i finally saw the campari tomatoes at my grocery in maryland on friday.
(maybe i'd been repressing seeing them before because they were pretty
damned expensive, four bucks for eight smallish tomatoes.)

so i took some home and had a plateful, sliced fairly thickly, with a dab
of mayonnaise, and salt and pepper - my favorite way to eat a good tomato -
and i have to say they were very, very tasty. the remainder look even
better today (sunday), i think a little redder.

so, y'all say they might be this good right along through the winter? that
would be nice.

your pal,
blake

In article >,
blake murphy > wrote:

> damned expensive, four bucks for eight smallish tomatoes.)

> and i have to say they were very, very tasty. the remainder look even
> better today (sunday), i think a little redder.
>
> so, y'all say they might be this good right along through the winter? that
> would be nice.
>
> your pal,
> blake

That's been my experience. Certainly head and shoulders above the
others I can get here. Not cheap, for sure.

--
Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
Holy Order of the Sacred Sisters of St. Pectina of Jella
"Always in a jam, never in a stew; sometimes in a pickle."
A few pics from the Fair are he
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On Sun, 19 Sep 2010 12:22:48 -0500, Melba's Jammin' wrote:

> In article >,
> blake murphy > wrote:
>
>> damned expensive, four bucks for eight smallish tomatoes.)
>
>> and i have to say they were very, very tasty. the remainder look even
>> better today (sunday), i think a little redder.
>>
>> so, y'all say they might be this good right along through the winter? that
>> would be nice.
>>
>> your pal,
>> blake
>
> That's been my experience. Certainly head and shoulders above the
> others I can get here. Not cheap, for sure.

ah, good. the way things have been going, i was eating fresh tomatoes one
month out of the year.

your pal,
blake

On Sun, 19 Sep 2010 14:53:35 -0500, Sqwertz wrote:

> On Sun, 19 Sep 2010 13:11:31 -0400, blake murphy wrote:
>
>> so, y'all say they might be this good right along through the winter? that
>> would be nice.
>
> They are hothouse grown year round in Western Canada and Mexico.
> Which might be why they're so expensive for you.
>
> -sw

not so ruinous that they couldn't be an occasional splurge.

your pal,
blake

On Sun, 19 Sep 2010 13:11:31 -0400, blake murphy
> wrote:

>i finally saw the campari tomatoes at my grocery in maryland on friday.
>(maybe i'd been repressing seeing them before because they were pretty
>damned expensive, four bucks for eight smallish tomatoes.)

Yep. They're not cheap.

>so i took some home and had a plateful, sliced fairly thickly, with a dab
>of mayonnaise, and salt and pepper - my favorite way to eat a good tomato

I saw this and laughed. Louise loves tomato and mayo sandwiches. No
S&P, it's gotta me Hellmanns, and it's gotta be trashy bread.

>and i have to say they were very, very tasty. the remainder look even
>better today (sunday), i think a little redder.

Don't let that color fool you! Gobble those suckers up before the
neighbors find out you have them.

>so, y'all say they might be this good right along through the winter? that
>would be nice.

The only ones worth buying in the winter.

Lou