Pittston Tomato Festival

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joerogo
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Pittston Tomato Festival - Thu, 08/19/10 8:26 AM
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And you are all invited!  August 19th - 22nd in lovely Downtown Pittston.

http://www.pittstontomatofestival.com/

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Re:Pittston Tomato Festival - Thu, 08/19/10 9:03 AM
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Hey Joe, are these really grown in Pittston or imported from Jersey?  I have always heard they had the bestest, A#1,
First Class Tomatoes in  Jersey.

Of course that does not include the 1st Class "Tomatoes" we had strutting around the neighborhood in Brooklyn.  Amen !!!
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Re:Pittston Tomato Festival - Thu, 08/19/10 9:15 AM
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I just know that Joe is entering the Tomato Fight!
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Re:Pittston Tomato Festival - Thu, 08/19/10 9:44 AM
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the ancient mariner


Hey Joe, are these really grown in Pittston or imported from Jersey?  I have always heard they had the bestest, A#1,
First Class Tomatoes in  Jersey.

Of course that does not include the 1st Class "Tomatoes" we had strutting around the neighborhood in Brooklyn.  Amen !!!
 


Zio!  Jerseyites wouldn't know a good tomato if you threw it at them  They grow theirs in sand, we grow ours in mine rock, coal ash and culm.  Now that's flavor!


Now those Brooklyn Tomatoes, that's a whole different story.


MiamiDon, No way would I enter the tomato fights.  Too many people would be gunning for me




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Re:Pittston Tomato Festival - Wed, 08/15/12 7:40 PM
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It's that time of the year again.......http://www.pittstontomatofestival.com/
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Re:Pittston Tomato Festival - Wed, 08/15/12 11:46 PM
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A tomato festival there when all the world knows that Reynoldsburg, Ohio is the "Birthplace of the Tomato."
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Re:Pittston Tomato Festival - Thu, 08/16/12 6:58 AM
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Michael, we're not the first, just the best!
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Re:Pittston Tomato Festival - Thu, 08/16/12 8:09 AM
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That works for me.
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Re:Pittston Tomato Festival - Thu, 08/16/12 12:20 PM
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Ohio and Pittston always has outstanding produce but Grainger County tomatoes has always prided itself for world famous tomatoes.  I have attended their festival many times and it is a huge event.
 
I took Mamaw Smith to Rutledge this past week and we bought a beautiful bushel of huge tomatoes for $10.00 and they were blemish free, acid and juicy.
 
http://www.graingercountytomatofestival.com/
Paul E. Smith
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Re:Pittston Tomato Festival - Thu, 08/16/12 2:47 PM
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But we have tomato fights......

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Re:Pittston Tomato Festival - Thu, 08/16/12 3:25 PM
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Joe!
What a terrible waste of good tomatoes!!I hope someone scrapes them all up and makes a good batch of Sauce!!!
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Re:Pittston Tomato Festival - Thu, 08/16/12 3:27 PM
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Joe!
What a terrible waste of good tomatoes!!I hope someone scrapes them all up and makes a good batch of Sauce!!!
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Re:Pittston Tomato Festival - Thu, 08/16/12 3:30 PM
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The tomatoes are rotten.  They are whats left over in the fields.  The money raised from the fight goes to a local food pantry.
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Re:Pittston Tomato Festival - Thu, 08/16/12 4:21 PM
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joerogo

The tomatoes are rotten.  They are whats left over in the fields.  The money raised from the fight goes to a local food pantry.

Oh, OK! That's good! Erase Above Comment!
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Re:Pittston Tomato Festival - Thu, 08/16/12 6:55 PM
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The Milton, PA Tomato Fest is a great time, too.