Help! My tomato smells funny…

Israeli researchers have successfully worked on genetically engineering tomatoes in order to give hints of both lemon and rose aromas. I guess millions and millions of research money is being spent each year on getting vegetables and fruits that smell like other stuff. Frankly, why can’t they use that money instead and put it to better use, such as a higher crop yield to feed starving kids in Africa? After all, I most certainly want my tomatoes to taste and smell like tomatoes and nothing else.

Source: Discovery

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5 Comments on “Help! My tomato smells funny…”

nick Says:

Lemon smelling, tomato tasting….tomato.

What is the point indeed.

Phreqd Says:

Please. Starving people in Africa don’t want tomatoes. They want something to fill them up. Unless you’re going to send bread, bacon, lettuce, and mayo with those tomatoes. Mmmmm, BLT…

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Kristopher Says:

invariably
more food = more babies

which eventually means either a need for more feed or more starving

Rose Says:

The changing of smell for a tomato (or any other vegetable or fruit) is simply ridiculous, to say the least. Unless there is an ulterior motivation for doing so, why spend money in such a crazy research? What is the point? It doesn’t make any sense to have tomatoes smelling like roses or lemons or anything else other than tomatoes, period! What a waste!

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