Well, here they come, the little devils that will grace our summer and fall and winter soups and pastas and stews and bruschette and above all will be bitten into raw, just picked with a little salt on the side to provide us with a taste of tomato heaven.
I hope.
Mama has just replanted the seedling to give them more force, as the French call strength, and we shall see what we shall see. Being away from them for three weeks won’t make mama any less worried, even though there is a nice man named Frederique who will preside over the tomato nursery!
If we can find Frederique.
But I think, having assessed the situation, that those tomatoes are going to grow whether we like it or not. They just do that. And we already have fava beans popping out everywhere so maybe they can be the cheering squad and get those little suckers to start doing their job.
Which is to become lovely slices on a plate with mozzarella and basil (better give that a kick, too, because it’s hanging back a bit from where it ought to be) or a fragrant silky soup with a splash of olive oil in the bowl or a creamy sauce for mama’s pizze or, if something goes very, very wrong, an effective missile to throw at Donald when he gets out of hand, haha.
Well, we’re not throwing THESE!
Just kidding, folks. I’ll watch over those little babies and make sure they grow up with ethics.
And character…
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Oh my gosh! Ours never look that good.
Yum-m-m!
Have a wonderful weekend…
Noodle and crew
Well, I was out there with a paintbrush to help them along. But mama didn’t notice…
Well, I didn’t mention it to mama but I was out there touching them up with her cadmium red…
Author of No Need To Knead, Handmade Italian Breads in 90 Minutes (Hyperion); Rome, At Home, The Spirit of la cucina romana in Your Own Kitchen (Broadway Books); No Need to Knead (Metric/American version–Grub Street Publishers, London)
Those tomatoes are off to a great start.
Yeah, but I lost a couple of stragglers….
I answered your nice comment on the website but here goes: Those tomatoes are hard-won and I lost a couple of stragglers because of weather change. Oh, boy….
Author of No Need To Knead, Handmade Italian Breads in 90 Minutes (Hyperion); Rome, At Home, The Spirit of la cucina romana in Your Own Kitchen (Broadway Books); No Need to Knead (Metric/American version–Grub Street Publishers, London)
Jan is drooling. She loves tomatoes. Your mom has such a green thumb we’re sure the tomatoes will grow while you are gone.
Yeah, maybe, but when she goes out at night people stare at the color of her thumbs!!!