kitchen Angst!

La Tomatina Tomato fight in bunyol, is by far the largest food fight in the world and it happens like clockwork every year. The last Wednesday in August from 11am to 1pm the streets of this small town flow red with fresh fruit, Tomato juice for days! This is another one of my must see events! I love a good food fight, and 30,000 people hurling tomatoes at each other in the streets is the Mother of all food fights! I put a link to a site talking about this festival yesterday, so I don’t feel the need to put it up again. I do however want to discuss how this whole thing got started.
It seems to have been started in 1945, by some young hooligans. Who tried to join in a parade and accidentally tripped a man in a Big head costume. He got up and started to fight back or show some type of aggression, so the kids grabbed some tomatoes from a nearby stand and throw them at the large headed, angry, beast! This somewhat small skirmish, between strangers during a parade is said to be the mother of this now Huge festival. It’s hard to believe that a random act of semi-violent behavior could escalate into such a beloved festival. I don’t care really if this the true reason or not, I just want to go and throw!
Tomorrow I want to go to Gilroy, Ca.. For a festival very close to my heart… Garlic! For now eat a Tomato, and only think about how much fun it would be to smack someone in the face with it.
James