The Curious Case of the Tomatoes in the Tomato

Here’s a weird one.
Yesterday I went down into what remains of the vegetable garden to see what was usable for dinner. I found a couple of nice eggplants, plenty of basil and half a dozen ripe–heading towards over-ripe–tomatoes, so I decided to make Eggplant Parmesan. I picked the fruit and headed back to the kitchen.
I [...]