We like tomatoes but our late friend Lotje used to adore tomatoes, watching her eat tomatoes was hilarious according to our slave. She would take a bite then her face get a disgusted look. But then she did like the taste and took another bite, get another disgusted look on her face and take another bite...
| Guinea Lynx' VEGETABLE CHART 100 gram portions | Percent Water | Energy (Kcal) | Protein (g) | Ascorbic Acid (C) | Calcium (mg) | Phosph. (mg) | Ca:P Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tomato | 93.76 | 21 | 0.85 | 19.1 | 5 | 24 | 0.2:1 |
We don't get tomatoes often, but we do like them. Here you can see Chico enjoying a piece of tomato.
Here's some points to take notice of when feeding tomatoes:
1) Be sure to remove the green tomato plant tops, tomato plants are poisonous!
2) We just read that if you have big tomatoes you should remove the seeds. We never did that, but also don't get big tomatoes...
3) We are doubting whether tomatoes can be a bit acidic like apples, which are not nice to eat when you have a mouth sore.... and can even be the cause of mouth sores when given in large quantities!
4) We don't advise the really small very sweet tomatoes (also called snack tomatoes in the Netherlands) for your piggy, or at least in very small amounts, cause since they are so sweet they must be high in sugar! Which is not very good for piggies...
Okay, well I hope you enjoy tomatoes, do let us know how you eat them, and feel free to send in pictures or videos of you eating tomatoes (see the contribute tab on top of the page).
Agent Minty reporting.
ReplyDeleteI just love tomatoes, so does my friend Copper but some of the Piggyfriends do not care for them ( that's OK by me.....more for us ).
About half of the herd love them and the other half ignore them.
Slave grows several different kinds of tomatoes and she cuts them into quarters for us to eat.
Slave says that when a new Piggyfriend arrives, if he or she is housed with a group that eats tomatoes then they join in. If their new group does not like them, then they don't eat them either.
I will get Slave to take a pigture of us munching tomatoes. Yum yum!
everyone here loves tomatoes! We also get a very small amount on our veggie plate.. but we will go for that first.. yummy!
ReplyDeleteOur mommy grows them in her garden, as she also enjoys a good tomato on her: bacon, lettuce,tomato sandwiches! She toasts her bread first and puts mayo on it. yum!!!!