"The signature of the human diet is cooking."

[elleng]

"By changing the forms of starches, fats and proteins, cooking concentrates the nutrients in foods."

''The hallmark of the human diet is flexibility, the ability to find or make a meal in any environment."

"High nutrition diets became necessary for humans to meet the increasing energy demands of the large brain, and the hunting-gathering lifestyle developed as humans took advantage of grazing animals such as antelope and gazelle."

"The staple foods of humans are much more nutritionally dense than those of other large primates, which can subsist on leaves and fruit."

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/02/13/science/AP-SCI-Ancient-Eats.html?_r=1

[Lucinda]

1. I could susbsist on leaves and fruit, cheerfully, if it were tomato and basil.

:)
On my way to read the article!

On edit:
That was interesting. I've been doing a little geeky research lately on what foods were common to various times in history, but I'd never looked that far back! :)

[elleng]

2. ME TOO,

FRESH!!!

Can't find decent tomatoes! MAY grow both, this summer!!!

[Lucinda]

3. We grow heriloom tomatoes and a couple kinds of basil every year.

I usually bring a pot of basil indoors for the winter too, but didn't get to it this year. I miss it.

Our garden space is pretty tiny, I crammed as much house as I could on a very small lot, but we always make rooms for tomatoes, herbs and peppers. I have two grocery store tomatoes that I finally put in the fridge so they wouldn't spoil becuae I just dont want them and i didn't want to throw them out. I'm spoiled. Nothing tastes like homegrown. I'll chuck them in a sauce soon. :)

[elleng]

4. I want tomato for sandwich, but SO BAD!

Where are you and your garden?

[Lucinda]

5. I does sound really good right now. I'm craving light fresh foods a LOT.

My garden and I are in Gatlinburg TN. The tomatoes are in seed packets though. :(
Except for the bland one in the fridge.