Souper Tomatoes 2

So I have been reading about the tomatoes and while people in the southern US like their tomatoes thanks to spain and the Caribbean the new englanders were from brittian who did not embrace the tomato as much and a little less than enthusiastic about them. Here are some of the comments they had listed in the book.

1 Some found that the reeking smell of the tomato plant made them nauseous and believed the smell was a warning against eating them

2 One said they appeared so disgusting that he must be very hungry before being convinced to try them.

3 Another thought that it would never receive a permanent place in our list of culinary vegetables.

4 Someone called them odious and repulsive smelling berries

5 It is the mere fungus of and offensive plant, which one cannot touch without an immediate application of soap and water with an infusion of eau de cologne to sweeten the hand.

6 There was a man whose mother warned him against touching them and he became a Harvard doctor and scared everyone for quite sometime thinking they caused cancer

I guess we know why new England clam chowder is the creamy one. I prefer Manhattan clam chowder myself. I think the smell of tomato plants is like a lovely perfume and I can consume massive quantities of them straight from the garden. Is there anything better than a garden tomato. If there is I can't think of it.