A Summer time Tomato SandwichJoy the Baker

By the point I used to be 21 you couldn’t persuade me to eat these two issues: A dill pickle, and a uncooked tomato. Whereas I nonetheless stand by the dill pickle, I’ll eat one every now and then if in the course of a fried hen sandwich. The later, fortunately, I’ve seen the error of my methods.

I used to be on summer season break from school when my mother handed me half of her sandwich. I noticed nothing however white bread, an obscene quantity of mayo, salt and contemporary cracked pepper. My school weight loss plan consisted of pizza, pop tarts, and the oatmeal cookies I’d bake up after I missed house. I used to be in no place to go up actual meals. So, I took a chunk.

The nice and cozy juice from the backyard tomato spilled down the webs of my fingers and I licked a glob of mayo/pepper from the nook of my mouth. This wasn’t only a tomato sandwich; it was a holy expertise.

“You haven’t had a tomato till you’ve had a summer season tomato” and she or he was appropriate, as mothers are usually.

The nice and cozy tomato sandwich is the rationale I develop tomatoes in my very own backyard each summer season. So, I can sit out on my again porch with a tomato sandwich, heavy on the mayo, gentle on the bread. If I’ve any luck, the tomato continues to be sizzling from the solar. And this summer season, there’s been loads of luck. My backyard has by no means been so overrun with tomatoes.

At this time I’m utilizing a sq. from a focaccia I used to be testing however on a common day it’s white, nation bread, or buttermilk. Don’t toast the bread. You need it delicate. Lather on a layer of mayo to your choice. 

Slice a backyard tomato. At this time this Mortgage Lifter (sure, that’s the title of the tomato) was prepared for the taking. Deep crimson all over. Sprinkle with flur de sel, and crack pepper immediately excessive. The juices will begin flowing.

Layer on high of the mayo and shut the sandwich. You received’t remorse one minute of this expertise. I’d recommend a pairing of weight loss plan coke and salted kettle chips. A crisp glass of Sauvignon Blanc and a wedge of brie will work too. It’s informal. It’s costly.

Now take it exterior – a again porch, a backyard, the entrance door, a close-by park. Eat. Slurp. Lick. And be grateful.