We are currently in the midst of filming Season Two in Avon, Connecticut. While shopping for ingredients for the shoot we have been spending a lot of time at local farmer's markets, farm stands and pick-your-own vegetable patches (yay!). There were so many beautiful heirloom tomatoes of every imaginable color that we just wanted to try them all... it was a hard choice but we finally settled on four tomatoes for an impromptu tasting, below are our tasting notes:

Brandywine (red)
Sophia: A bit watery, mild acidity, very soft. I thought that it was just ok, and not “the best tomato in the world” as was advertised on its sign.
Emma: Not my favorite tomato texture, grainy... in all fairness this tomato was rather huge- it's hard for me to find anything so oversized tasting that good.

Old Flame (yellow)
S: Very mild, with underlying citrus tones.
E: Tastes like an old flame- looks good from far away- all rosy and nostalgic, then I bite it and it just tastes a little musty, maybe past it's prime?

Tennessee Green (green)
S: I know why we fry green tomatoes.
E: Tastes a little grassy, not in a bad way, just in a "it's a green tomato and it tastes like it would be green."

Persimmon (pale peach)
S: Full flavored, sweet, and full of life. By far the best tomato of the bunch, not to mention the fact that it came in three little balls.
E: Based on looks alone this is my favorite. Then I bite it and it's still delicious- tart and juicy.

And the final verdict of our experiment? Persimmon. Hands down.