I like tomatoes because they are good aphrodisiacs

Originating in South and Central America, the tomato is now grown world-wide In the 16th and 17th centuries, many believed tomatoes were poisonous

Doubts about the safety were put to rest in 1820, when Colonel Robert Gibbon Johnson announced that at noon on September 28, he would eat a basket of tomatoes in front of the Salem, New Jersey courthouse.

A crowd of more than 2,000 persons gathered to watch and were shocked when he lived.

LA TOMATINA is a festival held on the last Wednesday of August at Buņol, Valencia, Spain.

Tens of thousands of participants come from all over the world, fight in a harmless battle where more than one hundred metric tons of over-ripe tomatoes are thrown in the streets.

Theres even a live webacast which you can catch at their website.

http://www.lahoya.net/tomatina/menuing.html

What is your favorite tomato recipie? Write in and tell me if you can