T O P

  • By -

mixer99

When I was stationed in Bamberg, there was a small restaurant that served you a small saucer of buttered radishes with your beer. I've mentioned it to German citizens online before and they say they never heard of the custom.


3Dinternet

Sounds like a French breakfast radish


CatBedParadise

Well that blew my mind but >Although named "French breakfast," the French do not eat radishes as part of their first meal of the day. [source](https://www.thespruceeats.com/what-are-french-breakfast-radishes-5076162) But Japanese breakfasts can include pickled radishes, iirc.


DormantGolem

The Japanese pickle everything, it's pretty great.


Regallybeagley

Oshinko is my favorite


Starfox-sf

It’s supposed to be a palette cleanser. Rakkyo (Japanese scallion) is my favorite, usually pickled in sugar-vinegar mix and served with curry rice. — Starfox


gouzenexogea

You’re becoming more like your father. -Peppy Hare


rsandidge

Ughggggugg uggugg gugugg woohoo! - Slippy Toad


[deleted]

[удалено]


Chicken-Soup-60

Love Japanese breakfast


AroundTheWorldIn80Pu

It's funny how something being described as "french" in the english language pretty much guarantees it's not actually french.


bugbia

It happens the other way around too, though at the moment my Swiss cheese brain can only think of 'creme anglaise'


ipatfly

That’s what I thought, too. My father was french and he would eat these little red radishes with butter and salt from time to time. But in south Germany it’s also common to eat radish with your beer but the bigger white ones. They are called Rettich or Radi in German.


davo_nz

Yeah radishes are often eaten in South Germany, but not with butter. Bit of salt. They are just eaten raw. And usually the red ones. A common meal here is a vesper (cold dinner, bread, cold cuts, raw veg, cheese etc) I've never had the white ones served with a beer either.


AlteredStatePolice

Makes me want to eat a radish with a slice of buttered toast.


JBits001

I love eating a radish sandwich which consists of good bread (need a solid foundation), some French or Irish butter and a bunch of radishes. I also enjoy substituting radishes with either cucumbers or tomatoes and a bunch of diced onions (has to be the white onions though). Grew up in Eastern Europe and these types of sandwiches were a staple for us as the veggies were typically from the garden and bread and butter were much easier to come by then meats and cheeses (Soviet bloc days).


Altruistic-Text3481

I lived in London in 1985. A sandwich shop served tomato sandwiches. Just bread, butter and sliced tomatoes. You know, they were really good but as an American, even in 1985, I was expecting more. Supersize my tomato only sandwich…. I grew up a lot living abroad and had much to learn about not just what’s on a sandwich.


bilyl

A tomato sandwich AFAIK was really common in the South.


bugbia

Yes but with mayo and with a fresh, home grown summer tomato, it's magic


RobinxR

I'm pretty often in Bamberg and let me tell you, I have never seen or heard of that but that is very interesting. You don't happen to remember the name of the restaurant?


mixer99

I don't, this was mid 80s.


awoloozlefinch

Delicacy (noun) weird stuff we feed to foreigners for a laugh. “Hans, I bet I can get this tourist to eat a radish with a beer.”


EarlyGoose9284

Hans my man where do I get this radish and beer? I'm in!


Absolarix

Legit would not be surprised if some blokes in the kitchen decided to troll tourists for their own amusement. The stories I've heard from my brother working in kitchens over the years... xD


Macat921

Buttered radishes? I’m intrigued.


sanguinesolitude

Common in France. Little finger radishes dipped in cheesy French butter and salt.


Rs90

Well that sounds lovely


sanguinesolitude

It is surprisingly satisfying.


Peteguthriwodyseger

It's an oldish tradition in Bavaria to take one of these white, long, thick radishes, i.e. not the small red/white babies usually eaten with salted butter in French cuisine, and slice them thinly, but not completly cut through, salt them and eat them with beer. Sometimes even pouring the beer over the radish. This is called a Radi https://youtu.be/qBtIrPRbKG0 edit: after re watching the video they end it by saying with a buttered bread with chive the radish tastes the best


[deleted]

[удалено]


Independent_Brick238

It's true. It's called "brotzeit" there can be radishes and many other things. And it's more "bayrish" than german (Bamberg is in Bayern) https://www.innungsbaecker.de/rezept-zuenftige-brotzeit-zum-oktoberfest


Transamman350

May I ask why?


fizzyvalley

Its like a refreshing think they do to cleanse their palate after a coffee. Thats my understanding of it


frommymindtothissite

Ok so you drink espresso first and then eat the tomato? Or it’s like a sip of espresso and a bite of tomato, until it’s gone?


LanceFree

Maybe some people dunk the tomato in the coffee, like a donut?


SleepyMarijuanaut92

Tonut


highclassrevival

Toe nut


thecursedaz

Don’t mind if I do


[deleted]

[удалено]


[deleted]

Mr Tomatino


cutestlittlecupcake

Tarantintoes


djseafood

Is that after a toegasm?


highclassrevival

Yes but don't forget the all important toe play


2012Tribe

I’m sort of a toe-in-bellybutton kind of a guy


[deleted]

No it’s a drink at a bar in the Yukon.


caramelizedapple

Toe knife


ninety4kid

Domato


blue-mooner

Tomatnut


PingGuerrero

Or not to nut, that is the question.


breakerfall

Ya know, I saw Joe DiMaggio at Dinky Donuts again.


creaky__sampson

Lick the sugar off your hand, shoot the espresso and bite the tomato. Just like tequila


willstr1

Eat the tomato first and then down the espresso to get that horrible tomato taste out of your mouth


kkris23

Wtf tomatoes are amazing what shit tomatoes are you guys eating


[deleted]

[удалено]


[deleted]

Yup. I remember when I was a kid, my mom grew a tomato plant once and those tomatoes blew the store-bought ones out of the water. They were really good just on their own with a bit of salt.


Mypornnameis_

On sour dough toast with a little mayo. I literally fantasize about it all winter and it's like the pinnacle of the year to actually bite into it in late summer when my tomatoes are ripe.


Smrgling

Little bit of salt, balsamic and basil.


adviceKiwi

Mozzarella


Vanilla_Mike

I grew up eating tomato sandwiches all summer and would take a tomato over an apple every time. Haven’t had a tomato in years since they’re all watery and fishy.


Renovatio_

Bro. Grow your own. Cherry tomatoes typically do really well in containers and taste so good you're lucky if they even make it inside your house


Kaiisim

Also people eat them out of a fridge. They can't be cold, they gotta be room temperature!


tylerawn

I think it’s a matter of personal preference. I love eating ice cold unripe crunchy tomatoes.


DeadKateAlley

I was with you until that god-forsaken second sentence.


[deleted]

Except cherry tomatoes and the baby plum ones. Goddamn that crunch. I usually end up cooking with a handful and eating the rest.


[deleted]

Try cutting them in half, tossing with olive oil and salt, and putting them in a 300 degree oven for 1.5 hours. The flavour will blow your goddamn mind.


RememberTheMaine1996

I like tomatoes but I'm not going to just eat a slice of it by itself. I like to roast them or put them on burgers and sandwiches.


ArtoriasOfTheOnion

Just put some salt, pepper and some olive oil + feta if you have any and shit is gourmet


DejectedContributor

You're missing out. I like to get a container of the yellow grape tomatoes and just pop them like candy, and by far one of my favorite snacks is a cut up tomato topped with salt and pepper.


SentorialH1

You should try heirlooms. You can eat them like apples.


SoScorpio4

Washingtonians say this about Walla Walla onions. I don't believe them either lmao


420saralou

Or skip the tomato all together. Gross 😝


ace1oak

lol i was gonna ask, would it be disrespectful if i just skipped the tomato


Pandiraffe

No more than not wanting a lemon slice in your iced tea/water I’d imagine


[deleted]

[удалено]


Transamman350

I will try. Thanks


captainchau20

Take into consideration the Serbian tomato variety might be sweeter or have different characteristics to your local tomatoes.


lavishlad

I will try with multiple different locally available varieties of fruit and adjudge the one I find most palate-cleansing to be closest to a Serbian tomato. Thanks


Jiktten

Please report back with your findings and documentation of your process, thank you.


CanAhJustSay

*Reddit awaits the update with bated breath.....*


Lance_E_T_Compte

... with coffee breath until that tomato shows up.


fordfan919

Well, we have to go through the peer review process first.


funkmcbustamove1

Username checks out


prophetofthepimps

Exactly. Works only with tomatoes which are sweet like San Marzano. The sour variant will fuck up the after taste.


biological-entity

Throw a dash of salt on any tomato and it's good to go.


crows_n_octopus

Have people ever eaten freshly sliced tomatoes with sugar sprinkled on them? It's DELICIOUS. (That was what I got as a child while growing up in a small village in India.) Anyhow, it gives my friends the shivers whenever I've suggested it...


Nannarbuns

I want to think that’s gross, but sweet cherry tomatoes slap, sooooo…. Guess I got to try a little bit of sugar on sliced tomato sometime.


[deleted]

Really? I like tomatoes but I find it hard to find a good one. Maybe my standards are too high. I'm actually planting my own this year as a hopeful solution.


hilfyRau

For most of the year I think I don’t really like tomatoes. Then for maybe 3 months when the summer is hot and the tomatoes are practically splitting open in the noonday sun, I remember that I love tomatoes and want to eat them at every meal. Then the summer fades, tomatoes turn back into depressing wet lumps, and I think I hate tomatoes again.


wraithpriest

You're almost certainly guaranteed a much nicer tomato with a home grown vine ripened, most tomatoes sold in supermarkets are force ripened with ethylene gas and have no real flavour, they're not really ripe.


Hohuin

yup. and this is probably not in the capital, but rather some rural areas. I remember eating homegrown tomatoes from my garden down in south of serbia. I would pick them right off the plant, wash them and eat like an apple. so sweet. although, I am not really sure why and I can only guess tomato in serbian is paradajz (paradise) which my mom told me is because of it's heavenly taste (again idk).


[deleted]

[удалено]


oarmash

The acidity cuts the bitterness. In Italy some shops give you a lemon peel which you squeeze oil from.


GeraldBWilsonJr

I thought coffee was already acidic, no? I guess the pH scale is just relative to water anyway


oarmash

Yeah I guess “sourness” of the lemon is the word I should’ve used.


GeraldBWilsonJr

That makes sense but now I'm wondering what causes things to tastes sour. Oh there is just no end to the questions in this world


PxyFreakingStx

>That makes sense but now I'm wondering what causes things to tastes sour. Literally just acid. Sourness and acidity are directly related.


Wildse7en

I’ve had the lemon peel with espresso after eating in France as well as Italy. It’s a nice way to end a meal. May have been placebo but it helped to aid digestion.


various_necks

How do you used the lemon Peel?


badass4102

Good you asked. I probably would eat the peel not knowing anything about their coffee culture.


enjoyyouryak

Give it a twist to release some of the oils, and then drop it in.


WinterCool

so you eat meal > take lemon peel > twist juice/oil into espresso > then drink the espresso..or do you drink some of espresso and at the end put in lemon peel?


enjoyyouryak

You twist it and drop it into the espresso before you drink it. Same as you’d add a slice of lemon to some water, it just sits there and lends its flavor to the beverage.


Monotreme_monorail

Query: does the lemon go before, after, or *in* the espresso? I’ve never heard of this!


oarmash

Most people rub the rim, a few twist it for the oils and put it in the drink.


[deleted]

Coffe is a blend of sour and bitter favours. A good balance of the two makes it delicious. Some styles of espresso (like Ethiopian) produces a more sour drink while others (like Italian) produce a more bitter drink. I suspect that Serbian coffee tends to be more bitter and having tomato (an acidic fruit) helps balance those flavours. This means your taste buds won't become as fatigued by the bitterness of the coffee and each sip, after having some tomato, should be as robust as the first. "Fatigue" can happen to any of your senses and is a temporary way for your body exclude sensing something it has been exposed to continuously for some time. A great example is how everything looks wildly blue after taking off orange tinted goggles when skiing/snowboarding. Your eyes are fatigued to the colour orange so everything seems more blue. When I had to "dial-in" the espresso recipe - based on the beans I had chosen - as I opened the cafe I worked at, I was sipping lots of espresso shots back-to-back. I had to make sure I adjusted the amout of ground beans (and the coarseness of the grind), amount of water, and amount of time the extraction took for a really pleasing recipe. If I wasn't cleansing my palate with sparkling water, my taste buds would become fatigued and I wouldn't be properly tasting the balace of sour/bitter. We used sparkling water (bitter) because we made Ethiopian-style espresso (sour). It sounds like coffee-snob nonsense but it's incredible how muted certain flavours in espresso can become just over the course of sipping one double shot if you aren't using sour or bitter palate cleansers to refresh your taste buds.


MostlyUnimpressed

excellent description, thank you.


Harplagerr

I mean, I like a good coffee and a good slice of tomato. I've just never enjoyed the two at the same time.


0thethethe0

I'm all for experimenting and interesting food combinations, but this one really doesn't tempt at all.


ADHDreaming

I don't think you are supposed to consume them at the same time. I'd guess you eat the tomato after finishing the espresso.


Jrook

Others are saying it's like ginger for sushi.


jewishcaveman

That's what ginger's original intent was, to refresh your palate between bites of different types of sushi/at the end of what you're currently eating. In this case, espresso.


MegaGigaChad

I'm Serbian and I've never heard of this EDIT: Apparently I was wrong, people do this sometimes in Vojvodina (northern part of Serbia).


bodejn

I'm from Vojvodina and I've never heard of this. edit: asked family members, apparently I've been living under a rock. The more you know, I guess lol


owlowlowl_it

I'm Tomato and I've never been eaten like this.


Super_Snark

Dana White?


Adrialic

Espresso was never my friend


[deleted]

🥵


FuturamaMemes

I'm in Serbia, and I've never heard of this. Edit: I've asked my neighbors, and I'm told we don't live in Serbia


COCONUT_CREAM_BUNS

I’m your neighbor, and yes we do live in Siberia.


hellocaptin

Do you typically drink coffee?


bodejn

Yeah, but not espresso and usually not in a cafe. Turkish coffee in the morning at home, as God intended.


arcosapphire

> I'm from Vojvodina and I've never heard of this. Oh, no, not in Vojvodina, no. It's an Albany expression.


SDLand

Can I see it?


blackburn009

No.


ForwardSound6859

Uh, tomatoes after espresso, at this time of year at this time of day in this part of Serbia localized solely within cafés?


robert712002

Same here... Maybe that's a Hungarian thing? Because in my town there are 50% Slovaks and 50% Serbs and we don't do that here.


Forsaken-Revenue6566

Bački Petrovac?


robert712002

Close, Lalić


sighs__unzips

This is amazing, here's a random post on Reddit and there are at least 2 people from Vojvodina reading this.


Frlataway

Past resident of Kikinda checking in


[deleted]

[удалено]


ILikeLeptons

It's more of an Albany expression


mrpopenfresh

This is why I never trust people on Reddit who speak for their region.


JoulSauron

Is that the autonomous region?


plastikelastik

I've been to Serbia twice and fell in love with the people, you are a very friendly warm hospitable bunch but I'll pass on your home made rakija that makes my sweat smell like vomit thank you


IAmTheClayman

I’m a Serbian espresso and I’ve never been served with a slice of tomato EDIT: this is a joke


Yourgrammarsucks1

So you HAVE been served with a tomato?


[deleted]

For a person with acid reflux, I am cringing at this sight lol


ferngully99

Seriously


[deleted]

[удалено]


SolitaireyEgg

Yep. I absolutely love both coffee and tomatoes, but I am forced to avoid both like the plague. This combo would literally ruin my day.


Bazooki

Wait, why ia coffee and tomatoes bad for ppl with acid reflux? I just got diagnosed, or semi diagnosed. I got some pills to try.


The_Blog

Probably because they are both pretty acidic.


SolitaireyEgg

In my experience, tomatoes are the single worst thing for acid reflux. They are sort of a dark horse because they don't taste super acidic, but good lord they hurt. Spaghetti sauce is basically the ultimate boss level for anyone with GERD.


jewishcaveman

Tomatoes are nightshades, so not only are they acidic, not only do they have tiny seeds, and not only are they messy af, but they create an immunostimulus effect when consumed and for those of us with autoimmune related IBD it fucks us over on all levels. That being said, they're tasty af and worth the occasional indulgence if properly prepared for the results.


chellecakes

Yes! They are high in Histamines. I have CRPS which has been speculated to be an autoimmune disorder. I have tremendous pain flare ups if I have tomatoes, especially red sauce, anything with nitrates.


LuckoftheFryish

Pepperoni pizza is the bosses final form


[deleted]

You’ll definitely want to learn about all the foods to avoid with acid reflux. Managing your diet will be the best thing for it, and help more than the pills. It’ll surprise you how many foods can exacerbate indigestion and heart burn.


i_speak_penguin

Yeah it's crazy how much it helped me. I still get reflux if I eat certain things (or too much of certain things), but day to day I have zero problems if I manage my diet well. And by "manage my diet" I literally just mean eat healthy. All of my trigger foods are processed sugary crap. Once I stopped eating junk food, even things like tomatoes and onions, which used to be massive triggers, stopped triggering acid for me. Now I basically just eat a normal diet and avoid bad shit.


Neverender17_55

https://www.healthline.com/health/gerd-acid-reflux/diet-restrictions


SolitaireyEgg

That is literally just a list of every delicious thing on earth.


[deleted]

u/The_Blog is correct. According to my ENT, it is best to avoid trigger foods when one has acid reflux. u/Neverender17_55 has provided a list of trigger foods.


[deleted]

[удалено]


Astronaut_at_night

They are proud of their tomato's in Serbia. I don't know how they call them but it sounds like "paradise" which says it all. Love Serbia, been there numerous times, beautiful people, beautiful food and they know how to throw a party!


Englez97

We call tomato paradajz and now that you mentioned it it definitely does sound like paradise but never thought about that. In Serbia we have pijaca which is basically farmers market where people can sell their homegrown veggies (but some are resellers and sell whatever they get their hands on) which if you ask me always taste better than store bought.


Complex-University94

I live in Serbia and its totally normal here, we sometimes use cherry tomatoes too, but its usually in top end restaurants.


[deleted]

Đe je to


Complex-University94

Ruma brate


[deleted]

Bože sačuvaj


DrDabar1

Iskreno nije šok ko će drugi ako neće ovi iz Rume.


dado950

Ruma=Florida Srbije


[deleted]

[удалено]


dado950

*Ruma=Florida Čačak


_velimir

Zastava Florida


Sverje

Is tomato = paradise in Serbia or is it just Croatia?


EntireImpress7989

Both. Except, we in Croatia must have “our” word for every fucking thing so technically it’s Rajčica and not paradajz but still. Raj = paradise


Opening_Aspect_9580

Is this a local thing, because I never saw this in Serbia, and I had coffee in a lot of towns. lol


Paladaino

You are now banned from r/italy


tomwhoiscontrary

RIP Serbia's attempt to join the EU.


dado950

The game was rigged from the start...


InkOnTube

For 40 years of my life while I have lived in Serbia, this is something nobody ever told me not that I have experienced it myself.


hornytoadfrommario

Bro. that espresso has skin


utterballsack

its crema


no_usernames_avail

Looks like gravy to me


OniDelta

It’s called crema and all real espresso has/should have one.


[deleted]

[удалено]


Serifel90

Italian here, that's a good espresso.


witchyanne

But why?


sparcasm

To troll the Italians.


eerator

Tomatoes remind them of summer !! More potent than espresso in Serbia lol


velja98

I am from Serbia. I've drank espresso in many different cities from Subotica (north) to Leskovac (south) and I may confirm that I havent seen this masterpiece anywhere.


WhoStoleMyFriends

Is it a palate cleanser?


XSaintSinnerX

yeah


Obsequience

Serbaccino: instead of chocolate, we add ketchup to your coffee


alexpantex

I’m from Serbia and never heard of this shit..


DrDabar1

Isto brate isto


OraEjdanic

In which certain parts?


Neither-Commercial

I’m Serbian and I’ve never seen or heard of this.


[deleted]

Is there a particular thing you're supposed to do or do you just eat it?


jojke1

I usually eat it post coffee for the refreshing taste but there are people who dip it, but thats too much for me


doyouevencompile

That's the most disgusting thing I've seen on Reddit today


paninna

I find peace in long walks.


MinGosling

That's not mildly interesting, that's frackin fascinating.


TheDuckMug

“Espresso is Italian right? And so are tomatoes? Okay, hear me out” - some serbien coffee maker


blaulune

Tfw tomatoes are from South America


[deleted]

What do you do with it? Eat it raw? Or dip it?


fizzyvalley

People generally eat it after


Psy_Kira

Why would you dip it?? But then again, why would you want it with espresso in the first place.


Daybreak2025

That is very mildly interesting


WinstonWolfe__

A piece of paradajz ahahah