Looking for something tempting and colourful, tomatoes seemed the obvious choice as willing subject.
I love this tomato time of the year. As I can remember there is a folk song that goes...
"Τhere's just two things that money can't buy and that's true love and home grown tomatoes."
"Ah, your juicy flesh is my food, your aroma is my wine and the taste of you burnt my mouth with its sweetness."
Ηow I love the incredible taste of biting into a just picked-up right off the vine sun-ripened tomato!
Your tongue says to your brain.." Oh my gosh, that's good..."
Tomato is a fruit and one of the most treasured gifts from the garden.
Tomato is a fruit and one of the most treasured gifts from the garden.
Did you know that it has been called everything from the Moor's Apple to the Wolf Peach, to the Love Apple? Interestingly enough, in French, the word for tomato really translates as "apple of love"
pomme d'amour.
Shots of mayonnaise, olive paste (tapenade) and tomato and cucumber slices. Yum!
Love me some tomatoes. These look just great! Beautiful pics!
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I ove them so much, I have them with most meals...yummy.
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Man Dish~Metro Style
Yummy, what was that in the glass with the tomato sticking out? Picture 4 I believe? That looked awesome. I thought tomatoes were veggies? Oh well.
ReplyDeleteI love them too. These look especially delectable.
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xoRobyn
Following you back! Thanks so much for stopping by! Your tomatoes look delish! Yum!
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http://www.twomonkeysawashtub.com
What a gorgeous tomato! I took pictures of mine the other day and they did not pose nearly as well!
ReplyDeleteYour tomatoes looks interesting with your photos. I so love tomatoes. Back home, breakfast isn't complete without salted egg with tomatoes. Oh! you made me miss my hometown.
ReplyDeleteYes, you are well rhapsodical over this queen of Summer!
ReplyDeleteWarm Aloha from Waikiki :)
Comfort Spiral
Right off the vine, eat it like an apple...
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The tomatoes look so lovely in this post! Frankly, I cannot eat it raw. All our food items require tomatoes so it is always part of the cooked food.
ReplyDeleteThe pictures sent me drooling but in reality, I don't much like them :)
Joy always,
Susan
mmm mmm Fresh from the garden, a little dill and pepper, bite into the plump fruit , mmm juicy
ReplyDeletemmm mmm Fresh from the garden, a little dill and pepper, bite into the plump fruit , mmm juicy
ReplyDeleteI can smell the tomatoes in the photographs.
I also love tomatoes especially home grown ones. What's that other song 'I say tomato, you say tamato'?
ReplyDeleteI like tomatoes very much!Some days I eat only tomatoes for lunch.
ReplyDeleteYou're going to thnk I'm strange but I'm not a fan of tomatoes. I like them in sauces, etc. but not the fresh picked ones that people love. I know I'm weird.
ReplyDeleteI love them so much. My favorite sandwich in the summer is tomato, lettuce and cheese. The downside of wonderful summer tomatoes is winter tomatoes from the stores that taste like cardboard. I've yet to develop a taste for cardboard.
ReplyDeleteLovely photos.
Betty, you are an awesome photographer, and your pix make me want to jump and run to my fridge so I can sink my teeth into some tomatoes. My favorite way to eat this delectable fruit is with salt and pepper and some lime juice.
ReplyDeleteAnd, where are you? I haven't seen you in a while... hoping all is well... and you're taking care. I know there is much to do after a vacation. Keep well, Betty.
Sending you warm hugs,
Nevine
Your photos are gorgeous! I love lightly salted sliced tomatoes.
ReplyDeleteoh I'm so in on this love fest.....
ReplyDeleteI love tomatoes too. Maybe not as much as you, but they're very yummy.
ReplyDeleteYour tomatoes look yummy!! I love them, our plants are past producing and I mentioned to my girls the other day how much I miss them.
ReplyDeleteOh, yeah, I love tomatoes...I wish they would grow here in Texas...too hot, they always die.
ReplyDeleteWe grew them in California all the time.
Imagine that years ago people thought they were poisonous!
I'm glad you're back!
ReplyDeleteFrankly Miss Betty, I love you! LOL!
ReplyDeleteYummy photos! Those tomatoes look great!!!!
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Sadly, I only like them cooked!
ReplyDeleteI love tomatoes too. I like them with other foods normally like cheese or chicken and I really like cooking with tomatoes.
ReplyDeleteI love tomatoes but this time of year I get tired of them. There are SO many on our plants we can't eat them fast enough. The neighbors are a bit tired of them as well.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos of one of my favorite things in the world!! Nothing beats a homegrown tomato!
ReplyDeleteOur crop is fizzling now, but we've had a great summer of delicious yellow tomatoes. They're not quite as acidic as the red varieties, but equally tasty.
My mouth is watering just looking at your photos!
I love them too! Those look so refreshing.
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last weekend I planted a baby grape tomato bush in the back garden. I love tomatoes as well. These photos are so beautiful!
ReplyDeleteOh my gracious alive - I LOVE LOVE LOVE tomatoes! They are some of my most favorite things to eat in the whole world! These pictures are awesome and look delicious! You have such a talent for making them jump off the page. Thanks for sharing your beautiful tomatoes with us! I'm curious as to what picture number 4 is though? Big hugs my friend! Have an awesometastic day! Love ya! xoxoxo
ReplyDeleteWhat excellent photos - I wish I had a scratch and sniff screen! Ha! I grew up eating a tomato salad:
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cut up onion
extra virgin olive oil
Italian seasoning
salt
pepper
Mix well. You could also add fresh mozzarella chunks right in the salad, too.
If I don't mix the cheese in with the salad, I buy a good sharp provolone cheese and slice that up and serve it along with the salad, and good crusty bread to dip in the juices. Yum!
Beautiful photos and love the meals you prepared :) We will have to wait for another few months for such beautiful tomatoes. big hugs xxx
ReplyDeleteYummy, Betty! They look divine! Tomatoes are great and versatile. Can't live without them!
ReplyDeleteYes, i love tomatoes also a lot! In all forms; even dried. We eat tomatoes mostly everyday.
ReplyDeleteWonderful photographs!
Any way you can taste them, tomatoes are my weakness Betty.
ReplyDeleteEspecially those grown naturally during summer and outside. Not those grown in green houses.
You can check my latest post if you wish.
There is a different way to have them.
Have a great afternoon.
Costas
Love them, I have an overabundance of them from my garden at the moment.
ReplyDeleteI never knew any of this tomato lore. Thank you Betty. You are amazing my friend.
ReplyDeleteanything you write is worth a second look;)
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Steven Anthony
Man Dish~Metro Style
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Life in the Fish Bowl
Guy Clark got to love it.
ReplyDeleteThe modification of tomatoes has driven the taste out of them (at Least I heard on this news program, because of the breeding to keep them on the shelve longer and for shipping times), but they are trying modify them again to try and capture that taste when you were a kid and picked the tomato off of your mom's garden.
Me I don't like the mess that comes with eating tomatoes, so I only eat the grape sized ones.
OMG I love tomatoes - will eat them plain or in any other way they're served...they're refreshing and joyful!
ReplyDeleteDANG I'VE MISSED YOU!!!!
SMILES/Hugs
Shawna
Sumptuous Photos! I try to grow heirloom varieties in my garden though this was not a good year in the far north for ripening tomatoes. I like the humble tomato sandwich with just a bit of mayonaise. I like to crush a clove of garlice in some olive oil with a bit of ground pepper and a cubed tomato. All the "mess" of the tomato becomes a tomato and oil gravy.
ReplyDeleteSteve Julian, thanks so much for providing such an useful info.
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Yum. That's all, yum!
ReplyDeleteI too luvem
ReplyDeleteI just started eating tomatoes this year. WHY? Because when I was 6, my mom cut one open and a big black spider crawled out. Scarred me for 24 years.
ReplyDeleteI could eat tomatoes every day!
ReplyDeleteFew things are better than a caprese salad on a hot day. I LOVE tomatoes. Especially heirlooms and ugly tomatoes, they are the best.
ReplyDeleteHI there just stopping by from the Boost my blog Friday stop by and say Hi and tell me why your smiling this Friday. I love a tomato with some salt just like an apple. yummy
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I love them,too.A thin slice of bread, cheese and tomatos are my everyday breakfast routine..
ReplyDeleteHi Betty~ So sorry for being such a sporadic visitor. I love these shots and love tomatoes. When I was pregnant with my second daughter, that is all I craved.
ReplyDeleteThat daughter happens to be my redhead ;)
Be well and I so enjoyed catching up on so many of your posts.
~Calli
Thanks for stopping by and following me. I'm following you back :) Your tomatoes look yummy!! Have a great weekend!!
ReplyDeleteYummm...I love tomatoes. I could eat them in almost anything!
ReplyDeleteYou're so right, on the vine and sun-dried are simply the best - great series of photos!
ReplyDeleteHi Betty! Wow... you've got some lovely tomato shots here! I love the first one - the lighting and shadows are just perfect! The photo of the tomato resting on the window ledge is really great too.
ReplyDeleteI can't eat too much tomato or I get a tummy ache... too bad because I love spaghetti and tomato sauce! :o) Oh and I LOVE that Guy Clark song about homegrown tomatoes! ;o)
Yummy, awww really beautiful pictures!! I love tomatoes so much like you. :)
ReplyDeleteYummy, awww really beautiful pictures!! I love tomatoes so much like you. :)
ReplyDeleteAwesome shots, especially the top one. Well done!
ReplyDeletethree cheers for the tomato. I am a huge fan, when I moved to Italy I would eat them like apples. Delicious so sweet. CArla
ReplyDeleteNeat blog- following you back!
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