Usually Russian families have their own recipe to cook pickled tomatoes)) Some of them love spicy)) Mother of girl, who was my friend in school, jarred really spicy vegetables) I couldn't eat them because they were incredibly spicy. But her family ate them with bread every meal When I was finished school this girl got gastritis.

I think it'll be OK if you ask your friend about the best way to eat tomatoes))) May be his family have their own way to eat them too))