Tomato sandwich

[Timpson]

Just had my first tomato sandwich of the season. Love me some homegrown tomatoes. 

[Jig Man]

They are some of my favorites.  We’ve been getting ripe ones since mid June.  I have a couple of ladies who start them for in their greenhouse.  I plant them as soon as the last frost date.

[GreenPig]

Yes, with some Duke's mayo, a heavy shake or 3 of black pepper, and regular Lay's chips. 

[GaryH]

Ok I’m hungry now 🍅🍅

[throttleplate]

Living in North Dakota our tomatoes wont be ripe untill 3rd week of august, planted the starter plants from wallmart in first week of june due to a crappy cold rainy May. I enjoy eating them sliced with just salt and pepper.

[Drawdown]

39 minutes ago, throttleplate said:

Living in North Dakota our tomatoes wont be ripe untill 3rd week of august, planted the starter plants from wallmart in first week of june due to a crappy cold rainy May. I enjoy eating them sliced with just salt and pepper.

I remember Nebraska relatives being jealous of the South’s growing season. Especially the availability of sweet potatoes—and huge ones at that.

[gim]

Mine are just now turning ripe. Most are still green. Planted the smaller Cherry versions this year, the second week of May.

 

Inundated by cucumbers at the moment…

[Bazoo]

I don't have any maters planted this year.

 

Mater sammich with thick hellmans mayonnaise, Himalayan salt and pepper is good stuff - better still if ya put on a slice of fried bologna.

[Jar11591]

Just made a tomato sandwich for lunch with the Roma tomatoes from our garden. Baguette, mayonnaise, thick sliced Romas, salt and pepper. Delicious. 

[Jig Man]

On a side note:  I fixed crappie last night and sliced and fried 4 green tomatoes.  They were yummy. 

[TOXIC]

I’m in Wisconsin and we went to both the Farmers Market and the butcher shop and got delicious tomatoes and thick cut slab bacon for BLT’s.  😋 

[Choporoz]

Squirrels have made a huge dent in our tomatoes this year.  They will strip them off well before they are orange.   Never had this problem before.  

[gim]

4 hours ago, TOXIC said:

I’m in Wisconsin and we went to both the Farmers Market and the butcher shop and got delicious tomatoes and thick cut slab bacon for BLT’s.

 

Pick up a 12 pack of spotted cow for me will ya

 

 

[Bird]

Wife and I moved up on the mountain 20 years ago and haven't had a garden since.

BUT tomato plants in raised beds are a must and not much better than a fresh garden tomatoe.

I spray cayenne pepper on the plants to discourage the deer 🦌 

[TOXIC]

1 hour ago, gimruis said:

 

Pick up a 12 pack of spotted cow for me will ya

 

 

Believe me, without my boat here I am trying to drain all the Spotted Cow and Hinders and Central Waters with a Jack and Coke every once in a while. 😂😁

[TnRiver46]

3 hours ago, Choporoz said:

Squirrels have made a huge dent in our tomatoes this year.  They will strip them off well before they are orange.   Never had this problem before.  

They are the worst on tomatoes! Mostly bite them once and leave the rest laying there 

[Functional]

i usually take it a step further being from an Italian family.

 

fresh slices of Italian bread, mozzarella cheese slice (the round ones or logs in water, not the fake stuff), thick slice of tomato, a pinch of salt, high quality olive oil with a little chopped basil on top and I like to add a little drizzle of balsamic glaze on top of it before the top bread. Some dry red wine with a splash of gingerale makes for a really nice lunch. 

[A-Jay]

1 minute ago, Functional said:

i usually take it a step further being from an Italian family.

 

fresh slices of Italian bread, mozzarella cheese slice (the round ones or logs in water, not the fake stuff), thick slice of tomato, a pinch of salt, high quality olive oil with a little chopped basil on top and I like to add a little drizzle of balsamic glaze on top of it before the top bread. Some dry red wine with a splash of gingerale makes for a really nice lunch. 

YOU

ARE

KILLING ME ! 

A-Jay

[Functional]

4 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

YOU

ARE

KILLING ME ! 

A-Jay

me too...I went and made myself hungry.

 

Going to have to make a grocery store trip tonight. 

[Catt]

Love em 🙂

 

Especially with bacon & lettuce!

[Timpson]

Never had the problem with squirrels some bunnies. Then something stripped a couple off a plant no idea what it was. No evidence left behind. 

[throttleplate]

why are grocery store tomatoes so bland?

[TnRiver46]

1 hour ago, throttleplate said:

why are grocery store tomatoes so bland?

You really don’t know ? 

[throttleplate]

4 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

You really don’t know ? 

Really i dont know, they taste somwhat like cardboard and styrafoam with very empty seed chambers where the seeds and gelatinous pulp and juice reside. How hard is it to grow a tomato with good rich flavor in large plantations and ship it to the grocery store?

[Jar11591]

1 hour ago, throttleplate said:

Really i dont know, they taste somwhat like cardboard and styrafoam with very empty seed chambers where the seeds and gelatinous pulp and juice reside. How hard is it to grow a tomato with good rich flavor in large plantations and ship it to the grocery store?

 
They are picked and shipped before ripe so they are harder and don’t bruise. Then sprayed with a gas that turns them red but doesn’t really ripen them before they hit store shelves. At least that’s what I’ve heard.