Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Grilled Tomatoe and Cheese

       Ohhhh, yum, yum, yummy. Love Grilled tomatoe with havarti cheese.  Slice up  few tomatoes, slap between two slices of stone milled bread, slather on the Havarti and voila....instant comfort food for a cold day.
  The tomatoe ( Solanum  lycopersicum) was brought to North America by the Spanish. The fruit ( it is technically a fruit... I found written evidence that the U.S.  has been the one to call it a vegetable.....I apologize to my American friends in advance of this knowledge!). It is a member of the nightshade family, and was first domesticated by the Aztecs. Cortez is said to have brought little yellow tomatoes back with him, after first setting foot in Aztec country.
  The Pueblo people believed that tomatoe seeds were blessed with the power of divination.The larger tomatoe was considered for years to be a sort of mutation on the original cherry tomatoe variety.The Spanish took the tomaotoe to the Caribbean, Phillipines and South East Asia. The first recipes using tomoatoes was in 1692 from Naples....before that they were considered "table top decorations", not for eating, but for admiring.......
   Therefore.............I present some tomatoes for you to admire.............

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