From: songbird@anthive.com   
      
   hubops@ccanoemail.ca wrote:   
   ...   
   > Many years ago,  I thought that cherry tomatoes were a dumb idea -   
   > -  too small for anything  I did wth a tomato  < sandwich or burger >   
   > .. somewhere along the line,  I started liking them  ..   
   > .. now I think they're  candy  !   grab  4 or 5   off the vine   
   > when walking by   ..   " roll your eyes "    Good one !   
   >   John T.   
      
     about 5 years ago i started getting a rash when i   
   ate tomatoes so i stopped eating them for a few years.   
   the past two years i've gradually added them back to   
   my diet and so far no rashes.   
      
     we used to grow a few cherry tomato plants each year   
   but then we could not keep up with eating them or   
   giving them away and so when i stopped eating tomatoes   
   we stopped growing cherry tomatoes.   
      
     i used to eat a quart of them when picking - like   
   you say - like candy.  sweet 100s were aptly named.   
   that was what Mom wanted to grow.  she didn't like   
   some others we'd grown.   
      
     one time as an experiment i canned juice from them   
   alone and found out later that it didn't really have   
   the flavor i was hoping for.  they lack what the   
   beefsteaks we grow have the right balance of flavor   
   and they make excellent tomato juice.   
      
     now though we mostly just put up chunks.  i'm sure   
   there are other cherry tomatoes that may work out   
   better but some times i cannot convince Mom to grow   
   different things and that is ok too as i can work   
   around it.   
      
     i'll be busy tonight putting up chunks as we are   
   going to go out and pick tomatoes when Mom wakes up   
   from her nap.   
      
     perfect day out there.  :)   
      
      
     songbird   
      
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