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What is your favorite way to eat tomatoes?
Asked at The Merc, 901 Iowa St. on June 30, 2010
“Spaghetti sauce.”
“Chopped up on a salad with salt and pepper, maybe some fresh herbs.”
“BLT or on a burger.”
“With onions and oil and vinegar on them.”
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Comments
RoeDapple 3 years, 8 months ago
Like an apple. Fresh from the vine, standing in the middle of the garden, 98 degrees outside, tomato juice dripping off my chin.
grammaddy 3 years, 8 months ago
Simply the best!
trinity 3 years, 8 months ago
like!
schula 3 years, 8 months ago
Just like Roe says!
kernal 3 years, 8 months ago
...with a shaker of salt.
pace 3 years, 8 months ago
Nothing sweeter than fresh, warm from the vine.
Xwards 3 years, 8 months ago
Fresh off the vine with some of my Mother's home-made potato salad.
amesn 3 years, 8 months ago
With cottage cheese and a hint of salt and pepper! Yum yum!
Chris Ogle 3 years, 8 months ago
Fresh off the vine, sliced, then chilled in the freezer.... Eat, Repeat
Flap Doodle 3 years, 8 months ago
In its natural state, the tomato is an abomination. Make it into sauce & then it's fit for human consumption.
trinity 3 years, 8 months ago
any ol' way-except stewed, that kinda makes me skeeve out.
jaywalker 3 years, 8 months ago
BLT, grilled cheese w/ bacon and tomato, or Capresi salad. Yeah, c'mon!
tomatogrower 3 years, 8 months ago
Anyway I can get them, except in ketchup.
tomatogrower 3 years, 8 months ago
Ketchup reminds me of the only funny line in "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes". Do you remember the cult movie where tomatoes were eating people? A guy goes underground as one of the tomatoes and they're sitting around eating people, and the guy said "Hey, can someone pass the ketchup."
craigers 3 years, 8 months ago
Ketchup cause I don't like chunks of tomatoes!! :)
somedude20 3 years, 8 months ago
ketchup,salsa,sauce not by itself, yuck!
ivalueamerica 3 years, 8 months ago
Fried Green Tomatoes, it isn't just a movie, folks, it is also sheer delight to eat.
jonas_opines 3 years, 8 months ago
By passing it to my wife. Tomatoes are Nasty.
But then. . . maybe I should try eating one like Andini and O-Bob. I may see the problem.
whatadrag 3 years, 8 months ago
I think there's a liquor store over there
gphawk89 3 years, 8 months ago
Cherry tomatoes straight from the vine in the garden. Just ate the first one of the season yesterday morning. Yum!
jonas_opines 3 years, 8 months ago
Well, it appears that somebody with a grudge against me has attempted to get me into copyright trouble for the cartoon I thoughtlessly used on my blog, going so far as to contact the owners of the cartoon to inform them of it. Yay.
Ralph Reed 3 years, 8 months ago
Has "He Who Shall Not Be Named" risen from the grave, or is he simply haunting you?
jonas_opines 3 years, 8 months ago
I know who it was, which was why I feel fair in saying that it's on account of a grudge.
RoeDapple 3 years, 8 months ago
CyberKnight (anonymous) says… "I think that if you think the guy is gone, you are dreaming. I'd be keeping my head down." March 9, 2010 at 7:44 p.m."
zikzak 3 years, 8 months ago
Mayonnaise, Bread and sliced Tomatoes with a bit of fresh dill. My mom used to make these on Summer days back in the 70's. Not quite as good as when she made these for me, but they still do fine when the day is hot and the sprinklers is shusshing in the front yard.
scopi_guy 3 years, 8 months ago
BLT!
jonas_opines 3 years, 8 months ago
Yep. Reason is about 6 posts up. Working the details, then I think I'm going to put it back up for sheer spite.
Flap Doodle 3 years, 8 months ago
That short-lived commenter was an odd combo of HWMNBN and sipderham. Good on you for reposting the blog.
Sarah St. John 3 years, 8 months ago
Roe's first answer is also #1 in my book. Sun-warmed and straight from the garden.
A very close second would be sliced, with some mozzarella and FRESH basil on top.
Or a BLT. Or a BLAT (avocado added).
RoeDapple 3 years, 8 months ago
available in the vegan bacon isle . . . at Walmart, of course!
grammaddy 3 years, 8 months ago
I think I need a cigarette after reading that.
RoeDapple 3 years, 8 months ago
Let me know if you are short on cannon fuse!
grammaddy 3 years, 8 months ago
Not any of that new salmon-flavored stuff is it?
Richard Heckler 3 years, 8 months ago
Solo,with pasta,with fakin bacon,with cheese and wine and last but certainly not least munchin that lovely fruit known as avocado yummmmmmo.
gerald_bostock 3 years, 8 months ago
LIKE AN APPLE!!!!!!
JJE007 3 years, 8 months ago
Right to left. If all is right, then nothing's left. If all is left, then nothing's right.
riverdrifter 3 years, 8 months ago
In fresh cold salsa with Mamma Socorro's salsa mix. BLT's can't be beat though.
LoveThsLife 3 years, 8 months ago
On a nice grilled pizza with chopped basil, minced garlic, olive oil and some kosher salt...yum.
matahari 3 years, 8 months ago
Free, or better yet....stolen
Kris_H 3 years, 8 months ago
Slice of tomato, slice of fresh mozarella (the real kind), repeat as desired. Chiffonade of freshly picked basil leaves strewn over. Drizzle of olive oil. Tiny bit of salt & pepper, if you like. A glass of a nice Chardonnay and someone else to cook the rest of the meal for you. :)
Finnbar1 3 years, 8 months ago
Ain't nothin' in the world that I like better Than bacon & lettuce & homegrown tomatoes Up in the mornin' out in the garden
Get you a ripe one don't get a hard one Plant
em in the spring eatem in the summer All winter with out `em's a culinary bummer I forget all about the sweatin' & diggin' Everytime I go out & pick me a big oneHomegrown tomatoes homegrown tomatoes What'd life be without homegrown tomatoes Only two things that money can't buy That's true love & homegrown tomatoes -Guy Clark
Not that I agree with this song--tomatoes in any form except ketchup / catsup I despise with the burning intensity of a thousand white hot suns.
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