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Stephen Colbert Calls the TomTato the 'Craziest F#?King Thing' He's Ever Heard

by Hillary Dixler Canavan
Hillary Dixler Canavan is Eater's restaurant editor and the author of the publication's debut book, Eater: 100 Essential Restaurant Recipes From the Authority on Where to Eat and Why It Matters (Abrams, September 2023). Her work focuses on dining trends and the people changing the industry — and scouting the next hot restaurant you need to try on Eater's annual Best New Restaurant list.

Here's comedian Stephen Colbert doing a "Craziest F#?King Thing I've Ever Heard" segment about the latest in hybrid vegetables, the TomTato. A plant that grows both tomatoes and potatoes, the TomTato is "miscvegenation" Colbert says. He explains that this "vegetable centipede" exacerbates his distrust of vegetables ("you always see them growing but you never see them eat") and that it's "Adam and Eve, not Adam and endive." Go, watch:

Video: Craziest F#?King Thing I've Ever Heard - TomTatoes

· Craziest F#?King Thing I've Ever Heard - TomTatoes [Colbert Nation]
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