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TOMAHTOS  

spunkycumfun 63M/69F
29519 posts
7/3/2013 8:04 am
TOMAHTOS



17 per cent of tomato ketchup consumed worldwide is made in the Taklimakan Desert in the Chinese province of Xinjiang. The state-controlled company, the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, run an immigration settlement in the desert, where its 38th Regiment of the 2nd Agricultural Division grow tomatoes and make tomato ketchup.

The state-run company is a bingtuan, a Chinese term for a military corps. The bingtuan runs its own hospitals, schools and newspapers. It has its own police, courts and prison systems, and it employs 120,000 people to serve in its militia. One company manager boasted to a visitor, “I’ve got a dozen big guns and a company of artillery troops; what about you?”

Do you say tomahtoh or tomaytoh?
Do you like eating tomatoes?
Do you grow tomatoes?
What is your favourite brand of tomato ketchup, tomato soup and baked beans?


I love tomahtohs. Tomato juice is one of my favourite drinks; I can drink two cartons of tomato juice at a time. Heinz is best for tomato ketchup, tomato soup and baked beans.

spunkycumfun 63M/69F
41171 posts
7/6/2013 3:36 am

    Quoting  :

I've seen pictures of La Tomatina in Spain - looks like great fun and beats a pilllow fight!


Btmlver 71M

7/7/2013 11:22 am

Do you say tomahtoh or tomaytoh? Toe'may'toh in my case.

Do you like eating tomatoes? Actually . . . no, but everyone else in my household loves em.

Do you grow tomatoes? Nope. Tried once but epic failure.

What is your favourite brand of tomato ketchup, tomato soup and baked beans? Heinz Ketchup; Campbells Tomatoe Soup Concentrate but instead of adding the one full can of water called for, try adding a half-can of milk instead. Really makes a BIG difference in the taste; and last but not least, Bush's Baked Beans.


spunkycumfun 63M/69F
41171 posts
7/7/2013 11:37 am

    Quoting Btmlver:
    Do you say tomahtoh or tomaytoh? Toe'may'toh in my case.

    Do you like eating tomatoes? Actually . . . no, but everyone else in my household loves em.

    Do you grow tomatoes? Nope. Tried once but epic failure.

    What is your favourite brand of tomato ketchup, tomato soup and baked beans? Heinz Ketchup; Campbells Tomatoe Soup Concentrate but instead of adding the one full can of water called for, try adding a half-can of milk instead. Really makes a BIG difference in the taste; and last but not least, Bush's Baked Beans.
Campbell's tomato soup is great. We can't get Bush's baked beans in the UK; generally, it's Heinz or own brand here.


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