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Everything About Tomatoes. Check it Out!
I thought we all familiar with tomato? This is kind of fruits with red color. Tomato is one of healthiest fruit. Tomato is useful as source of natural antioxidants. With interesting color, tomato also enriched with Vitamin A and Vitamin C.
Based on the history Tomato or Lyopercisum esculentum was invented in Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia. In French, tomato is also well known as “Love Apple” or Pomme D’amour. Since tomatoes are believed to be able to recover impotence and increase the number of sperm and increase agility movements.
Further research by DR. John Cook Bennett from Wiloughby University, Ohio, as the first person who examine the benefits of tomatoes, in November 1834, shows that tomatoes can cure diarrhea, gall attack, indigestion and restore liver function. Tomatoes are also high in vitamin Cand vitamin A, which is useful to boost immunity. So it’s well consumed anyone from an early age. Another research has been done by Rowett Research Institute in Aberdeen, Scotland, also found other benefits of tomatoes. They said that a yellow gel that covered the seeds of tomatoes to prevent blood clots that cause heart disease and stroke.
In my country there are two types of tomatoes. There are green tomato and red tomato. The best tomatoes are the red tomatoes. Red tomatoes contain vitamin C and vitamin A five times more than the green tomatoes. Ripe tomatoes also enriched with vitamins. Children should be accustomed to eat red tomatoes. This is important for healthy eyes.
Destroy free radicals
I thought we all known that the best tomato types was red tomato. In the red pigment, there’s another value. The red color in tomatoes contains more lycopene, an antioxidant substance that can destroy free radicals in the body caused by pollution, smoking, and ultraviolet rays. Recently research show that lycopene also useful in prevent cell damage that can trigger cervical cancer, prostate cancer, stomach cancer and pancreatic cancer. Actually we can only found this substance in tomato, but other fruits like red grapes, papaya and water melon. Especially for adults, tomatoes should be eaten every morning as much as one or two pieces. Sour taste in tomato came from citric acid content. So it can increase appetite. Sour taste of tomato is very well consumed by the women who have PMS (Pre Menstrual Syndrome).
The benefit of tomato like:
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Good to prevent and inhibit growth of cancer cells, like prostate, cervix, breast and endometrium.
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Eliminate fatigue and increase appetite.
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Reduce the risk of appendicitis.
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Eliminate acne.
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Slowing the decline of eyes function, because the influence of age (age-related macular degeneration).
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Helps reduce the risk of heart problems.
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Helps maintain healthy liver, kidney, and prevent bowel problems.
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Good in treating diarrhea.
- Increase the number of sperm.
What can we do with tomato?
Although felt a little sour, but tomatoes also good to increase our appetite. That’s why tomato usually used for juice, soup, pasta, salad, sauce, baked parmesan tomatoes, etc.
Tomato juice
Pasta sauce
Tomato sauce
Tomato salad
Tomato soup
Baked Parmesan tomatoes
Tomatoes Festival (La Tomatina)
I’ll take you tour in amazing festival at beautiful country. If you vegetarian and you liked fruits, I thought you will interest with this festival. You can also found this information from other hubbers. I thought this festival related with this topic. If we get bored with juice, pasta, sauce or other food by using tomato as the main ingredients, we can try to join in this festival. We can find a lot of tomatoes. Even a tomatoes flood, we can search this from Google pictures. Where many people soak their body in tomatoes pasta, and fighting each other using a tomatoes as a weapon. It looks wild festival but really entertaining indeed.
Tomato throwing Festival (La Tomatina) was first performed in 1945 and received world recognition in 1952. We can usually see this festival every year in August. After one hour finished the war, the city of Valencia looks like a blood flood. But this is not the real blood, but it came from tomatoes that have been thrown earlier. This is looks wasting the money. But as we know, most of famous festivals have a motto "money doesn't matter", because we talk about tradition. I thought the organizers have prepared this, like the cost, accommodation and the security during the festival.
For completeness of the festival, organizers have provided 150 thousand or even tons of tomatoes, performing arts (music, parades and dances) as well as fireworks show a week before the event begun. Meanwhile, on the night before the festival, the participants included women joining paella cooking contest. I heard the cost of this festival up to £ 90.000. Once the tomato festival began, every man who joining this festival must remove their shirts and the women were allowed to wear little open clothes.
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Awesome hub Prasetio. I love tomatoes and in a couple of months I'll be growing my own again. Excellent and well put together my friend. Peace!! Tom
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Good morning (Indonesia time), Tom. I am so happy to see you here and I know how you love tomatoes. Wow....that's good idea. I can imagine you plant and watering your tomatoes every day. I hope you can share some of your tomatoes with me...haha...just kidding. Have a good day, my friend. Take care!
Your best friend, prasetio
Great hub. I too love tomatoes.
Very good, my friend. I found myself wondering about something I had read of the tomato. Was it not technically classified as a "fruit" at some time in our past? Maybe it was just a dream but I seem to recall that. Thanks for sharing some healthy news! WB
Such a wonderful fruit! We have lived on it. There is nothing like that first fresh tomato sandwich of the season! Beautifully done nephew!
Great Hub on Tomatoes prasetio, I was not aware of the so many healthy benefits. I have never been a big fan of most tomatoes, but the past few year I have been growing some heirlooms and really enjoy the purple tomatoes, check these tomatoes out- http://www.purensimplegarden.com/2010/03/purple-to...
Voted up and awesome my friend, God bless!
Love that tomato festival. I want to do that. A real tomato is sooooooo good. Thanks for the nutritious information.
Rated up of course!
I have always loved tomatoes. One of my favorite sandwiches is tomato with onion slices on toasted bread. I probably eat tomatoes in some form everyday. Excellent Hub! Voted up and awesome!
I love tomatoes and I love this juicy delicious hub!
Tomatoes are a favorite garden vegetable to grow here in Louisiana,thanks for Sharing Prasetio.;)
Great hub! I thought I knew a lot about tomatoes - turns out I didn't know it all:-). Thanks and you have made me glad I love them!
Yes, my first thought was the fruit thing too, but I would never consider it a fruit personally and wow do I love tomatoes, it is in so many of my dishes and I plan to plant some this summer too, I didn't last year because people around town grow and sell them but I just couldn't find many at all. Nothing like a big slice of red tomato on a sanwich and I always once a summer allow myself bacon gravy and red ripe tomatoes on that are fantastic. Now you have gone and made everyone hungry Pras...great hub!
Prasetio, thumbs up for the greatest hub ever written about tomatoes. Just one query – as far as I know tomato is a fruit and not a vegetable. I’m a bit confused now! Whatever, tomatoes are healthy and delicious with or without salt and peper and also with sugar, cooked or uncooked... I love tomatoes!
This is a great hub and a fun hub, love the picture my dear friend. Yes, Tomatoes are the best and I eat them all the time. Awesome and I rate this up up up love & peace darski
You've taken the humble tomato to the limit. How creative! I miss those home-grown summer tomatoes! I think it's the best thing about our hot summers in Atlanta. This was so much fun to read what with all the festive photos, I had to rate it "funny" :)
A wonderful hub from you Prasetio about tomatoes. I didn’t know about all those health benefits but I eat tomatoes regularly and grow them myself during summer! Thanks for this informative and great hub! Voted up!
Hello Prasetio,
I love tomatoes as well.:) We have a big garden that we start in the spring and we make sure we have plenty of tomatoes. They actually grew through December this past year. Thank you for all the information concerning the healthy aspects of tomatoes.
Great Hub!
Sunnie
Tomatoes are one of my favorite veg, Nice to know they are so good for you. Thank's
Cheers
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Hi, Tony. Nice to see you again. I hope you enjoy this information. Cheers...
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Nice to see you again....Wayne Brown. Sorry I have a big mistake about tomato classified and this information made you confuse. I am totally wrong, tomato is kind of fruits.But I hope you understand. I still a human with has a lot of mistake. Thanks for the correction. I really appreciated that. God bless you!
Warm regard, prasetio
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Hi, my uncle (Micky Dee). I am glad to know that you love tomatoes. I agree with you, fresh tomatoes is the best for sandwich. You made me hungry, LOL. But thanks for share your opinion about this topic. I hope you always healthy...amen.
Your nephew, prasetio
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My friend, rpalulis. Thanks for coming and vote this up. I am glad to know that you have experience in growing some heirlooms. I'll visit your hub soon. I thought you have interesting idea over there. Have a good day!
Prasetio
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Thanks, BkCreative for dropping by and rate this up. I am glad to know this from you. Tomato festival is a great festival. We can soak our body in tomato flood. Love and peace, Prasetio:)
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Hi, Susan. I love love your comment and probably your recipes is the best recipes for sandwich I've ever heard. Tomato with onion slices on toasted bread are good combination. God bless you.
Prasetio
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Good morning (Indonesia time), POP. I am so happy to know that you love tomatoes. Keep it up. I believe you'll get all the benefits. Take care!
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Hi, Mentalist Acer. You always come with nice comment. I am glad to know that Tomatoes are became favorite garden vegetables at Louisiana. I hope many people will get all the benefits of tomatoes. Thanks for share with us. Your comment is very valuable. Cheers... ~prasetio
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Nice to see you here, RealHousewife. I am glad to know that this hub useful for you. I hope there are many people love to eat tomatoes. Thank you very coming to this hub. Take care!
Love and peace,
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Hi, Jackie Lynnley. Nice to see you here. Actually your comment made me hungry too, LOL. But anyway, thanks for share your opinion about tomatoes and I am glad to read your experience in using tomatoes as the healthiest ingredient for your menu. God bless you! ~prasetio
I wanna be that girl swimming in the tomatoes!!! That would be much healthier that the chocolate bath discussed in one of your previous hubs, right? Great job Prasetio, enjoy your writing!
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Thanks, Martie for coming to this hub and your compliment about tomatoes article inside this hub. Thanks for your correction about tomatoes classification. I have fixed this. Thank you very much for always give your attention to all my hubs. God will repay your kindness. Take care!
Blessing and hugs,
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Welcome to this hub, Darski. I am glad to know that you love tomatoes also. Thank you so much for always give your vote to all my hubs, including this one. God bless you!
Love and peace,
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Hi, Green Lotus. I really appreciated your "funny" vote. I am honored with this and I am proud to present this hub for you. I hope this hub useful for us. God bless you, my friend. ~prasetio
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Hi, thougtforce. Thanks for dropping by and give your vote to this hub. I get so many positives comment about tomatoes, including you. I hope you continue to consume this fruit. Take care! ~prasetio
Love, love, love tomatoes and cook with them quite a bit. Still trying to grow some in this winter wilderness...we live in the high mountain desert and it still can freeze in July and August so it's killed my poor plants now a couple of times...but I'm gonna try again!
Great hub as always, Prasetio!
Regarding the tomato - is it a fruit or a vegetable? controversy, a tomato is technically the fruit of the tomato plant, but it is used as a vegetable in savory cooking.
Although I am not that fond of tomatoes per se, I do like pizza and spaghetti which are made with tomato sauce. So I am a sort of tomato-lover. Thanks for the interesting facts, pras, and the wild tomato festival photos.
I like the tomato festival. They all look like they're having so much fun. Tomatoes are one of my favorite foods and you are one of my favorite hub friends! Tee hee
Hello, my friend - Thank you for writing such a fantastic hub on tomatoes. I am a tomatoe lover and can't get enough of these red, juicy, healthy and versatile fruit. The pictures make my mouth water! You have done it again - another outstanding hub by my friend, Prasetio! God bless you.
The tomato festival is intriguing and it made me smile! :)
Tomatoes any way you cut them, slice them, are still at the top of my list of great foods. Loved the Festival pictures, thats crazy.
Outstanding hub, Everything About Tomatoes. Check it Out!
One thing is for sure, one person's fruit, is another person's vegetable.
Tomato with onion on toast, now that sounds like a great sandwich, I simply must try.
Thanks for all the fun facts on just how good tomatoes are for a healthy diet, I love to grow them in my vegetable garden. Oops, maybe I should say, fruit and vegetable garden, ha, ha.
Never the less, great hub, vote up and useful.
Thanks again for the great content. Mike
It's that time of year to start growing the nice fresh tomatoes. Maybe I can grow enough and have a tomato festival - that really looks like fun. Thanks a million for the info and all those photos! Yay!
Rated up!
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Welcome to this hub, Sunnie Day. You come with big smile on your face. Wow.... I thought you love gardening so much. That's really nice activity during spring and summer. I am glad to know that you have big garden. Because of tropical country, Indonesian people can start to plant tomatoes any time. Good to hear a good news from you. Keep it up! And I hope you want to share your garden's pictures which filled by tomatoes plant for your next hub.
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Hi, Ruby. Sorry for late to replay your comment. But deep in my heart I am glad to know that you liked tomato. Tanks for share with us. Cheers...
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Thanks, Sharyn's Slant for dropping by. Wow.... I thought you can be that beautiful woman who swim in the tomatoes festival. This was another great choice for you if you felt comfy with this than chocolate bath. But I can't imagine if the organizers want to replace with chocolate. Take care!
Love the photos!
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Hi, Audrey. Thanks for coming and share your experience in planting tomatoes. I am sorry to hear that. But never give up. I hope you can pick up your fresh tomatoes soon from your lovely garden. God bless you!
Prasetio
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My friend, drbj. Thanks for give your knowledge about tomatoes. Actually I am rather confuse about tomatoes classification. Some people around me say that this is kind of vegetables, but most of polling it said that tomato is a fruit. But behind this controversy, I hope we enjoy this as one of healthy food. No matter of kind of presentation. Your comment really appreciated. Take care!
Blessing and hugs,
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Fossillady, my friend. Thanks for dropping by, share your compliment about me and I know how you love tomatoes. I hope the best for us and you always healthy....amen. Have a good day!
Prasetio
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Your welcome, vocalcoach. I am proud to present this hub for you. Thanks for your compliment. I am honored with this. I am so happy that you are a tomato lover like me. Just keep it up and felt tomato juice moisten your mouth. God bless you. Cheers...
prasetio:)
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Nice to see you again, ripplemaker. Thanks for give your response about this topic. You are totally right about Tomato festival. This was awesome... Take care!
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Nice to see you again, ripplemaker. Thanks for give your response about this topic. You are totally right about Tomato festival. This was awesome and fun. Take care!
Pras, I enjoyed this very much, I voted you up on every button. As usual, my nephew you have picked a grand topic, it seems that I saw this tomato festival when I had television, it looks like more fun than "running with bulls" safer too! I have planted early this year and two plants of cherry tomatoes much smaller but I like them cold from the refrigerated bowl they are good to eat like candy. I eat a lot of tomato products and love Ice cold tomato juice blended with habenaro peppers that make it spicey, in the summer it seems to quench mt thirst faster than a gallon of water. So much to say I'll stop here. Great topic and writing I always enjoy, thank you! Much peace and love, dusty
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Welcome to this hub, Bail Up ! You can do anything with tomatoes. At least we still enjoy tomatoes as the healthiest fruit and vegetables. Take care!
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Hi, Mike (Teddletonmr). Nice to see you again. I am glad to know that you are one of tomato lovers too. I have the same idea with this fruit. Several slices of fresh tomatoes in sandwich became the greatest menu for breakfast. As you know that I felt starving during write this comment. Thumbs up for you. Cheers...
Warmest regard, prasetio
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Thanks, TheListLady for coming to this hub and know that you also planting tomatoes. I hope you can get more fresh tomatoes from your own garden. No one better than fresh tomatoes, right! Your vote up really appreciated. God bless you. ~prasetio:)
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Your welcome, mommyloves2write. I hope you enjoy all photos here, including the information about tomatoes. Take care!
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My lovely uncle, Dusty (50 caliber). You made my day so special because your coming. Thanks for share your experience with tomatoes as the main ingredients. Tomato juice blended with habenaro peppers was new recipes for me. But I thought habenaro peppers is quite strange for me and I never about this before. I can imagine how you drink your tomato juice during the hot day. I thought you spent much more one gallon of water to add this in your tomatoes juice. Better add this with ice. Hmmm... Yummy. I have the same idea with you about tomatoes festival. It's more secure than "running with bulls". Thanks for remind me about this festival.
Thanks for give your vote by pressing all buttons here. My uncle, I believe God will repay your kindness....amen. Have a good day!
Your nephew, Prasetio
All of the photos you inserted into this everything about tomatoes hub looked so yummy! Good thing we recently finished lunch or I would be hungry. We had some tomatoes with our eggs for breakfast this morning. Love them! Generally we eat the ripe kind, but have you ever tried fried green tomatoes? They are good also. Voted up, useful and beautiful, Prasetio.
Prasetio, Terrific hub on tomatoes! Wow! They really do have many great healthy benefits! The Tomato Festival looks quite interesting as well! Thank you as always for sharing such creative and innovative topics!
Congratulations on your score of 100 as well! Peace & Blessings! God Bless YOU!
It's a really good hub, but my vote goes to it being a fruit.
I love all things tomato, especially this hub! Excellent read!
I love tomatoes. Are buying the ones with the vines on them lasts longer in the fridge?
Tomatoes, along with potatoes, are my favorite food, prasetio30. However, I have been unable to find tomatoes that taste like tomatoes for more than a decade. The ones I get here in the New York metropolitan area taste like wax -- even those from my friends' gardens. I'm sure it's because somebody's playing with the DNA to make the tomatoes meaty so they can be shipped without damage. It's a shame.
I love Tomatoes and the festival looks like great fun!
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Hi, Peggy. I am glad to know that you love tomatoes too. Wow.. you have delicious menu for your breakfast. I also use green tomatoes sometimes but bit too often. For some recipes which needed a green tomato for it's ingredient. Thanks for rated up!
Prasetio,
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Welcome to this hub, DeBorrah. I agree with you about this fruit. Tomato is a miracle of human life where we can use this for our health. God provides many things in this world and we have to take care of it. Like planting tomatoes and use this for our family. God bless you, my dear.
Love and peace,
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Thanks, gramarye for coming to this hub. I really appreciated your vote. Take care!
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Hi, tnderhrt23. Thanks for coming to this hub. Just keep it up!
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Thanks, BlissfulWriter for dropping by. You can still use these tomatoes for several next days. But better use fresh tomatoes, right!
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Hi, William F.Torpey. Nice to see you again. I know it looks very hard to find the real natural tomatoes. But we may still find this in organic tomatoes without pesticides and a layer of wax as a preservative. Thanks for dropping by. God bless you. ~prasetio
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Thank you very much, ghomefitness for coming to this hub. I agree with you. La tomatina is a great festival and it's really fun. Have a good day!
Hi, I love tomatoes! this is great! I would love to go to this festival and throw tomatoes! it reminds me of summer! hope you are safe and well in your part of the world? take care, nell
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Good morning (Indonesia time), Nell. I am glad to know that you love tomatoes and you want to join La Tomatina Festival. Thanks for your pray. I am safe now. God bless you.
Blessing and hugs,
Hiya Prasetio, another awesome hub. I agree tomatoes are good for us and lots of health benefits. I love your tomato hub and all the pictures. The pictures in La Tomatina Festivals are so much fun.. they look like they are having a great time. Thumbs up and awesome!
Have a nice day,
Rosie
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Thanks, Rosie. I am glad to see you here. Wow...it's a good news that you liked tomatoes. La Tomatina is a great festival. I hope you enjoy this information. Take care!
Prasetio,
Prasetio, I will never think of a tomato in the same way again! Your hubs are always so informational and fun too! I love tomatoes and never realized how good they were for me. I think I eat them every other day. The festival looks like a lot of fun but I think I'd rather watch! I rated you up and awesome! Thanks for such great information and such wonderful hubs! Peach and love my friend!
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Thanks, Erin LeFey for coming to this hub and rated this up. I am so happy to know that you love tomatoes. I believe tomatoes are useful for you. I hope you can see La Tomatina festival in person. Thank you very much for your compliment to this hub. God bless you.
Prasetio
Thank you for an interesting artucle about the humble tomato.
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Thanks, Hello, hello for dropping by. I am glad you enjoy this information. Take care!
This is great, I love tomatoes, tomatoes are my favorite vegetable, I love vine ripe tomatoes fresh from my garden. It's the time of year to start thinking about growing tomatoes.
I am now craving a fresh red tomato. As always you've delivered a wonderful web experience. I'm so happy it is on one of my favorite things, tomatoes!
Love, Peace and Joy, Katie
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Thanks, Katie for coming to this hub. I am glad you liked tomatoes also. Fresh tomatoes are the best. Especially it was taken by from your garden. Thanks for share your comment. It must be a wonderful moment and you can enjoy your tomatoes directly with your family. God bless you!
Prasetio,
Great hub, as usual my friend! I agree with William F. Torpey, that many of the tomatoes that you get these days have little taste to them. My wife is a farm girl, and says that it is because they are picked way in advance and not allowed to ripen on the vine.
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Welcome to this hub, nifty@50. No one better than fresh tomatoes, right. I hope this information useful for us.Send my warm greeting to your wife. Take care! Cheers....
Love and hugs,
Hi Prasetio, what a very informative hub about tomatoes. I love to eat raw tomatoes rather than cooked ones. However, I heard there are more vitamins in cooked ones. Thanks for your great hub, my friend:) Have a nice day....
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Hi, evilia. Nice to see you again. I am glad you love tomatoes too. Eating raw tomatoes and adding some sugar so refreshing and delicious. Keep it up, my friend. God bless you.
Prasetio:)
Hello my friend I love tomatoes they are great. A very beautiful hub. You make the tomato so much more appealing.I voted this article up and awesome.
Sweet wishes Rhonda
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Hi, Rhonda. Welcome to this hub. A place where we can find all about tomatoes. I am glad you enjoy this hub. Thanks for give your vote to this hub. Your comment really appreciated. God bless you.
Your best friend, prasetio
I love to eat tomatoes and agree that they are really good for you. But, I have to say I was fascinated by the Tomato Throwing Festival.
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My friend, KoffeeKlatch Gals. Thanks for dropping by and share your thought about this hub. I hope by many people will love to eat tomatoes and felt the benefit by consuming this fruit. I am glad you enjoy La Tomatina festival. God bless you.
Prasetio,
awesome hub about tomatoes. We love tomatoes..
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Welcome to the land of tomatoes, jojokaya. I am glad to see you here and know how you love tomatoes. Take care!
Wow, I just love tomato's did you know that in some states here. It is still tough to get enough produce in and people go without good tomato's for awhile. I know, I'v lived in these places. Such as Alaska and even Northern parts of Eastern Oregon too.Anyway it makes you really not take for granted when you do have them, I can tell you that. Very informative HUB, and funny too. Love the tomato festival, I'v watched it on t.v. but somehow this was even more fun seeing it here.
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My friend, Fluffy77. I am glad to know that you love tomatoes. You can plant tomatoes seed and you can get fresh tomatoes from your own garden for the couple next month. I agree with you about tomato festival. I thought it become fascinating moment to see and visit this festival in person. I hope this hub doesn't disappointed you. Cheers....
Love and peace,
I actually do not like tomatoes very much. I'm not sure why, just don't like them but as for the sake of health, got to start liking them. And thanks for the info.
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My brother, KenWu. Thanks for coming and leave nice comment. I hope you want to try tomatoes soon. I am glad to share this with you. Take care!
Very informative! I love the pictures you put!
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Thanks, LailaK. I really appreciate your coming and your comment as well. ~prasetio
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