This is a splendid salad vegetable which closely approximates to fruit.
The flavour is much appreciated although often an acquired taste. Far
from being a cause of cancer (as is still ignorantly held by some) the
free use of tomatoes is one of the best methods of preventing it. The
finest tomatoes in the market are those grown in soils free from animal
manures.
Tomato Juice.
It is easy to extract the juice from sound ripe tomatoes. First scald
the tomato to easily remove the skin; then pulp the fruit and strain
through butter muslin.
Tomato Soup.
To make this, first skin the tomatoes, then beat up and mash into a
pulp, add celery or parsley and water, simmer until soft, then strain
and serve.