A week-long celebration leads up to an exciting "tomato battle" as the highlight of the week's events

为期一周的庆祝活动中最精彩的部分就是激动人心的“番茄大战”。

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Even then the tomato doesn't appear to have been very important as a food plant until the Europeans came on the scene.

即使在那时，西红柿似乎也并不是一种重要的食用植物，直到欧洲人出现。

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Now, Africa's largest economy is facing a food crisis as major tomato fields have been destroyed by an insect, leading to a nationwide shortage and escalating prices.

现在，非洲最大的经济体正面临着一场粮食危机，非洲主要的番茄田被一种昆虫毁坏，导致全国范围内的番茄短缺，番茄价格不断上涨。

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Then the meat is shredded and seasoned with a sauce that has a good kick to it, sometimes very vinegar-centric (as is common in most of North Carolina), sometimes with tomato (some parts of North Carolina and other areas of the country) and sometimes with some mustard thrown it (South Carolina).

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