Boy, does that strike close to home. My mother, Audie Longenecker (Waterbury, Bedford), instilled that habit in me. She always put sugar on sliced fresh tomatoes and, even now, I can't eat tomatoes without sugar. Just about anything made from tomatoes had to have sugar (or, at least, a little bit of sugar) - spaghetti, tomato soup, etc. I've come to enjoy the "eccentric" status the habit has brought... with one exception. The first time she and I ever tried pizza (on the boardwalk at Ocean City), one bite told us both the pizza sauce needed sugar. I was very young (maybe 5-6), but I can still remember the shop owner's reaction to what we did with his prized creation. I still don't know what he said, because whatever English he knew went out the door with us. I've learned to be very discreet about where and how I sugar my pizza. Charlie Henry
If you read the label on the commercial spaghetti sauce you will find that sugar is added. Leah -----Original Message----- From: Charlie Henry <[email protected]> To: Blair County List <[email protected]> Sent: Sun, 14 Oct 2007 9:55 am Subject: PABlair Sugar on everything? Boy, does that strike close to home. My mother, Audie Longenecker (Waterbury, Bedford), instilled that habit in me. She always put sugar on sliced fresh tomatoes and, even now, I can't eat tomatoes without sugar. Just about anything made from tomatoes had to have sugar (or, at least, a little bit of sugar) - spaghetti, tomato soup, etc. I've come to enjoy the "eccentric" status the habit has brought... with one exception. The first time she and I ever tried pizza (on the boardwalk at Ocean City), one bite told us both the pizza sauce needed sugar. I was very young (maybe 5-6), but I can still remember the shop owner's reaction to what we did with his prized creation. I still don't know what he said, because whatever English he knew went out the door with us. I've learned to be very discreet about where and how I sugar my pizza. Charlie Henry ----------------------------------- No flaming permtted on this list. This is a one flame and you are out rule. ----------------------------------- The Blair Co. mailing list has no association with the Blair Co. Genealogy Society. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com