So as crazy as this probably is to believe....until a few months ago I had never eaten a tomato on a sandwich (voluntarily at least). See, I always had this "thing" with eating tomatoes...I had no objection to ketchup, marinara sauce, tomato sauce, etc. but I absolutely wanted nothing to do with raw tomatoes on my salads or sandwiches, it was the texture that was the hold-up.But, over the past year I've been slowly getting closer to eating tomatoes...I've now become somewhat obsessed with Green Tomatoes...the best I've had so far is the BlueStone appetizer: fried green tomatoes with jumbo lump crab and this lemon beurre blanc sauce, a close second however is the Miss Shirleys appetizer: fried green tomatoes with a lemon-herb aioli.
While fried green tomatoes were a step in the right direction, they weren't really solving the issue! In April, John and I had an awesome weekend getaway in St. Micheals where we stayed with my Cousin Gwenny and her husband Dudley at their amazing home. We choose that weekend in particular because it was the annual St. Michaels Winefest.On Saturday night, Dudley made BLTs for dinner...now up to this point I'd always preferred the "Bobbie" version of the BLT--BLMC (Bacon, Lett
uce, Mayo, Cheese). But I decided it was now or never...I was going to try eating raw tomatoes! OMG--it was SOOO good! This was a game changer, I now loved tomatoes on sandwiches! Now I wanted them on every sandwich and couldn't get enough...the next weekend when John and I went to pick out our vegetables for our 2010 garden we decided on YES (you guessed it) a tomato plant along with peppers and cucumbers.Why, am I choosing to share this story of my tomato journey now...well because, lastnight John and I had our very own BLTs, made with our own home grown tomatoes :) You can see the play by play of pictures below including Chelsea even getting some crumbs (which is not a normal occurrence) -- after all it was a big moment for HouseonStrathmore!
