Chunky Tomato Soup

Tomatoes, although known in England since the sixteenth century following their introduction from the New World, did not gain acceptance as a food until some two centuries later. They were usually cooked and pounded for soups, or made into an acid pickle with garlic, ginger and vinegar, so our famous Great British tomato soup and tomato ketchup have a long history. But we were so suspicious of them that it was only in this century that we started to eat to