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September Harvest Photo by Giselle de Roche http://breakfast lunchdinnerandpunch.blogspot.com Tomatoes!

Tomatoes: Fruit? Or vegetable? Botanically, a tomato Legally, the tomato is • • is a FRUIT: the part a VEGETABLE: in we eat is the ovary, 1893, the US a seed sack with Supreme Court seeds inside, and declared tomatoes a that defines a fruit. vegetable because BUT, it has less we eat them in sugar than other salads and with fruits, so we don’t dinner, like other usually eat it like we vegetables. Why did eat other fruits. the Supreme Court SO… care? There were import taxes on vegetables, but not on fruits. Tomato information source: www.ars.usda.gov/Services/docs.htm?docid=16646

Most Americans eat their tomatoes processed in ketchup, pasta sauce or salsa…but they are great all by themselves. Give one a try! Try the Harvest of the Month lunch with an open mind… and don’t forget to thank your server!