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What a lot of lovely tomatoes we have this year; they have loved
the many days of sunshine almost as much as I have.
Remembering when we lived in Spain and every journey west on the Autopista took us past many acres of a tomato farm growing exclusively the 'Alicante' variety, and the smell came into the car via the windows or the air/con system all the way from Villajoyosa to Alicante - lovely. I had hardly ever eaten tomatoes until I went to live in Spain and then I discovered the fruit ripening in the sun instead of in the back of lorries had a whole new taste and the roughly shaped green tomatoes grown exclusively by the locals where just perfect, what they lacked in shape they more than made up for in sweetness and the taste of sunshine. I somehow don't think the pounds of tomatoes from my garden will taste anything like their Spanish garden produce but I have looked after them and they'll do for me.
What a lot of lovely tomatoes we have this year; they have loved
the many days of sunshine almost as much as I have.
Remembering when we lived in Spain and every journey west on the Autopista took us past many acres of a tomato farm growing exclusively the 'Alicante' variety, and the smell came into the car via the windows or the air/con system all the way from Villajoyosa to Alicante - lovely. I had hardly ever eaten tomatoes until I went to live in Spain and then I discovered the fruit ripening in the sun instead of in the back of lorries had a whole new taste and the roughly shaped green tomatoes grown exclusively by the locals where just perfect, what they lacked in shape they more than made up for in sweetness and the taste of sunshine. I somehow don't think the pounds of tomatoes from my garden will taste anything like their Spanish garden produce but I have looked after them and they'll do for me.
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