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[bolderfell]

What's the deal with tomatoes. They're just messy fruit full of water.

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[bolderfell]

You can see him still at it a few conversations up from this one.

[vanishings]

I don't really make it a habit to read others' conversations. Do you need any help?

[bolderfell]

It's fine. Nice of you to offer stepping in for a stranger, though.

[An anonymous one. On the internet.]

[vanishings]

It wouldn't be the first time, and besides, it's just the right thing to do to help someone in trouble.

[bolderfell]

Ha. Not the worst trouble I've ever been in, getting food for free. Even if it's food I don't have a taste for.

[vanishings]

Have you tried making them into something?

[bolderfell]

Didn't like them raw, so I tried cooking one. Wasn't that great.

[You can't! Just! Saute tomatoes in butter and wine and expect them to be anything!]

[vanishings]

Well, you're not alone! Plenty of people don't like them raw. But, you can use them to make sauces to put on things like pasta or pizza or even some meat dishes or even make them into a jam.

[bolderfell]

Guess this is where I admit I don't know what half those things are. Mostly things that start with P, apparently.

[vanishings]

Oh.

( he thinks he's helping... an image is sent. )

Well, pasta is basically noodles, a food that's made from different types of dough.

( and another )

Pizza is... well, the crust is also made from a dough and topped with, typically, tomato sauce and different cheeses and other assorted toppings depending on who you ask, but meats and vegetables are pretty standard.

[bolderfell]

Ah, all right. I recognize pasta.

Pizza seems interesting. Kind of like those sandwich things, but with only one part that's bread.

[vanishings]

Yeah, something like that! It's really good, though, so I'd definitely recommend trying it at least once :)

[bolderfell]

Looks like a lot of food for one person from the picture.

[vanishings]

That's definitely debatable depending on your appetite... But, pizza is typically something to be shared!

[bolderfell]

Hah. Well, I eat light.

Think two people could get the job done?

[vanishings]

Considering I, and other people I know, can pack one down solo, I'm positive two can.

[bolderfell]

Let me guess. You're a man tall enough to hit your head on some door frames.

[vanishings]

I mean... not all of them...

[bolderfell]

Right. Some of us are a little more compact, you know. Or maybe you can't see us from way up there.

[vanishings]

I'm not that tall! I notice.

[bolderfell]

That's what they all say.

[vanishings]

I used to be an instructor back on Earth, so a lot of people were shorter than me. Promise it's not just words ;)

[bolderfell]

Ah, a schoolteacher. Might explain some things.

[vanishings]

Well... kind of, but not really. It was more like a school for space exploration.

[bolderfell]

[...

Shiro, my dude. Therion didn't know what pizza was. Do you think he has any concept of space exploration?]

For what now?