How to Dice Tomatoes

When you put tomatoes with pasta or salsa, you don't want too much of the watery parts in the middle of the vegetable (yeah. vegetable). So, this is the easiest way to separate it.

1) Cut the ends. You can cut a smaller portion than I did, but my current knife sucks.



2) Then you want to cut into the tomato and start cutting around the 'core.' It's okay if you're cutting it thick.

3) You just keep going cutting in a circular direction (you can clockwise OR counterclockwise; it really doesn't matter) until you have the seeded and outer parts of the tomato separated. 

4) Lay the outer part flat and cut/ scrape off any of the seeds. I don't care what you do with the center. You can just take a few bites of it and then throw it away or save it for some gazpacho (Not posting a recipe for it. Sorry if you got excited).

5) So after the outer part of the tomato is clean and seedless, just cut and then dice away. Easier than a couple field goals unless you're Steelers Kicker Jeff Reed.

Factoid:


If you're like me, you noticed how Heinz Ketchup bottles point out the fact that their product is full of Lycopene, something found in tomatoes. The average person has no clue what Lycopene is, but the bottle also claims that the aforementioned chemical aids us in preventing cancer. In actuality, the USFDA deemed that Heinz' research was deemed insufficient of evidence for health claim approval. Doesn't mean tomatoes aren't delicious though. Just don't put ketchup on hot dogs if you're in Chicago.