Posted on 05 September 2007 by tomatocasual.com
By Michelle Fabio
Ever look at some of your larger tomatoes and wonder if they’d be in the running for the Guinness Book of World Records?
Well unless they’re over 7 pounds, 12 ounces—yes folks, that’s a good-sized newborn baby—you’re out of luck.
Gordon Graham of Edmond, Oklahoma, holds the honor of growing the world’s largest tomato, which he harvested from his backyard greenhouse back in 1986.
Graham grew it on the theory that if he kept letting the plant get bigger, it’d be strong enough to hold, you guessed it, a big tomato.
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Posted on 17 August 2007 by tomatocasual.com
By Tomato Queen
Old bras? Support hose? Clean diapers?
As they say, “large tomatoes need support.”
And one frugal blogger by the name of golbguru illustrates how to support those extra-large tomatoes by holding up an old, unwanted bra between stakes so that the fruit can nestle in the cups.
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Posted on 16 August 2007 by tomatocasual.com
By Michelle Fabio
We all love tomatoes, but sometimes innocent adoration can turn into an unhealthy obsession without our noticing.
Here at Tomato Casual we care about you and your health, so we’ve compiled a list of possible signs that suggest maybe you’re a little too in love with tomatoes.
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Posted on 12 August 2007 by tomatocasual.com
By Tomato Queen
Last September, in the middle of a stifling heat wave, my submissive lover confessed to me that she didn’t actually have much feeling for tomatoes.
She liked tomato-based sauces.
She had nothing against the tomato.
She liked me, and my passion for them. But eh.
How do you make tomatoes taste good? Not a cook, this one.
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