blake murphy wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:06:41 -0400, Nancy Young wrote:
>
>> Cindy Hamilton wrote:

>>> I get grape tomatoes, which are readily available and pretty good
>>> in the winter. They can even be sliced (with caution) and put on
>>> a hamburger.
>>
>> I've done that, too! I know the cardboard tasting winter tomatoes
>> well, but I think that there has been a lot of progress on that
>> front since I was younger.

> there seems to be no lack of cruddy tomatoes in the grocery store
> even in summer.

I certainly didn't say there weren't a lot of awful tomatoes in
supermarkets. Just that you can find reasonable alternatives to
them, when years ago (not even that many), you had no choice.
I don't buy many tomatoes in the winter months as it is, but if
I see a nice Ugly tomato, I pay the price.

nancy