They are wonderful! Nothing better than a simple tomato sandwich...you can keep your true love! HA!
Recipe: 2 slices bread
2 tomato slices (if tomato large enough, one slice)
mayonnaise
salt and pepper
That's it!
Next recipe: Banana Sandwich! Bread, mayo, and banana. WHAT? You have never had a banana sandwich? Okay, go make one and eat it....I'll wait. There, see how good I am in the kitchen?
P.S. If you don't have banana, you can use pineapple!
My friends, I hope you are all doing well. I have just received some sad news. I found out that one of my former co-workers died in July. She worked at our company for a year and I saw her every day while she was there. Although she was not in my department, she was close enough to me that I heard her voice every working day and was able to stop and make jokes with her now and then. I can still hear her booming laugh. So grateful that we shared that deep laughter together.
We have tomatoes coming on now and tonight I made BTO...bacon, tomato, and onion sandwich... Jack's creation since he doesn't like lettuce on his sandwiches.. nothing better than a home grown mator!
ReplyDeleteI say "tuh-mata". Of course, my husband says "to-MAH-toe"!
DeleteYou know how good those tomatoes are straight from your garden!
Do you know the song?!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tj4wIKMqEE
ReplyDeleteNo! I didn't know that song at all! Wait til I tell my sister! So tickled you told me this! How is it that I didn't know it? Everything really is a song for me, this proves it!
DeleteThanks again! xx
Love tomato sandwiches. Never had a banana or pineapple sandwich. I'm open to most anything though.
ReplyDeleteBe open to those sandwiches. I think you will like them. If you like you have some cheese with your pineapple too, but just make sure the pineapple is cold. It's really good when it's hot.
DeleteSorry to hear a former colleague of yours has died.
ReplyDeleteMy parents have pots of tomato plants on their balcony, and my Dad is like a child - he can't wait for them to ripen properly, but keeps picking them as soon as they so much as start turning orange!
You can put your orange tomatoes on your window sill and wait for them to ripen, but watch them, you wouldn't want to lose any if they get TOO ripe!
DeleteMy friend from work was so full of life and was the same age as my baby sister, so she seemed very young to me. Besides, she looked much younger than she was, another reason to be surprised by her death.
I like tomatoes with cheese in a sandwich.
ReplyDeleteWell, you would with your great cheese over there! I am thinking of Cathedral City Cheddar...I love that!
DeleteNo doubt about it, good home grown tomatoes are the best. My mother loved a tomato sandwich all her life, and I have tomato most days. Many store bought ones are rather tasteless but we have no success growing them. Well done you! We often have a banana sandwich, but I have never heard of adding mayo - maybe I'll give it a try one day. So sorry to hear of the loss of your colleague: it always comes as a shock, and is sad to be faced with the fragility of life.
ReplyDeleteOh yes, just slather some mayo on bread and slice your bananas on there! I think you would like it.
DeleteIt was quite a shock to learn of her death. My heart goes out to her family and close friends.
I have stopping by our local farmers market at the entrance to my neighborhood and buying tomato's and other vegetables. I love tomato, banana and pineapple sandwich's but I don't eat bread now.
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear of your friend passing. She sounds like she was a very Joyful lady.
My husband can't have sandwiches either (he has celiac disease and can only eat gluten free bread). When I say I enjoy these sandwiches, I am only speaking for myself!
DeleteA joyful lady! That describes her perfectly. Thank you for that description, my Georgia friend. xxx
There is nothing like a warm tomato right off the vine.
ReplyDeleteA BLT in the summer is just the best!
not sure about the banana though.
Try a banana sandwich with mayo! I think you would like it!
DeleteNothing better than homegrown tomatoes. Ours are done here (it's too hot now) and although we will get a second batch by late September, they're not quite as good as the first spring ones.
ReplyDeleteThose tomatoes that are green at the end of the summer? Pick them and dip them in corn meal or flour and fry them. Fried green tomatoes. Think about it, that must be how that came about, the early colonists didn't want to waste food. That is how I think they came about!
DeleteI am sorry you had this sad news. You seem to have good memories of this person. Sharing laughter is a blessing.
ReplyDeleteOh, I love ripe home grown tomatoes but since I no longer have a vegetable garden and am remarkably unsuccessful at growing them on the deck, I am just glad we have farmers markets these days.
We only grow our banana peppers and cherry tomatoes in giant pots! So, I bet you could also do that on your deck. (It does require massive watering and propping up of tomato vines and pepper plant branches!)
DeleteSharing of laughter is a blessing! That is a lovely thought, thank you. x
Fresh tomatoes! Yes, wonnnnderful!!! We don't try to grow them anymore, and the weather has make everything late. Hope to get some fresh tomatoes, at a farm stand, today!
ReplyDeleteTo add to the unique sandwich ideas.
Ever try a Bacon and Peanut Butter Sandwich????? Try it! You will be in love.
Next door son/family did not keep bacon in house. Oldest grand son loved them. Would come over and have "Pop" make him one. So we began giving him, a package of bacon, at Christmas Time! A joke. So he could make his own, at home. Fun memory.
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Bacon and peanut butter...that is something that I wish I could call my Dad and tell him that one. I know he would try it!
DeleteLove that Guy Clark (RIP) song from 1983. Lyrics are so true!
ReplyDeleteHey Eileen! Thanks for your visit! I had no idea about that song by Guy Clark, but I do now from your comment and from Nan's comment above! Thanks!
DeleteI would love a tomato sandwich. I used to work with a man that brought P.B. and pickle sandwiches for his lunch. I miss that crazy guy. LOL. Blessings, xoxo, Susie
ReplyDeletePeanut butter and pickles? You never know what people will like!
DeleteBlessings on you, Susie, I hope you get your tomato sandwich soon!
Home-grown tomatoes are so juicy and so sweet...and, particularly home-grown cherry tomatoes. Delicious!
ReplyDeleteIt's sad to lose a friend...but it is good to have the happy memories to hold on to; and hold on to them I know you will.
The memory of us laughing together...I remember doubling over in laughter with her, that is a good thing, isn't it?
DeleteI even like a few cherry tomatoes on my plate, no matter what else I am having for dinner!
Your memories of the laughter is a very good thing, Kay. Hold it dear in your heart. :)
DeleteThank you and God bless you!
DeletePlease accept my condolences for the loss of your friend.
ReplyDeleteThank you. As always, I can never say exactly what I want to say after a death, just cannot find the right words but I hope that if anyone in her family ever saw this post, they could read the comments here and be comforted. xx
DeleteDear Kay, in May one of my dearest friends died; then in June, another died. So I know a little of what you are feeling at the loss of your coworker. I hope the memories you have of the laughter the two of you shared will comfort you.
ReplyDeleteAnd . . . I LOVE tomato and mayo sandwiches . . . and peanut butter and banana. I need to try the banana and mayo! Peace.
It is hard to put into words, isn't it, the feeling of loss. I am sorry for the loss of your dearest friend. xx
DeleteBanana sandwich with mayo.
AND pineapple with mayo. Both are good!
I like my tomato sandwiches made with butter rather than mayo, and salt but no pepper. Tomatoes are almost the only thing I like to add salt to. As for bananas... when I was a child, mashed banana sandwiches were all the rage at children's parties, but a few years ago I went to a barbecue where the host had wrapped peeled bananas in bacon and cooked them on the grill. It tasted much better than we expected! x
ReplyDeleteMy English mother-in-law only made sandwiches with butter. She passed away last year. I sure do miss her.
DeleteI will take your word about the banana with bacon! xx
I LOVE a tomato sandwich! Might try the banana one...might...Hahaa
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Try the banana sandwich. I don't even like bananas!
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