Diced tomatoes? Would those be raw tomatoes? Who in the world eats raw tomoatoes??? After all, a woman who called in to Rush's show this morning with an anecdote about how Michelle Obama's "healthy" food campaign in the schools, including raw asparagus, raw beets, and *gasp* raw tomatoes ("Who eats raw tomatoes?" the woman asked Rush) was bombing.
Just goes to show ... I assumed that eating tomatoes raw was ... well, normal.
Sometimes I really have to wonder about Rush's callers. I know, it's off topic ... so pertinent to the thread, I'll admit: Rush's caller wasn't as dumb as this woman trying to barter an Olive Garden salad for some coke!
I heard that call. I think her point was that kids don’t eat tomatoes unless they are on hamburgers, pizzas or in spaghetti sauce. Even the teachers weren’t eating plain tomatoes, so her relative had plenty to take home for sauce-making. IIRC, the few times I ate school lunches, the tomatoes were unripe and nearly tasteless.
Personally, I like raw tomatoes with a little salt.