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Skriven 2007-09-19 22:46:44 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
  Kommentar till text 20405 av Joan Macdiarmid (1:18/200)
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Hi Joan,

>>> It's almost a joke in this house how I won't grow them in my garden,
>>> or even buy brussel sprouts <g>.. Ron loves them, but I can't stand
>>> 'em... 'course he hates anchovies with a passion so I call it even

>> Hm, a marital discord?

>> Well, I'll say it's the only thing I can think of that we disagree on
>> so the fact that I haven't wanted to eat them doesn't break our
>> marriage :) :)  Ron's a very neat guy :)

> Maybe it would be a nice treat for him if you would buy a few for him
> and cook them just  for him, while making a veggie you like for
> yourself, especially if you like one he doesn't care for. He would know
> you did it just for him, for love!

Very Romantic :)  But no, I'll eat them too.. as long as I can put anchovie
paste on them (thanks Hap <g>)

>> (I had 4-5 inside already I wasn't ready to use) so I
>> offered that she could pick any she wanted for immediate
>> use, and she said she didn't like tomatoes!

>> As hard to imagine as it, two of my children have allergies to
>> tomatoes.. for an Italian cook, that's a little rough, believe me
> <grin>.. Growing up in an Italian household, Tomato sauce was a given every
>> Sunday <smile>

> Allergies I understand. Some just don't like them. Barbara McNay has
> gone on record as not caring for them because of the seeds  and gooshy
> parts, and in fact, I was reluctant to eat them fresh when I was young
> (sauce was fine). What I can't understand is why these people are so
> worried about my harvesting the 'maters if they don't much like them?

Yes, doesn't make a lot of sense :)

>> I walked out to water the garden with a bucket
>> and the 8YO girl was all over me asking to
>> help pick them all! No, I wasn't picking
>> them all, just watering, but if I let her
>> pick a tomato, would she eat it? She wasn't sure.
>> I presume her Mom's dislike of them means
>> these kids had no introduction to them. But
>> she said her Daddy would eat them. So I
>> suggested she pick out a nice one for her Daddy,
>> and eventually let every kid in the local pack
>> pick one tomato for their family... the little
>> black kids said Gramma loved tomatoes. I am
>> very willing to share because 6 plants all
>> come ripe at the same time

>> That's neat, I bet they appreciate that :)

> It was sort of fun. Earlier in the year I showed them how the flowers
> developed a bulge behind them which would become fruits, so I am now a
> biology teacher!

:) :)

> I involved them in my gardening a bit because I was
> trying to get them to be careful about playing too close to my garden.
> A mis-kicked soccer ball just might wipe out a whole tomato plant early
> in the Spring or Summer.

Oh yes, that's almost as bad as when my male Black Lab decides to jump in one
of my garden beds :)  thankfully he only likes to do it when plants are small
seedlings so I cover the beds with chicken-wire <g>.. If he barreled into the
bed later, I guess he could knock the tomato cages over.. so far he hasn't
<g>. The kids on the block here don't hit their soccer balls into my beds,
though thank goodness <smile>.. where they play isn't across from my garden
beds. But if they were, I'd be doing the same thing as you, getting them
involved somehow in the process :)

>> Could be allergies that causes that distaste...though from what
>> I've seen alleriges can sometimes make a person crave the thing
>> they are allergic to "more".. go figure.. :)

> Sigh. I am not dangerously allergic, but somewhat sensitive to a
> couple of fruits I really like anyway. Light green fruits, though I
> suppose that's a  coincidence. I adore honeydew melons which give me
> a sore throat (my Gramma said that happened for her, too), and Kiwis,
> which cause the insides of my ears to itch! I eat both occasionally,
> anyway. I can at least eat white grapes happily, so light green isn't
> the automatic warning for me.

Wow, the second person I have ever heard about that has that problem with
melons and Kiwis.. my grandson has the same complaint that you describe.. My
brother can't eat peaches for the same reason... none of those fruits ever
bothered me though .. Milk is about it for me.. it's like mud going down my
throat.. I remember the day in Kindergarten (I really do <laugh>) that instead
of drinking my little carton of milk, I found some guy who would take it every
day :)

>> I should go over and suggest he take a few as he
>> wants them, for sandwiches and salads for himself.
>> Sure, or drop a bag or whatever off <grin>

> I would rather make it a welcome to take as needed, as an oversupply
> makes pressure to use them in time. They really do keep well on the
> vine till you need them.

Good idea :)  But for me, I don't use any pesticides.. totally "organic" except
that if you figure there's a street across from the beds, you can't call them
'Organic' <g>. So what you do to keep the bugs from getting them is pick early
and often.. and you keep them off the ground.  I swap all the beds every two
years as well.. that keeps insects from making a home in that area.

>> I hesitate, because I made such an offer to another neighbor last
>> year, a Korean lady. and she took everything even half-ripe, for some
>> big cooking project or pickling, I guess! I wasn't planning to be
>> cleaned out, just to share a bit of my bounty.

>> That can be painful, being cleaned out in that way <grin>

> She also had worried I wasn't picking them early enough. Maybe she never
> appreciated tomatoes ripened on the vine all the way, but presumed
> pinkish supermarket rocks were the proper norm for tomato ripeness.

That could be.. or it could be that she grew them herself once and knew that if
the longer they were on the vine, the greater the chance for "an attack" <g>


Take care,
Janis

=========Green Tomatoes in Olive Oil=========
Green Tomatoes
salt
garlic, chopped
fennel
olive oil

Slice tomatoes thin.  Place in layers, and salt the layers.  Put a heavy dish
on top of the tomatoes.   Wash slices.  Place in a colander to drain.  Combine
chopped garlic, fennel and olive oil in a bowl. Add some tomato slices, add
more oil and mix. Continue adding tomatoes and oil until all the slices are
added.  Cover and keep refrigerated until ready to serve.

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