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marmar
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Tue May-17-11 12:05 PM Original message |
Why the Modern Tomato is Flawed: A Review of Tomatoland |
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KT2000
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Tue May-17-11 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
1. Red Delicious Apples |
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Zephie
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Tue May-17-11 12:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
28. Ugh, I can't stand those things. |
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KT2000
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Tue May-17-11 08:24 PM Response to Reply #28 |
40. Those make the best sauce! |
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Auntie Bush
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Tue May-17-11 01:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
33. The nice red strawberries out now are hard as rock, have no juice, |
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laundry_queen
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Thu May-19-11 10:48 AM Response to Reply #33 |
76. And they are the size of small apples! WTF? |
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JDPriestly
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Tue May-17-11 11:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
47. Can't stand red delicious apples from the store. |
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Hannah Bell
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Wed May-18-11 03:14 AM Response to Reply #47 |
56. when i was a kid, washington red delicious were delicious. |
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JDPriestly
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Wed May-18-11 10:03 AM Response to Reply #56 |
58. The article you quote from is so right. |
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damntexdem
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Tue May-17-11 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
2. The tomato is only one fruit that has lost its flavor. |
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blondeatlast
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Tue May-17-11 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
3. Same with bananas. I have a tiny little patio tomato plant and the fruit is divine. |
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asjr
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Tue May-17-11 12:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. I'm glad someone else thinks |
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trotsky
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Tue May-17-11 12:39 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Unless you are over 60 years old, the bananas you buy today... |
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blondeatlast
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Tue May-17-11 12:42 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. That's interesting, because I'm nowhere near 60 and they don't taste at |
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trotsky
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Tue May-17-11 12:45 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. The banana is an interesting story to be sure. |
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asjr
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Tue May-17-11 12:45 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Well, maybe it is my age. I will be 79 in Sept. |
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trotsky
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Tue May-17-11 12:46 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Then you got to enjoy the gros michel. |
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surrealAmerican
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Tue May-17-11 12:57 PM Response to Reply #13 |
27. Genes are not the whole story when it comes to flavor in fruit. |
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KamaAina
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Tue May-17-11 12:44 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. I was in my mid-30s before I realized that bananas had flavor |
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trotsky
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Tue May-17-11 12:47 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Yeah right, next you'll tell us people can grow pineapples and sugar cane there too! |
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KamaAina
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Tue May-17-11 12:48 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. And coffee |
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tridim
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Tue May-17-11 12:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. I don't eat them until they start turning black. Maybe that's why you don't taste them? |
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JDPriestly
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Tue May-17-11 11:59 PM Response to Reply #18 |
48. My view also, tridim. But most of my family disagrees with me. |
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hedgehog
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Tue May-17-11 12:15 PM Original message |
Of course, this has nothing whatsover to do with the obesity epidemic, |
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Gormy Cuss
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Tue May-17-11 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
11. +1 |
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sharp_stick
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Tue May-17-11 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
4. Store bought tomatoes |
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Champion Jack
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Tue May-17-11 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
5. Buy local, support the small farmer |
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hedgehog
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Tue May-17-11 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
6. I just commented about this on another thread: the strawberries |
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druidity33
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Tue May-17-11 12:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
23. Most strawberry farmers |
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hedgehog
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Tue May-17-11 01:07 PM Response to Reply #23 |
31. I won't claim the locals don't do any spraying, just that their stuff |
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druidity33
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Tue May-17-11 01:22 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Actually, the reason they rot quicker |
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JDPriestly
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Wed May-18-11 02:17 PM Response to Reply #31 |
63. I don't spray. My homegrown (what I can grow of it) goes |
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TygrBright
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Wed May-18-11 05:56 PM Response to Reply #23 |
71. Just grow your own in a nice big washtub. |
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druidity33
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Thu May-19-11 05:42 AM Response to Reply #71 |
74. I live in a rural area... |
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smirkymonkey
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Tue May-17-11 12:53 PM Response to Reply #6 |
25. The best strawberries are the small wild ones - You haven't |
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Retrograde
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Tue May-17-11 07:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
39. My farmers' market gets the ones that were too ripe to ship |
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emcguffie
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Thu May-19-11 09:52 AM Response to Reply #6 |
75. Strawberries have also been bred to be shippable. |
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kestrel91316
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Tue May-17-11 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
7. I miss my garden primarily for the hundred-plus pounds of heirloom |
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AsahinaKimi
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Tue May-17-11 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
8. My favorite are Cherry Tomatoes but I discovered... |
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JDPriestly
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Wed May-18-11 12:05 AM Response to Reply #8 |
49. You can grow your own, even in a small backyard. |
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izquierdista
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Wed May-18-11 09:10 AM Response to Reply #49 |
57. Tomatoes are not annuals |
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JDPriestly
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Wed May-18-11 10:04 AM Response to Reply #57 |
59. Very interesting. I think I will try starting plants from cuttings next year. |
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TheMadMonk
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Wed May-18-11 09:11 PM Response to Reply #59 |
73. You do know boild willowbark is a a decent rooting compound. |
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rucognizant
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Wed May-18-11 06:27 PM Response to Reply #57 |
72. I have |
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monmouth
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Tue May-17-11 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
10. "Jersey" beefsteak tomatoes out of someone's garden...Ahhhh..n/t |
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Gregorian
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Tue May-17-11 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
12. I remember the tomato someone gave my mom in 1960. |
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JDPriestly
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Wed May-18-11 12:06 AM Response to Reply #12 |
50. There is a bubble in farmland values now. It could just be gambling |
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shoutinfreud
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Tue May-17-11 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
21. Shouldn't this be in the tomato forum? |
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JDPriestly
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Wed May-18-11 02:19 PM Response to Reply #21 |
64. Is there a tomato forum? |
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MadHound
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Tue May-17-11 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
22. Grow your own, |
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formercia
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Tue May-17-11 01:00 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. I like Pruden's Purple |
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JDPriestly
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Wed May-18-11 02:20 PM Response to Reply #22 |
65. I might try an heirloom next year. I'm new to backyard |
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wryter2000
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Tue May-17-11 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
26. Don't get me started |
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IDemo
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Tue May-17-11 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
30. Just got the tomatoes planted last weekend |
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Auntie Bush
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Tue May-17-11 02:01 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. I tried to plant mine last weekend...but too much rain! |
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Igel
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Tue May-17-11 03:08 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Mine are just ripening. |
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Tx4obama
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Wed May-18-11 12:33 AM Response to Reply #36 |
53. I'm in Houston too - lots of great things to grow down here. |
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Igel
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Fri May-20-11 05:49 PM Response to Reply #53 |
77. I'm still experimenting. |
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JDPriestly
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Wed May-18-11 12:07 AM Response to Reply #30 |
51. Wow! Snow! Here in LA my plants are starting to produce. |
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IDemo
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Wed May-18-11 01:04 PM Response to Reply #51 |
62. Yes, snow. |
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JDPriestly
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Wed May-18-11 02:21 PM Response to Reply #30 |
66. I put old curtains over my plants to keep them warm in winter |
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Mojorabbit
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Wed May-18-11 05:29 PM Response to Reply #30 |
70. Already harvesting in Fl |
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bvar22
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Tue May-17-11 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
35. NOTHING in the "Produce Section" tastes like it used to. |
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JDPriestly
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Wed May-18-11 12:10 AM Response to Reply #35 |
52. Good for you, bvar22 |
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Stinky The Clown
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Tue May-17-11 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
37. There are tomatoes branded "Ugly Ripe" that taste good but are illegal to grow in Florida |
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CrispyQ
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Tue May-17-11 06:03 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Unbelievable! I think they are lovely. --nt |
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DirkGently
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Tue May-17-11 09:05 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. They do have a bit of flavor. The others surely don't. Illegal? Unbelievable. |
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quaker bill
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Tue May-17-11 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
41. Something that always irritates this botanist |
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flvegan
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Tue May-17-11 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
43. Growing my own this year. |
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Sonoman
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Tue May-17-11 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
44. TomatoMania |
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MilesColtrane
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Tue May-17-11 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
45. I've got three green, golf-ball-sized tomatoes on four plants so far. |
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sylvi
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Tue May-17-11 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
46. Tomatoes are my favorite veggie (fruit, berry, whatever) |
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StarsInHerHair
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Wed May-18-11 12:57 AM Response to Original message |
54. grow Roma tomatos, they are limited in size & can be grown in pots, they're |
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defendandprotect
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Wed May-18-11 01:36 AM Response to Original message |
55. Tomatoes stink these days -- What's the hard YELLOW stuff in the middle of them? Fish genes? |
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Snoutport
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Wed May-18-11 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
60. I am sad about this!!!! |
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blackspade
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Wed May-18-11 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
61. Thanks for the info! |
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Jefferson23
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Wed May-18-11 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
67. I have a garden and grow tomatoes, but I stopped buying the small |
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The Second Stone
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Wed May-18-11 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
68. Canned tomatoes taste wonderful by comparison |
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Jefferson23
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Wed May-18-11 02:40 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. True, San Marzano tomatoes, the very best. n/t |
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