Pic Today 7/28/11

THE TASTE OF

HOMEGROWN TOMATOES

I'm not sure what they sell

in grocery stores the rest of the year

(they look like tomatoes, but they're not),

but it takes the heat of the summer

and a sunny garden

to grow homegrown tomatoes.

Picking them fresh

and tasting them "still warm from the vine"

is an indescribable experience.

Slice one up, add some fresh basil leaves,

drizzle good balsamic vinegar on top . . .

THIS is a real tomato!

"It's difficult to think of anything but pleasant thoughts

while eating a homegrown tomato."

-- Lewis Grizzard