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"Todd" > wrote in message
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> On 02/03/2013 10:11 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>> I don't often have food cravings but I just had a severe one. For a
>> fresh
>> tomato which I did not have. I also didn't want to open a can of
>> tomatoes
>> because my dinner of small red beans and a small green salad with olives
>> and
>> onions will be enough food for me. So I thought of the little cans of
>> tomato sauce I bought at Winco for 19 cents. Popped one open, put it in
>> a
>> bowl, warmed it in the microwave and topped it with black pepper and
>> oregano. Ate three bites and... Ahhhhh. That seemed to be enough for
>> me.
>> I feel fine now. I suspect I am low on magnesium again. The last time I
>> craved tomatoes like this, that's what the problem was. Must make a note
>> to
>> buy fresh tomatoes next time I go to the store. I didn't do a full
>> grocery
>> shop this week and only bought a few things at Target and Costco.

>
> Hi Julie,
>
> Magnesium. Hmmm. Interesting. I have to supplement,
> or I get cramps and eye ticks. And, I eat a lot of tomatoes.
> Hmmm. An excuse to eat more tomatoes. Thank you!
>
> My local community farm is closed for the winter. Won't
> open till March 1st. I am going through tomato withdrawal.
> The store bought, picked green, tomatoes I have been forced
> to eat for the past couple of months are just horrible.
>
> If you have one of these farms near by. You must stop in.
> At mine, you have to pick them yourself ($2.99/lb),
> which I find a blast. When I enter the tomato green house,
> I get tipsy on all the free oxygen and have to restrain
> myself from yelling: I WANT THEM ALL!
>
> Ripe organic tomatoes off all different varieties. It will
> blow your mind! You will hate ever having to eat a store
> bought tomato again.
>
> -T


Nope. No farms near where I live. Used to be farm country but not so much
for vegetables given our short growing season.