Small Tomatoes
Published Jan 01, 1900
While vacationing on Cape Cod, my wife and I stopped at a small way-side stand and bought some tomatoes. When I commented how small they were, the proprietor's reply was "Ay-up." Returning a day or two later, my wife told the man the tomatoes he had sold us were tough and not very flavorful. The old gentleman nodded, looked at us a moment, then said, "Lucky they was small, ain't it?"
Originally published November 14, 2002.
