Hmm Janie, I think my tastes changed over the the years, I'd not do what parents sometimes do and have grilled salad (eg. Ailsa Craig") tomatoes on toast it's not for me. But on a very rare day when I do depart form the family and have a grill/fry up with bacon a can of plum tomatoes is nice.

There was a time when I found cooking things too "tomato-y" for me but that has largely changed. In the summer if things go well, I boil up home grown tomatoes, sweet peppers and aubergine and courgette. It gets frozen an Pip can use it as a base for a meal.

Whatever, maybe for me the best tomato is the salad one you pick from your own vine and maybe eat with cheese in a sandwich,