What is a good substitute for tomato? (lemmy.zip)

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So I have some food sensitivity issues and in particular I don't like raw tomato. They're gooey and seedy and they just make me feel kind of weird. Unfortunately there are a lot of things, especially sandwiches, which use tomato as a fairly critical part of the flavor of the dish. So just taking it out isn't ideally because it sometimes just makes the dish bland. I feel like processed tomato things like ketchup and tomato sauce don't really fulfill the same kind of role in these dishes.

Does anyone have any opinions/suggestions on what types of foods could plausibly be used as a substitute for raw tomato? It could be anywhere, but I'm thinking of things like sandwiches, salads, etc.

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[-] spongebue@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago

To get the sweet yet acidic flavor, I would try a small drizzle of something like red wine vinegar. It wouldn't add much body to the sandwich, but it can really give a great flavor.

If you want more than meat and bread and don't want tomato... Cucumber would add some body with a weak neutral flavor.

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