On 11/23/2017 9:33 PM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Thu 23 Nov 2017 04:41:29p, jmcquown told us...
>
>> On 11/23/2017 6:03 PM, Nancy2 wrote:
>>> My mom served tomato juice as an appetizer at a faculty dinner at
>>> our house (my dad was faculty) and my little brother blurted out,
>>> "Why do we have juice for supper??" Dead silence, and then some
>>> mild laughter from the guests and my parents. This would have
>>> been mid-fifties or so.
>>>
>>> N.
>>>
>> Nancy2, I wish I knew what this signifies. Was it that they were
>> living in a poor economic situation which no one was supposed to
>> acknowledge? Out of the mouths of babes?
>>
>> Jill
>>
>
> During the tomato season my parents used to make can quarts of a
> wonderful tomato juice cocktail for which there was no recipe. It
> was served as an appetizer at special meals and I absolutely loved
> it.
>

I eat tomatoes in every form available. Fresh, canned, sauce, sun
dried. I dislike tomato juice though. Won't have a Bloody Mary but
will make one for my wife.