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[CSA Update] Welcome to week 7

Posted on August 6th, 2021 by Ida DeFrancesco

I am feeling good from my head, tomatoes.


I watched my son eat a tomato like most people eat apples. Just snacking out of hand. They are good eats.


Once tomato season starts, I always have a few on the counter. They go into so many recipes, and when they are perfectly ripe, they are delicious.
My tomatoes might ruin you from eating tomatoes in the winter. When you learn that sun-ripened tomato freshly picked flavor - it stays with you.
Whether you make ketchup or homemade sauce (gravy) or enjoy them plump and juicy - they are a great FRUIT.


Tomatoes are fruits. They develop from the ovary located at the base of the flower and contain the plant's seeds. Bell peppers and cucumbers also grow from the flowers - and they are fruits too, and so are green beans and red chilies!


"Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad." - Miles Kington