The Marvel of Tomatoes

I am pretty proud of myself. I just ate nachos with tomatoes. That’s a major accomplishment, which demonstrates my soaring maturity levels as the big 3-0 looms alarmingly near. It helps, though, that I was ultra-hungry and ultra-in-a-hurry. Still, I choose to think I’m achieving adult status.

Has anyone else ever noticed that tomatoes taste like apples? Maybe it’s just that they’re red. Or maybe it was the beans and nacho cheese.

Either way I think I’ve just had a major revelation that I like tommy toes after all. I found a page dedicated to the marvels of the fruit/vegetable(?) Turns out the tomato was known in the 19th century as the “love apple” so my apple diagnosis was not far off.

Here’s my new slogan for my new tomato promotion campaign:

Tomatoes: more than just a reason to laugh at Dan Quayle...

Oh wait. That was potatoes. Never mind. At least it prompted me to do a “where are they now” search on Dan Quayle. FYI – he’s in the private sector making lots of public appearances and graduation speeches these days. Eating lots of tomatoes, too, I hope.