Tomato role
Primary — the tomato is the leading ingredient
Form the tomato takes
raw
Season
Summer, December to March in the southern hemisphere.
What it is
Raw, finely diced tomato, onion and pepper dressed with oil and vinegar, left to sit so the vegetables release liquid. Served alongside grilled meat and sausage.
Traditional tomato
Not identifiable to a named cultivar. Firm, fleshy tomatoes that dice cleanly are what the dish requires.
Method
Not yet cooked and tested by the desk, so there is no method here. We would rather print nothing than a recipe we have not made.
Origins
Part of the Argentine asado table. The tomato reached South America's cooking through long domestication in its native range — the species originates in western South America and was domesticated in Mesoamerica before returning across the Atlantic.
Field notes
No field notes filed from Argentina yet.
The Ledger
No cook or grower has yet put a record against this dish. When one does, the varieties actually used will appear here — with who recorded them and how firmly.
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Sources
- Tomato — Solanum lycopersicum, origin and domestication — Encyclopaedia Britannica, accessed 2026-08-09
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