Now that the weather is getting warmer, thoughts turn to fresh produce from the farmers' markets and fresh tomatoes top the list. I refuse to buy tomatoes during the winter. They're shipped in from wherever, they're tasteless, they're hard as rocks...no thank you. Still a couple months until fresh Ohio tomatoes will be available.
My brother and sister-in-law who live in Tennessee were in town a few weeks ago. They live in Granger County which is known for its tomatoes. Some of the grocery stores around here sell Granger County tomatoes, just not yet. My brother called and asked me if I would like some fresh tomatoes. "Ohnygosh, ohmygosh...of course, of course!" He went on to qualify that they weren't Tennessee tomatoes but Florida tomatoes and they were good.
Sunday night's dinner centered around...(you guessed it)...tomatoes!
I saved a couple to slice for bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwiches and with the rest roasted them and made tomato soup. My son joined us for dinner, he doesn't like BLTs, so instead he got a bacon grilled cheese sandwich to dip in his tomato soup. Everyone was happy.
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"It's difficult to think anything but pleasant thoughts while eating a homegrown tomato." ~ Louis Grizzard
A few more weeks, the poly-tunnels in West Virginia are early with spring produce this year, thanks to a mild spring.
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