I was cruisin’ the veggie tables to kill some time.
I looked up green zebras and got a surprize! Tom Wagner (no relation that I’m aware of, honest) is an heirloom tomato breeder (can you herd them, too?) responsible for developing the green zebras. He’s also developed other heirloom tomatoes with names like banana legs, green elf and one named Schimmeig Stoo, which in Manx means striped cavern. Manx is a Goidelic languare spoken on the Isle of Man. Who knew? The red tomato is also known as a red zebra, but no one is taking responsibility for it as far as I can tell.
Anyway, these tasted pretty good in tonight’s salad. Oddly, though, I still prefer the red ones.
