When I was a kid one of my favorite books was Harriet the Spy. I first read it in the fourth grade, and I think that my love of people watching was greatly influenced by Harriet and her penchant for spying on people and keeping a notebook with her observations.
A little itty bitty part of me started blogging to do just that. 😉
Another thing that I picked up from good ole Harriet is a love of tomato sandwiches. Weird, I know, but oh so tasty! When I was a kid I would lather plenty of mayonaise on a couple of slices of Wonder bread, slice a tomato over it, and mash it together into a delicious mushy mess of goodness.
I hate to say that it’s been years since I ate a tomato sandwich, and I can’t really come up with a reason for not having eaten one. I guess I found more interesting things to do with tomatoes.
Until today.
I came home from work with the hungries and stood in front of the open refrigerator door contemplating cottage cheese, yogurt, and leftover pot roast. Then I spied a red, juicy tomato. Jackpot. Only, this wasn’t Harriet’s 11 year old-style sandwich. Oh no. I used a multigrain wheat bread with a light tangy mayo, and sprinkled garlic salt and parsley over the tomatoes before carefully placing a second slice of bread on top and…mashing it together into a delicious mushy mess of goodness.
Heaven.
Bwahaha — so I’m not the only one who got cravings for tomato sandwiches from Harriet the Spy! Dang, I wish we had some tomatoes over thisaway, ’cause I also can’t remember the last time I had one and am wanting a sammich now!
Cracker Barrel has an “Egg Sandwich” on their $3.99 menu. Comes with two slices of their sourdough bread, grilled or toasted (I like the grilled), two eggs (I get them scrambled), and two tomatoe slices. The eggs are on one piece of bread and tomatoes on the other. I quickly scrape the eggs off and to the side to eat by themselves, and begin to spread mayo on both pieces of bread, then top each with a slice of tomatoe. (You have to ask for the mayo.) Delicious, and always on the menu. You have to order it as an egg sandwich because they look at you like you are crazy if you, in your quest to satisfy the craving, mistakenly say “tomatoe sandwich”.
Instead of mayo try allioli. The mushy mess (not to belittle the mushy mess) becomes “tomato and garlic goodness”!!!!!