I did not want to post and start the thread sliding down, hoping that somone would weigh in to attend. It sounds like fun and I wish that I could, however age and health concerns prevent me from going. This may be a pretty good year for maters, so hopefully, there will be quite a few folks there with lots to show and taste. Good luck and keep us posted. Bill P.

Hi Bejay! I'd be happy to share the recipe. I won't guarantee that it's healthy, but it's definitely not sweet. You could tweak it to make it less salty and fatty, but it wouldn't be quite as good. I'm using zucchini in the vernacular, to describe all summer squashes. When I asked Granny if she had a measurement for the crumbs and oil, she basically said "as many as you want". I usually use about a cup of crumbs. Butter is a good substitute for oil, since it's yummy. Also, I pretty much always double this recipe. Any can of cream of whatever soup will work. Well, maybe not cream of shrimp... You can also steam the veggies if you don't want to boil them - the point is that they should be pretty soft so they make a yummy creamy mixture with the soup and sour cream. I'm pretty sure this recipe originated back when folks thought it was a good idea to boil veggies to death. Perhaps it was developed to best deal with the baseball bat zucchini that sneaks by us in the patch! If you decide to use THAT zucchini, peel it first - I've tried this with tough zucchini and the skin just doesn't get soft enough even with the boiling. Little summer squashes won't need as much precooking. Maybe your shredded zucchini won't need much of a boil at all - it should work here anyway, it's pretty free form. Enough babble - here's the recipe: Zucchini Casserole 6 cups sliced zucchini 1 cup chopped onion 1 cup chopped carrots 1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed cream of chicken soup 1 cup sour cream Bread Crumbs Salad Oil Black pepper to taste DIRECTIONS Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 2 quart casserole dish. In a large saucepan boil zucchini, carrots, and onions 10 minutes (or until tender). Drain well In a small bowl, mix together bread crumbs and salad oil until crumbs are barely moistened. Spread half of the crumbs in the casserole dish. Mix vegetables, soup, and sour cream together. Add pepper if desired. Spread in casserole dish. Cover top of casserole with remaining crumbs. Bake for 20-30 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the top is golden brown.

I don't eat bacon ( keep kosher) but I make the fake bacon...so I made me an FLT ( Fakon, Lettuce, Tomato) with the Black Seaman too! WOW! I thought I would cry it was so good! TIP: I ran out of bread...but i had a bunch of hot dog buns. I put them in toaster ..it was great. So a client and I were talking about tomatoes .. I kept saying " I love Black Seaman"..my co-worker told me it sounded sort of naughty!

Julie, We would love having you and John join us for the Tomato Tasting! It would be goo to see you again! Gary The 2007 CHOPTAG Taste Fest will be held on Saturday, August 18, 2007. It will be held at Paxton-Ramsey Park on the East side of Cincinnati, Ohio from 12 noon until 5pm. http://www.miamitwp.org/recreation/parks/paxton/paxton.htm Everyone is welcome to join us. This is a family affair, so bring the kids, the parents, the grandparents and anyone else that likes tomatoes. While it is our intention for everyone to share their tomato harvest, itÂs OK if you donÂt have any tomatoes to bring. You are still welcome. Most folks bring some type of food other than tomatoes to share also, but that is not a requirement either. Our only real requirement is you have of love of tomatoes and want to share some fun with other tomato lovers. So mark your calendars and plan to join us for a great afternoon. Check out the CHOPTAG web site for some pictures of past events. http://www.ih.k12.oh.us/estech/mark/garden/choptag.htm Directions ----- from Winchester, Kentucky If your coming from the South up I-71/75 take I-275 North to exit 54 (Wards Corner Rd). Turn Right off the exit. Stay in the right hand lane. Turn RIGHT at the 1st street, Loveland-Miamiville Rd. Go about 7/10 of a mile and turn RIGHT on Price Rd. The park is at the top of the hill, about ½ mile, on the right.