What happens inside your tomato
Been a great season for tomatoes everywhere. Heirlooms at farmers markets. Beefsteaks from a truck on the side of the road. Romas growing next to your basil in the sunny side yard.
We sliced and dice and savor and cook and savor some more. But, what would it be like to fall into your tomato and experience the magical fruit from the inside out?
At first a bit gooey as you penetrate the vascular bundle and enter the outer wall of pericarp which is actually the fleshy tissue. This might feel like jumping into an oily water bed. But once you got into the groove, you would find the slippery paths naturally guide you through the locular cavity channels, past the septa bouncing off of the seeds. Maybe feelings like a gentle pinball machine or a plastic ball pit at a pizza parlor. You might even feel like making sauce from the inside of the tomato.
On the way you would be slurping up lycopene, known to help your heart, as well as antioxidant lycopene, which has been linked to many health benefits, including reduced risk of heart disease and as well as vitamin C, potassium, folate, and vitamin K, which builds your bones and you will need strong bones to swim back to the surface, jump out of the tomato before someone else decides to take a nice to that or chop it up.
Welcome to tomatoland. Enjoy the glide!
