The Incident of the Exploding Cherry Tomato

Or why sliced tomatoes are now my salad garnish of choice

Photo by Alex Ghizila on Unsplash

Year ago, as I sat down to lunch at a weekly Rotary meeting, I had no precognition that I was minutes away from one of the most embarrassing moments of my life.

A major part of each the meeting involved sharing a meal with other Rotarians as we chat together. On this particular day, I had a woman member…