Tomatoes or tomotoes?

Question

Tomatoes or tomotoes?

Answer 1

It is Tomates only.

Tomotoes is wrong.

Everybody started wondering about it since the news about salmonella spread beacause of tomatoes.

The main article published by NJ department of health, by Associated Press, carried the heading wrongly Tomotoes and hence...

Similar thing has occured in the past and 100 years back US department of agriculture declared Tomotoes as fruit and not vegetable.

Many  recipie books use the word 'tomotoes' wrongly to describe tomatoes.

Below are some details from the news :

You say "toe-may-toe" "toe-mah-toe"

Ag Dept. says NJ tomotoes not a source of salmonella scare

by The Associated Press

Wednesday June 11, 2008, 8:27 AM

New Jersey's Agriculture Department said Garden State-grown tomatoes have been ruled out as the source of a salmonella scare in 17 other states.

Tomatoes grown in at least 20 other states, including top producers Florida and California, have also been given a clean bill of health.

More than 150 people have been sickened by infected tomatoes since April, leading McDonald's and other fast food chains to pull most tomatoes from their menus.

Perhaps the AP editorial staff should invest in a spell checker. I was never that impressed by The Associated Press anyway.

Answer 2

tomatoes or Solanum lycopersicum

Answer 3

If you are from the good ol' USA, it's tomatoes. They might say tomotoes (tomahtoes) in England!

Answer 4

tomatoes, and hot peppers

Answer 5

def tomatoes......but no matter how you wana say it its still guna have salmonelia.

Answer 6

these are expressions of opinion which are acceptable but some are more literate correct

tomato or tomoto..........tomato

six or one half dozen.........six

Answer 7

Tomatoes..

Answer 8

tomatoes.. tomotoes sounds like a disease

Answer 9

tomatoes.

why? well because saying tomotoes is just plain wierd.

Answer 10

Tomatoes, end of discussion. Always long A, not short. (Around here, anyway) LOL. Actually, I think according to dictionaries, either (either or ither?) way is acceptable.

Pip pip, cheerio, and all that rot. (ROT? Did I just say rot? Around tomatoes?) LOL.

Answer 11

Tomatoes, are you mad, foreign,stupid or eccentric.

Answer 12

whatever

Answer 13

You mean how to say it or how to spell it? The way you say it depends upon your culture and where you are from.

The spelling is the same no matter what.

Answer 14

Neither until the salmonella scare is over

Really missing the Tomatoes

Answer 15

It is "tomatoes" (plural), "tomato" (singular)...And, no you won't get salmonella if you buy local, hydroponic, hot house, on the vine or grow your own.

By the way, petite, diced, canned tomatoes are safe and are very good in a salad. They have been brought to a high enough temperature to kill any bacteria and are canned straight from the field, quickly and fresher than you can buy from the store.