Description: a blog about cooking in new jersey or searching recipes
Hello: My name is Sharon Langley. I grew up in the southern portion of New Jersey, also affectionately known as south Jersey, and also known as the Garden State, thus named by Abraham Browning of Camden, NJ. From its fertile fields to its beautiful shoreline, there are so many reasons to love New Jersey. I am a proud Jersey girl, and I want to share my love of cooking and my beautiful state with you. COPYRIGHT. © "ALL RIGHTS RESERVED"
Summer in Jersey - Fried Squash and Jersey Tomato Sandwich
But what makes a "Jersey tomato" so special you may ask? The flavor obviously, but to get that flavor, most smaller and local farms, and home gardeners, don't grow the types of tomatoes that are for commercial use. Commercial tomatoes are bred for long distance shipping, and picked when they are not ripe. They are usually still green, and gases are used to give them their red color. If you are a local Jerseyan, you can get your tomatoes pretty much picked fresh off the vine at any road-stand, which will giv