Imagine no more fresh salsa to dip your salty lard-fried tortilla chips. It's a terrifying thought. I had a glimpse of a life with no tomatoes this week thanks to a salmonella outbreak throughout the country that sickened nearly 300 people from sea to shining sea. So, for a week there was no salsa, no bagels with tomatoes, no burgers with tomatoes, no sandwiches, no Taco Bell nachos, no . . . well, you get the picture. I was glad to learn that my favorite morning stop, Ruby's was back to being stocked with vine ripened tomatoes - the only tomatoes that were not "affected". It's good because I was about to go insane from missing the red, ripe, not sweet fruit. It was eye-opening . . . and scary. Nothing is good without tomatoes. Sandwiches are missing flavor and nachos are missing acidity. I want ALL tomatoes back. NOW!!
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