Tomatoes or is it Tomatoes?

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I am cooking an Italian dish this afternoon and in so doing I had this 'funny' running a muck in my head about Tomatoes, or is it tomatoes? “Three tomatoes are walking down the street - a papa tomato, a mama tomato and a little baby tomato. Baby tomato starts lagging behind. Papa tomato get angry, goes over to Baby tomato and squishes him.....and says 'Ketchup!’" ha ha ha - do you know who said that and from which movie it comes? "A world without tomatoes is like a string quartet without violins." ~ Laurie Colwin Now there is another fact about Italian cooking - the Garlic thing . . . I dont do garlic at all and I cannot cook with it. I give you this great quote by Alice May Brock ~ “Tomatoes and oregano make it Italian; wine and tarragon make it French. Sour cream makes it Russian; lemon and cinnamon make it Greek. Soy sauce makes it Chinese; garlic makes it good.” While I write this really silly and funny post, the smells from my kitchen are pure Italian. Tomatoes, ground beef, home made pasta, extra virgin olive oil, and all the necessary spices to make my dish: Black Peppercorns, Basil, Oregano, Rosemary, Marjoram and I have added a few flakes of garlic. One day, when there is a tool to share smells - we will all get FAT!!