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Grow Tomatoes Review: Knowns and Unknowns About Mamie Eisenhower’s Tomato Pudding

July 24th, 2009 | Author: Dot

Tomato "Huh?"

DoT’s Thot: “As we know, there are known knowns. There are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns. That is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns, the ones we don’t know we don’t know.” – Donald Rumsfeld

I came across this celebrity tomato-related recipe (looked interesting) and felt kind of curious. I have been trying to imagine what this dish should look like and smell like coming out of the oven. If someone has a picture or has made it, I would consider it a kindness to find out vicariously what this tomato recipe yields. I do suspect that it is more than my quota of indulgence for the day. My guess is that it’s a brown, fruity, but not creamy, version of bread pudding. I can’t afford the calories (this is the known known). I don’t know what this looks like nor tastes like (these are known unknowns). I wonder what my unknown unknowns might be.

Mamie Eisenhower’s Tomato Pudding

1 (24 or 29 ounce) can tomato puree
1 1/2 cups firmly packed light brown sugar
Pinch of salt
1/3 cup boiling water
8 slices bread
1/2 pound butter

In buttered casserole cube the 8 slices of bread. Slice the butter over the bread. Add the tomato puree, brown sugar, salt and boiling water that have been mixed together. Bake at 350 degrees F, uncovered, for 1 hour.

Nevertheless, thanks to two Washington, D.C., celebrities, this tomato recipe was fun to think about. I put this recipe in the — “maybe I’ll try it some time” pile.

Aloha, DoT

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