I am including a photo of the newspaper article that tells about the first-ever birth of a tomato to a human female. If I didn't include the article from today's Knoxville News-Sentinel, no one would believe me. Hells bells---I scarcely can believe it myself.
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Yes, a Rutledge, Tennessee woman, Jessica Stokes, 25, gave birth to a 7 pound, 2 ounce bouncing baby tomato at 2:34 PM Saturday. Apparently, both mother and tomato are healthy and resting comfortably following the delivery.
Doctors are at a loss to explain how a tomato was born to a human being. University of Tennessee botany professor Jenny Ramos is quoted as saying, "In the wild, tomatoes originally required cross-pollination. They later developed the ability to self-fertilize. Usually this happens in soil, though." Hmmm.
Ironically, Stokes and her husband, Daniel were attending the Grainger County Tomato Festival when she began experiencing contractions. They have named their new baby "Noah". Noah is the first known piece of fruit born to a human in the state of Tennessee.
Stokes says that "He poops, he cries, he sleeps---so far he's a pretty typical kid, except for the tomato thing."
Yesterday was trying. I worked out in the early morning at my workout facility that I just joined (I'm sore!). Then, the Cinderoo and I hit the road, looking for furniture. This went on until we got back home around 5ish. We were tired and hungry. Cindy decided on a different kind of din-din.
We had the best meal ever!----fried okra, stewed okra, butter beans, sliced tomatoes, sliced Vidalia onions and homemade cornbread---all washed down with iced tea. Oh yeah, babe. It don't git no better'n this....
