l, not -l wrote:
>>
>> Before reitiring in '04, I spent 10 years in a job that required 40-50%
>> of
>> my workdays on the road, to only a handful of cities. One of them was
>> Charlotte NC, where I often ate at a restaurant that had the most
>> delicious
>> tomato soup I have ever had, Smokey Tomato. Since I no longer have the
>> occasion to travel to Charlotte, I have resorted to trying to make my
>> own;
>> after several attempts, I have come close to duplicating the taste I
>> remember.
>>
>> I halve and hickory smoke Roma tomatoes in my Cameron StoveTop Smoker;
>> after
>> they cool enough to handle, I slip the skins off and remove the seeds.
>
>

A lot of effort for nothing... no restaurant is gonna be smoking, peeling,
and seeding... that's ye olde southern greezy spoon recipe, slowly simmer
each #10 tin of tomato soup with a couple tube steak.