OK -- so I just heard from Bernadette. Here are the details concerning the freaky tomato:
"It was sitting on my kitchen table in a ceramic bowl for over a month and I have been ignoring it. I decided to feel it last Saturday morning, in the dark. Thinking that I would have to get rid of a rotten tomato. Instead, I felt this firmness and tiny bumps, which scared me some, so I turned the lights on and you know the rest."
So this was a store-bought tomato (obviously, because we won't be seeing any backyard-grown ones for at least another month) and it wasn't like this when she purchased it. Somehow it sprouted at room temperature after sitting around awhile.
Explanations? Anybody?
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maybe it's a mutant tomato? i've never seen such a thing...but i reckon that i won't be eating any tomatoes unless they're homegrown, especially thanks to the salmonella scare. btw, are u doing the biggest tomato contest this year? i hope so. :)
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Yes! The tomato contest will be held here at Newsday headquarters on Friday, August 22 at 7 PM. Do come!