For a very long time I couldn't eat raw tomatoes either, until one time abroad I saw someone eating a local grown tomato as if it was an apple. That was a trigger to try eating a tomato in the same way. Bottom line: the locally grown tomatoes were in no way comparable to the tomatoes I was used to. They were firm, and their taste was... not the same but not different either. Anyway, that ended up being the tipping point to liking tomatoes, also the ones at home that are squishy and not that good. It really came down to finding a tomato that I liked, and then by proxy starting to appreciate other tomatoes.
PS: so cool for trying to go vegan. Even if you don't succeed immediately, every step on the way counts towards lowering your footprint. Managing three days vegan a week is already a 40% reduction, an accomplishment in itself.
For a very long time I couldn't eat raw tomatoes either, until one time abroad I saw someone eating a local grown tomato as if it was an apple. That was a trigger to try eating a tomato in the same way. Bottom line: the locally grown tomatoes were in no way comparable to the tomatoes I was used to. They were firm, and their taste was... not the same but not different either. Anyway, that ended up being the tipping point to liking tomatoes, also the ones at home that are squishy and not that good. It really came down to finding a tomato that I liked, and then by proxy starting to appreciate other tomatoes. PS: so cool for trying to go vegan. Even if you don't succeed immediately, every step on the way counts towards lowering your footprint. Managing three days vegan a week is already a 40% reduction, an accomplishment in itself.