Do you know someone who LOVES ketchup (catsup?) on everything but won't eat a tomato? There is actually a Facebook page called "I Hate Tomatoes, But I Love Ketchup And Other Tomato-Based Products" (918 followers!). Surely, I thought, they must have only experienced those well-traveled, cardboard excuses for tomatoes that are found in supermarkets in the middle of winter. If they could only eat a ripe heirloom tomato, fresh from the vine, they would change their minds - and tastebuds - and join the tomato sandwich loving crowd. But a 2-1/2 year old young lady, practically raised here at the farm and away from high-fructose corn syrup ketchup, has shown me otherwise. Raquel will eat a raw pod of burgundy okra (or a hot pickled one) with her Pop Pop, but will NOT eat any tomato - not a big Cherokee Purple or sweet, yellow Sun Gold tomato with her Mimi (who she loves by the way). As food adventurous as our granddaughter has always been, she states emphatically, "I don't like tomatoes!". Could tomatoes be in the same category as cilantro and arugula - a genetic pre-disposition to the love/hate relationship people have to these foods? Should I learn how to make homemade, heirloom ketchup for my favorite little girl? I guess time will tell!

 

WEDNESDAY'S MARKET IN MATTHEWS 

Thanks to everyone who stopped by for blueberries at the Matthews Farmer's Market on Wednesday. We are trying this mid-week market on for size (logistics, time, and staff) and may not have everything you are accustomed to seeing at the Saturday market. However, we will bring an order of our regular offerings just for you by request. Let us know you will be at the Market between 11:00 and 1:00 and what you would like us to bring for you.