How to Make the Best Tomato and Cheese Sandwich - Real Comfort Food
Nothin' says SUMMER better than a homegrown tomato!
The BEST way to eat that tomato is to sit on the back porch steps with a salt shaker and go to town. My Mom taught me the following method when I was 5 years old: lick the tomato in one spot, shake salt on that spot, BITE!
The second best way to eat a homegrown tomato is to make a tomato and cheese sandwich. Sounds simple, doesn't it? Guess what? It is simple; but to make a really good sandwich, one must pay attention to the details.
One of those details is to use a homegrown tomato. If you do not have a one, wait until dark and sneak into your neighbor's garden--just kidding! In reality, buy a vine ripe tomato with the stem still attached at the grocery. If they are too, expensive, get an ordinary fresh tomato that is still a little green or hard to the touch, and let it sit on the window sill a day or two.
The best tasting tomatoes never see the inside of a fridge! (FYI--In January 2009, I still had tomatoes I grew in 2008! We had a really late hard frost in November, so I picked the green tomatoes and put them in a bowl to ripen on their own.)
Keep reading for I am presenting to you my recipe for the BEST tomato and cheese sandwich. Yes, it is comfort food for me! You can thank me in my "guest book" at the bottom of this page.
And by the way, do you know what a "love apple" is?
PS...I took all the photos! AND I grew the tomato!
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Ingredients For the BEST Tomato Sandwich
The directions on making the sandwich are just a little further down the page.
1. Fresh White Bread2. Hellman's (or Best Foods-west of the Mississippi!) Mayo (or Duke's)
3. Homegrown vine ripe tomato - it can be red or yellow.
4. Kraft Sliced American Cheese -- not individually wrapped, pulleeze.
Optional: thinly sliced red or vidalia onion, salt, pepper, lemon pepper, and/or basil
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Now back to our recipe:
STEP 1: Use 2 Slices of Fresh White Sandwich Bread
Slather on the mayo
I prefer LOTS of mayo on my fresh white bread -- use whole grain!!! STEP 2: Put on the FRESH, VINE RIPE tomatoes!
Homegrown are the best, but you can buy local tomatoes from the farmer's market or the local grocery. STEP 3: Add cheese!
Kraft Deluxe American or Deli Sliced Kraft is preferred by moi, but use your favorite cheese -- as long as it is not that individually wrapped cr*p. Optional--thinly sliced sweet onion
Red or vidalia onions can add zip! Enjoy your sandwich!
Just try taking a picture and not sampling.By the way, I used two different plates for the photos. Which color do you like the best? You can put an answer in my guestbook.
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See "The Perfect Tomato Sandwich" link below the picture of those gorgeous tomatoes!
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- The Perfect Tomato Sandwich
"When the right bread envelopes sun-ripened tomatoes, one of the most righteous tastes of summer is yours to enjoy."
Click the link above to find the third best tomato sandwich recipe.
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How Do YOU make a Tomato Sandwich?
Above Photo by ME!
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- puzzlemaker puzzlemaker Dec 12, 2009 @ 6:40 pm
- I love tomato sandwiches too. We use only Duke's Mayo. Your sandwich looks really really good. I've never added onion, but will now give it a try. Excellent.
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- sandyspider sandyspider Sep 28, 2009 @ 10:50 pm
- Thanks for adding this to my Recipes, Reviews and Food Collection.
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- sandyspider sandyspider Sep 14, 2009 @ 8:40 pm
- This is kind of like having a hamburger without the meat! Like it.
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- paperfacets paperfacets Jul 1, 2009 @ 10:52 pm
- I have not thought to include cheese. I will try this. Hellman's mayo? mmm..I wonder if the West Coast features that? Well, I can't wait till those tomatoes are ripe. Thanks.
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- genglo genglo Jun 4, 2009 @ 10:04 am
- Fantastic! I eat tomato sandwiches every day, especially when we have fresh tomatoes from the garden.
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What Is A "Love Apple"?
A tomato moniker that originated in the 16th century when tomatoes from North Africa were known in Italy as pomo dei Mori, "apples of the Moors." That was transliterated to the French pomme d'amour . . . "love apple."
from Food Lovers Companion
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