Home Grown 'Maters

Eric's grandmother, Grandma Kerby, has the greenest thumb I know. At the end of last summer, she gave us several houseplants that were becoming more of a burden to her than a hobby. One of the plants was a nice potted begonia. Within the lush begonia, we noticed a tiny sprout of some other kind of plant, and we decided to leave it alone to see what we would get. Several months later, in the dead of winter, we had a nice, lanky tomato plant growing out of the begonia pot.

When the weather got warmer, we transplanted the tomato plant outside, hoping that it wouldn't go into shock and die. Within several weeks, the plant was yielding its first fruits and taking over the side of the house.



This is the plant today. We've already had a nice bowl of pico de gallo made solely from the tomatoes, used them on countless turkey sandwiches and just tonight, they starred in yet another delicious meal.





And twenty minutes later...



Bacon, brie and tomato tartines. Ah, the joys of summer. Thanks, Grandma Kerby. Hope you're feeling better.