Tomatoes used to taste good. Nowadays you have to buy heirloom or import good ones to know what tomato flavour is, if you're in America.

A more fun fact: my wife will not want ketchup if there's a slice of tomato on the burger. The two taste nothing alike, but it doesn't matter to her. Isn't that something?

I slice my tomato much thinner than in fast food pictures, and I salt the the slices on a paper towel and let them sit while the burger cooks. When I'm ready I wipe off the water on top of the tomato, so I end up with a seasoned, somewhat drier tomato slice that I enjoy.

People that dont like raw tomatoes?

The texture is weird to me. I don’t always take the tomato off, but I will take it off if it’s not cut correctly. Too thick and you get chewy/crunchy bits, too thin and your burger becomes slightly. It has to be perfect or I don’t want it.

The flavor, however is great. I love tomato flavor. It’s not my favorite, but it’s great.

Ripe, at or near room temperature, thick enough to hold form and texture, thin enough to yield to bite, so as to provide substance and flavour while not being pulled prematurely from the sandwich in toto.

:)

Take a picture. How much do you weigh?