The Tomato Rebellion
Greetings to all, family and
friends:
I recently was showing
the video of our family reunion, i.e., the Pie
Throwing Event, and though it may be hard to
beat, I think we should start planning another
family reunion. I feel this should happen before
the millennium! Or maybe on the eve of the millennium!
I have an idea that may
be considered. The theme will be TOMATOES.
I have just recently acquired all four
parts to the KILLER TOMATO Trilogy.
These were very rare and out of print, but their
popularity in the cult film world, may create a
comeback. We will of course watch the films, for
inspiration, and have food that is made with
tomatoes, including creating the most unusual
tomato dish. And of course a tomato fight!!!
I have very good reasons
for my current mental state and watching the
KILLER TOMATOES was believe it or not, therapy!!
So I want to share this with you.
So get the brain in gear
and be thinking of some times and places.
Sock away a few bucks
here and there and plan for a Tomato Weekend.
I guess it sounds as if
my tenure up here has had an effect on the gray
matter.
Maybe true. The mind may
be gone, but the imagination lives on!!! So start
thinking!
Love, Gypsygrama
If you start to see Red, let me
know:
Gypsygrama@aol.com
Attack of The Disease-Killer
Tomatoes !!
Cooked tomato products may
offer the convenience of a disease-fighter in a can,
making pasta and pizza sauces weapons against heart
disease and some cancers. J
Joined by the Cancer Research
Foundation of America, H.J. Heinz, the world's largest
processor of tomatoes, is pushing the idea, by launching
an ad campaign in numerous health magazines and large
newspapers, touting the alleged disease fighting ammo of
processed tomatoes. J
The chief weapon: lycopene.
Found mainly in tomatoes, this carotenoid gives them
their red color and is more available in heat-processed
tomatoes than in raw ones.
A few recent findings: Free-Radical
Zapper. A Univ. of Toronto study, funded by Heinz
found that lycopene works as an antioxidant on LDL
cholesterol, significantly reducing cell damage from
free-radicals--unstable oxygen molecules--in the body.
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