Aug 29, 2009: Tomatina

We can't let one of Undertoad's favorite festivals pass by without a peek.

“Tomatina” Stew

Gonna take a damn big kettle to cook all that up.

Water, fresh ground pepper, garlic, sweet basil, rosemary, savory, oregano etc.......

Don't forget to grind up the meat.

35,000 idio . . . people
500 tons of tomatoes
1 ton oregano
3 tons garlic
all the parmesan there is
lots of ziti
result?
Ziti Cannibala

you see any girls in that crowd?

ETA: Nevermind--I followed the link and say girls. I'm happy.

There's even one in Bruce's second picture, her face is just obscured by the dude's hand.

I dunno. that's just a person with a shirt on. and the legs look pretty hairy.

ETA: Oh, okay, the other person whose face is obscured. Didn't see her at all!

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Eeeeiiiiuuuwwww, Moooooonsteeeerr.

what?

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Originally Posted by monster .

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Originally Posted by monster what?

but it looks like a monster. A gory, many legged monster. If you squint. and are high.

take my word for it.

What a waste...

I've always felt strongly about this specific culture tradition. I've always hated the "we do it because we can" attitude since it's backward and ignorant. Especially when across the channel in Africa are millions of hungry people. I'm sure patron saints, St. Louis Bertrand, supposedly what this tradition honors would feel loved and proud knowing over hundred metric tons of tomatoes are wasted every year in his name. People are stupid.

Ma: Look at all this leftover food. Are there still starving children in Europe?
Baby: Try Southeast Asia, Ma.
Ma: Right.
Daddy: Robbie, Baby wants to send her leftover pot roast... to Southeast Asia, so anything you don't finish, wrap up.

Are there tomatoes wasted? can you put a price on fun? Could they really be shipped to help the starving? I get a lot of inedible tomatoes off my vines, I'm really not sure shipping them to Detroit nevermind Africa would be a wise move. or appreciated. So we have fun with them.

But I appreciate your sentiment.

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Originally Posted by uomo I've always hated the "we do it because we can" attitude since it's backward and ignorant. Especially when across the channel in Africa are millions of hungry people.

Eh? I'm still with uomo. I think that is a huge conspicuous (and pathetic) waste.

Anything that causes that many people to have that much fan can't be wasteful. Think of all the positive vibes they are sending out to the universe! We need more of that.

But what about the children? Oh, the humanity!

Oh my, seriously? They could switch to cans of Prego, perhaps, then ship the cans they threw and wallowed in to Somalia?

No one ever thinks of the sober people in third world countries, either. I see people throwing beer away because it's warm, mixed drinks because someone ashed in it, wine because it was sold before its time. What a waste.

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Originally Posted by SPUCK Eh? I'm still with uomo. I think that is a huge conspicuous (and pathetic) waste.

Hi Bruce. Thank you for welcoming me. Been reading up really interesting things at the cellar for years but never cared enough to say anything until Tomatina.

Wiki claimed that the tomatoes are over-ripe and I believe that. However, I also believe that the tradition will not survive unless the extra tourism was good for the local economy.

Vitriol? Einstein said it more politely I suppose.