Burg yards could grow Tomatos. Amazing amounts of them.
But the yard still needed weeding or those tomatos might get
lost. But a little weeding and a little watering and they grew like
crazy. And a good place to grow them sometimes was that
circular part of the yard without grass because it had an
above ground pool on it last year but you got rid of it:)
Remember?
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You can't get tomatoes any place in the country like in Jersey. I miss my Jersey tomatoes living in SC. I even grow my own here. They are pretty good but nothing like in Jersey.
Love those Jersey Beefsteaks. We live in Florida and the tomatoes are terrible. Miss them so.
And I remember if we picked the
Tomatos when they deemed too
green by Ma she would put them
in the shed window for sunlight
for a few days. I dont know if
this worked as I never checked:)
Mack,
It works. Also you could put them in a paper bag for a few days
Talkin' about Jersey tomatoes...how about that smell that permiated all over the place when Stokely Van Camps was processing tomatoes at their factory on Lalor St...now Senior Citizen apartments? My grand father Constantino Costanza always had his tomatoe and grape vines growing behing the house on Elmer St...He had an old wine press in the cellar to process the grapes into what he called the Costanza Wine (in Italian, of course) My first taste of it I will never forget...made me "pucker-up"!
Yes Stokley became senior
apartments. My Grandma
Mary Zorichak lived there for
a bit.
Then they built Rt 29/195
between the apartments and that
little shopping center and
obviously the seniors could get
killed crossing it.
So in a wise move the city put
a crossing guard there. I dont
know who pays the salary. the city
the county the state or some combo
thereof but its worth every penny
to keep the seniors safe:)
I still live in Jersey, about 1/2 hour away from Trenton, used to be in town every day to see my parents (Quinton and Centennial) after they moved from Broad St. Still buy Jersey tomatoes, but they never tasted as good as right from the backyard, still warm from the sun with salt from that little tiny Mortons salt container, the size of a thimble. Mmmmmmmmm
Paulie, I still remember the smell from Stokleys, Trenton smelled like Ketchup. Then you knew that autumn wasn't far behind.
Many people in the Burg would grow plum tomatoes in their tiny back yards to make the sauce (aka red gravy). How I remember the wonderful aromas when the sauce was being made.
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