51.   When the caramel is a medium amber, we put the halves of fruit in the pan, with the cut side down.

52.   With mandoline or fine slicing blade on a food processor, use very gentle pressure to slice Pluot halves paper thin, starting with the flat cut side.

53.   With the cut side against the coarse holes of a box grater, grate the tomato into a pulp.

54.   You can verify that these are fungus gnats by slightly pushing a potato half, cut side down, into the soil.