Amen brother!Decided long ago that lettuce does nothing for a BLT.
When I read the thread title, I was expecting to open it up and see "The McRib"
fixed the image for the ozzies among usYum...tomato sandwiches.
By Himanshu Thakur - 18 Jul 23 - Jodyhub
View attachment 1689600"There’s debate about whether the bread needs to be toasted. Most Southerners, like Mary, would say no: That soft texture is central to the traditional tomato-sandwich experience. But Jason Skrobar, a food stylist and author of the coming “The Book of Sandwiches,” calls for toasted sourdough in a variation with sun-dried-tomato mayonnaise, which he calls My Perfect Sandwich. My colleague J. Kenji López-Alt, a Seattle resident, pan-toasts just one side of each slice, which he turns inward so the outsides are still soft, a key feature of the classic. (It should be noted that neither Skrobar nor López-Alt is Southern.)
Alternatively, the briefest stint in a toaster means you can have the best of both worlds: The bread keeps its structure under a juicy tomato while maintaining its pillowy softness inside. To each their own. As long as you have to eat your dripping sandwich over the sink, then you’re in the ballpark.
The hallmark of a good tomato sandwich, for me, is mayonnaise that slathers and pools against the tomato. If you’re from the South, “you either grew up in a Duke’s household or a Hellmann’s household,” Mary says.
To my mind, the whole Duke’s-versus-Hellmann’s debate couldn’t be more boring or irrelevant (though I enjoy riling people up every year). I use mild-tasting Hellmann’s in this particular case, because I like to sprinkle a little furikake over the mayonnaise before sandwiching the tomatoes.
The seaweed in the flavorful rice seasoning amps up the tomato’s savoriness, intensifying the harmony of fruit, carb and condiment. Flavor-forward Duke’s or even Kewpie, delicious though they are, would overpower everything in my perfect tomato sandwich".
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"Lunch time is best served in sandwich form". Author unknown
Sara Lee sandwich bread, Kraft mayo, tomato slices, salt and pepper. Bacon and tomato sandwich gets lightly toasted and buttered Sara Lee bread with the Kraft mayo. Decided long ago that lettuce does nothing for a BLT.
Both of these posts hurt my soul. No lettuce on a BLT... soggy green vegetable... sigh... you two and your "BT" sammiches.Amen brother!
How can I make this beautiful bacon and tomato sandwich worse?
I know! I'll thrown on a soggy piece of tasteless green vegetable paper!
I like many different types of lettuce and other leafed greens, in salads and as side dishes.Both of these posts hurt my soul. No lettuce on a BLT... soggy green vegetable... sigh... you two and your "BT" sammiches.
I add a little lemon juice to the cukes but other than that pretty much the same here.I have been a southerner, an easterner, a westerner, and a Texan. I pick either my home made mayonnaise or Duke's for all mayonnaise uses, including eating it off the whisk. The two types of mayonnaise taste very similar. For bread, I like home made white, but anything works, fresh or toasted, as long is not too heavy, like whole wheat with molasses and walnuts. I also love the tomato sandwich counterpart, the cucumber sandwich, peeled, sliced and piled cukes on home made white bread with mayonnaise, salt, and pepper, topped with another liberally spread slice.
My thoughts exactly!I like many different types of lettuce and other leafed greens, in salads and as side dishes.
I just can't do lettuce on a sandwich. For me it adds nothing and detracts from the deliciousness of bacon and tomato.
Even worse... lettuce on a hamburger. OMG. A hot hamburger turns lettuce into a soggy nasty mess.
*Miracle Whip is not mayonnaise. Period.