“Beefsteak tomatoes definitely taste more like tomatoes than they do beef or steak”

“Beefsteak tomatoes” do not contain any beefsteak, but there are jokes. “I used to think that beefsteak tomatoes would taste like beef. And steak. But they just taste like tomato” was posted on X/Twitter by Ame Dyckman✨ on March 13, 2019. “beefsteak tomatoes definitely taste more like tomatoes than they do beef or steak” was posted on Bluesky and X/Twitter by DaddyJew on June 16, 2026.
   
“Do vegans eat beefsteak tomatoes?” is a related joke.
     
   
Wikipedia: Beefsteak tomato
A beef tomato (British English) or beefsteak tomato (American English) is a large tomato. Grown on the plant Solanum lycopersicum, it is one of the largest varieties of cultivated tomatoes, regularly at 20 cm (7.9 in) in diameter with some weighing 450 g (1 lb) or more. Most are pink or red with numerous small seed compartments (locules) distributed throughout the fruit, sometimes displaying pronounced ribbing similar to ancient pre-Columbian tomato cultivars.
 
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Ame Dyckman✨
@AmeDyckman
I used to think that beefsteak tomatoes would taste like beef.
And steak.
But they just taste like tomato.
7:57 AM · Mar 13, 2019
 
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DaddyJew
‪@daddyjew.bsky.social‬
beefsteak tomatoes definitely taste more like tomatoes than they do beef or steak
10:05 PM · Jun 16, 2026
 
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DaddyJew
@DaddyJew
beefsteak tomatoes definitely taste more like tomatoes than they do beef or steak
10:07 PM · Jun 16, 2026
 
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Bill Noyes
June 18, 2026 at 12:31 PM ·
Why do Beefsteak tomatoes taste more like tomatoes than they do beef or steak?