I just had a fried green tomato BLT for lunch? Maybe that to tide you over?

Cherokee purples?

I get it. I like Reubens with a pound of pastrami. I want three types of pork on my Cuban. But the sheer simplicity of a tomato sandwich is pure heaven.

Don’t make me take the hats off your cats, Allie. Do NOT make me.

You’re doing the Lord’s work here.

You see, that’s a completely DIFFERENT SANDWICH. It’s a vidalia and tomato sandwich. And it’s eaten for dinner! :)

Only if it’s pimento. We don’t want your fancy cheese on this sandwich!

Exactly. I raised my eyebrows at it, but decided it was acceptable. Only because when I was young, for breakfast, my grandmother would butter white bread & toast it in the oven. Once it was ready, she would THEN put Duke’s on top, followed by tomato slices. That was called Tomato Toast and made a delectable morning…

I come from a Southern family where every meal of the day in the summer included a bowl of sliced tomatoes. We would “call the juice,” which meant you got to drink the bottom of the bowl after the slices were all gone. And you had to be sitting at the table to “call” - a rule instituted by my grandmother, I think to…

Don’t harsh on my tomato/mayo groove, AllieCat! It’s goddamn delicious and my love for it can never be wrong.

The reason Duke’s is so good is because it has no added sugar, and it has a high vinegar content. Is Kewpie like that?

We need a rodent-killing posse. Fucking rodents.

Hmmm. Not sure how I feel about that. And I don’t know if I want to waste a tomato to try!

Ooof. I’m so sorry. Move East? :)

On most counts, I agree with you. But plain white bread is the perfect choice for this sandwich because it serves the role of tofu. It takes on the flavor of the tomato, mayo, salt & pepper. You don’t need to compete with that perfection. You just need a vehicle.

I eat mine over a plate so I can slurp up the mayo/tomato juice at the end. This ain’t my first rodeo!

My stupid neighborhood squirrels allow my plants to produce a hard, green tomato and then promptly eat it off. Little rat fuckers.

Which is why the Lee Brothers started selling it mail-order, for the sad Southern Diaspora. http://www.boiledpeanuts.com/index2.html

My dear Kelly, you have not been specific enough in this otherwise lovely homage to my favorite food. You must use, and ONLY use, Duke’s mayonnaise in your tomato sandwiches.

I think it’s (subconsciously) seen as threatening to men. They find her incredibly attractive, because SHE IS, but the buzzed head makes them uncomfortable with their boners.