For your gustatory pleasure

[jmc_bks]

I had the best summer sandwich ever for dinner last night: a tomato and cheese sandwich.  You laugh, but really, it's one of those things that tastes best in the summer and not quite right any other time of the year.

Instructions for preparation

1.  Take two pieces of fresh-baked bread -- you can make it or buy it at the farmers market or your favorite bakery.
2.  Spread a thin layer of mayonaise, the real stuff, not Miracle Whip or that lite crap.  For some things, the full fat version is necessary and this is one of them.
3.  Lay a whisper thin slice of provolone of each piece of bread. 
4.  Slice one home grown tomato, plucked from a friend's garden, into quarter inch slices.  It should be so red and ripe that when you slice, the juice that squirts out looks a little like blood.  None of those anemic store bought things; even the inner flesh should be dark red.  Lay the slices on top of the cheese.
5.  Sprinkle with freshly ground black pepper.
6.  Smoosh the two sides together and slice the sandwich into triangle-shaped halves.
7.  Try to eat without dripping delicious tomato juice all over yourself.  If the tomato was properly ripe, this will be a challenge.  Do your best, but keep a Tide stain pen nearby just in case.

Other food news:  Baltimore's Restaurant Week is next week!  Must decide where to go!

And, Lyvvie, oh, Lyvvie, you have introduced me to my new favorite sweet:  Turkish Delight.  Love the rose flavored jelly.

Comments

[jperceval.livejournal.com]

Oh YUM. I have some roasted garlic bread that would be awesome with this. Shame I don't have any decent tomatoes.

[miladyinsanity.livejournal.com]

I don't eat tomatoes, but I cannot resist suggesting eating your sandwich naked.

I'm sorry for subjecting you to me, especially when I'm trying to be funny.

[jmc-bks.livejournal.com]

The eating naked had occured to me...but it would shock the neighbors, since I tend to eat dinner outside in my backyard during the summer :)

[miladyinsanity.livejournal.com]

Hmm... Swimsuit?

[(Anonymous)]

I LOVE Turkish Delight! Hard to come by down here but always worth the 45 minute drive. LOL. That sandwich sounds delicious. I'd have to eat it sans the cheesy but tomato and bread I LOVE!

Mailyn

[(Anonymous)]

Yum, one of my favorite foods is vine rippened tomatoes straight from the garden. I can eat tomato sandwiches all summer long. The provolone is a nice extra.

Tara Marie