It has been more than two weeks since I stopped eating tomatoes.

I have suspected for a pretty long time that I might have an intolerance to tomatoes. It seemed that a day after eating large amounts of tomato-based meals, my lower digestive tract would become quite… irritable. A few weeks ago I finally decided to cut out tomato, and see what happened.

I’ve been fine ever since, without getting too personal on the subject.

Rather bummed out… I love making bolognese and other red sauces, and chili, too.

To be fair, I have actually eaten a very small portion: there were two slices of fresh tomato on a burger I ate last week. Seemed to be okay? I don’t know. I suppose I could perform a test this week and make a big pot of tomatoey stew or something, to see if tomato was indeed the culprit, or if I had a coincidental stomach bug.

And given how much cucumber I had a couple nights back, it doesn’t seem to be a nightshade thing.

Clearly I am not an expert on this subject, and this is nowhere close to scientific method.