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"Jean B." wrote:

kilikini wrote:
My friends are being gifted a carton of vine-ripened tomatoes. They only
want a couple because these are the friends of mine who don't cook, they
only buy processed food on their food stamp card. BUT they swear they'll
slice a few tomatoes up for a salad. (GASP! That's labor intensive!) I'm
sure they'll make a couple of BLT's as well, *if* the pre-cooked bacon is on
sale at WalMart. :-P

Anyway, my friend called me this afternoon and asked me if I wanted the rest
when she gets them. I was like, what? Are you KIDDING? Of course! I
started thinking about marinara sauce, pizza sauce, meatball subs, stuffed
shells, ziti, calzones, bouillabaise, cioppino, breadsticks (for dipping),
manicotti, chicken cacciatore, tomato soup, tomato bisque, moussaka, Italian
style meatloaf, Manhattan Clam Chowder, etc. As my mind whirled through the
recipes I could concoct with fresh, real tomatoes, I listed each recipe out
loud into the phone.........Then silence. I heard nothing on the other end.
Dead Silence. 10 seconds went by....

Then she chortled, "I don't know what half of those things are that you just
said!"

Sigh. Sad. Very, very sad.

kili


That IS sad. I am guessing that the majority of us here know
all of them, and that conjuring up a vague recipe and image
doesn't stretch our memories at all.

I know most of them and can google for the rest.
I love fresh 'maters and would probably use most of them for Insalata.
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