My gardening friends are having loads of fresh tomatoes coming in and I've been presented with a couple of bags already. There are few things I like better than a fresh tomato sandwich. A BLT is one, of course . . .
Cheese on a BLT is like mayonnaise in your grits--a hanging offense in Nawth Louisiana. You would have to add turkey and make a club sandwich to avoid execution.
i wish i were down there where i could have gotten an earlier start. add to that i was a few weeks late getting tomatoes plants out, and it is gonna be mid july before i have any tomatoes from my plants. often mine dont even make it inside. i just rinse them off with the hose and eat them right there! unfortunately, one year my dog did the same thing, minus the hose. my tomatoes were disappearing and i would find bits of tomato that werent eaten in my yard. i thought that birds or something were getting into them. until one night i was outside with the dog and looked over at the bed i had them planted in and found her helping herself to them. she had good taste. she knew to eat the ripest reddest ones!
My weimaraner loves tomatoes and a few other veggies... And I found last night that she LOVES strawberries!
that explains it. all five of my dogs have been weims. :hihi: mine love strawberries too. and bananas. last year at the end of the summer i saw echo nosing around the tomato vines checking them out a little too closely. i have a feeling i may have another thief on my hands. i am gonna have to keep an eye on him when they start turning red this year!
My favorite way to eat fresh tomatoes is cold, sliced, with a little bit of salt. My grandfather grew incredible tomatoes, and of course, nothing bought in a store can even come close.
i was just thinking today that i didnt get any cucumbers planted. oh, and stacey, you are right. that is the best way to eat them!
