Shoes, Ships, and Sealing Wax

Fresh tomatoes

Incredibly, I ended up with a bumper crop of roma tomatoes this year. It had to be the rain...most years I think the plants die from neglect. The same rain drowned the basil, though...last year the basil was the one successful crop. I am hoping to get enough good basil leaves to make insalata caprese...that salad with alternating tomatoes, mozzarella cheese, and basil drizzled in olive oil. This is my kind of recipe...no measurements, no cooking.

Plus it'll get rid of a half dozen tomatoes. I'm getting a bit bored with them, to be honest. I'm eating tomato on everything. The rats are turning red from eating so many tomatoes. The dog won't touch tomatoes.

Jus twait, in December I'll be paying through the nose to buy the damn things, because then I'll be craving them.