tomayto tomahto

I'm a tomato fiend. I like it stir fried with egg, with chilli, steamed with fish, in sandwiches, burgers, in soup, as soup, as sides, in salads, as pasta sauce, as garnish... I like ketchup too although I take way more chilli sauce and mustard. (But I don't like tomato juice much.)

Anyway whenever I go to the supermarket I get happy when I see fat, red tomatoes that look more of the beefsteak variety piled up rather than the orangey red plum tomatoes. The latter is good cooked but not so wonderful raw.

I love the typical mozarella/tomato/basil/olive oil/sea salt combination. But I got tired of buying basil because it's always too big a box and I feel this anxiety to finish them before they wilt in the fridge but really, there's only so much basil you can eat in two days on a mostly Asian diet. It's a race against time I can't win.

The other night I was craving tomato and so just did a cottage cheese/olive oil/sea salt/pepper toss. Yums.

While googling for tomato types (way too many, way too complicated) I found this tomato hate site. It's actually pretty nice-looking and dedicated - they even have recipes for tomato-less pasta and pizza sauces.

And it made me think of something. Do you remember this?



I used to watch it as a kid. Looked out for it, even. I guess something about tumbling tomatoes grinning evilly caught my fancy. I don't remember anything about it except the intro song and the sight of tomato armies rolling onto streets and people screaming. It's really funny.