I Love Tomatoes

This Masseria Montenapoleone has 17 rooms spread around in many outbuilding and the main house so there is lots of people to feed. It is set on top of a cave system and dates back to the 15th centre. Under the building is the breakfast area in the caves. It had been laying abandoned for 15 years when a local plumber took it on and renovated. What an amazing undertaking and who ever said there is no money in the trades...

Found another weed in the garden this morning and I'm told its Stevia a natural sweet sugar replacement, munch out and it starts out sweet and than turns a bit bitter I'm thinking it's a bit like a sackren tablets, so it definitely won't be on my garden planting list...

They are picking little tomatoes at the moment and boy are they yum... It's a strange thing to say but they do have a very different taste to what we are used to back home. Because the soil and the air are full of salt from the sea the flavour is also transported into the tomatoes. But not only in the taste but also in the shelf life they hang them inside and because of the salt content they keep well into the winter.
That's it ... I'm moving to Southern Italy just so I can eat tomatoes that taste like tomatoes in winter even if they are a little salter.