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So when I started to write up my April food-phobia-conquering post, I realized that I hadn't written one for March. Immediately I paniced. Was this just another best-laid plan gone awry? Another project started and messed up?

No, indeed not! I ate tomatoes in March, I just forgot to write about them!

Not only did I eat them, I ate them in front of company, so gagging, vomiting, spitting them out, and cursing were off the table. If I didn't like them, I was just going to have to swallow and try to pretend like nothing was wrong.

Preparation: Freshly diced (though not finely) and spread over the top of a cheeseburger mac-n-cheese casserole, just before serving. (We also later made cheeseburgers with the remaining meat — which were awesome — and I considered adding a nice thick tomatoe slice to mine, but ultimately chickened out.)

Thoughts: Eh. No. I will probably try them again at some point but I didn't think, "Man! I've really been missing out!" I'm sure they're not in season, but I don't think they'll be that much better when they are. I'll probably end up sticking with pulverized Heinz tomatoe paste.