My Tomato (1943)

Ruth Lee: Mrs. Doakes

Quotes 

• Joseph A. Doakes : I love stewed tomatoes. Why do they have to ration everything that I like and just leave me with fish and squash?

  Mrs. Doakes : Why, tomatoes...

  Joseph A. Doakes : You'd think that the armies were throwing tomatoes at each other over there, the way they cut us down. It's meat, that's rationed. Then, it's butter and now it's - tomatoes! They'll go too far, you know, one of these days.

  Mrs. Doakes : You - think tomatoes are rationed?

• Mrs. Doakes' Friend : Whatever got into him to raise tomatoes, of all things?

  Mrs. Doakes : He thought they were rationed. And it made him so mad he's nearly broken his back trying to raise some.

• Joseph A. Doakes : Fish again?

  Mrs. Doakes : It's Tuesday.

• Joseph A. Doakes : Why, I can grow enough tomatoes myself to supply this whole street.

  Mrs. Doakes : Well, why don't you? If you love them so much, just grow some! And you show those people in Washington they can't keep you from eating what you like. We've got plenty of room out back.

  Joseph A. Doakes : By gosh, I will. If I grow 'em, will you stew 'em?

  Mrs. Doakes : If you grow them, I'll stew them.

• Mrs. Doakes' Friend : Joe looks tired.

  Mrs. Doakes : He is tired. Maybe I shouldn't have let him do it.