Ode To the Tomato

Thought to first originate in Peru, It’s a true tomato fact, oval or round, and juicy too from beefsteak to compact. Tomato! be you red or green, nutritionally you are boss, whether topping a salad like a queen or at the heart of pasta sauce. Without you, ketchup would be taboo, saucy salsa you wouldn’t see marinara, we’d have to do without, you’re the soul of the BLT. Cousin to the eggplant, you grow on vines above, in France they honor you by name, known as the “apple of love”, So Hooray for you sweet,seedy fruit let us all stop and pause, to honor the rich ripe goodness you bring with a hearty round of applause!