Tomato Sandwiches

Being a good southern girl, I love vegetables. Now don't mistake liking vegetables with being healthy after what the south does to them - fried squash, fried okra, fried tomatoes, any kind of peas or beans have to be cooked with bacon or ham and the fattier the better - my Grandmother used to save the grease in a jar and reuse it - yeah, really healthy. But I do love tomato sandwiches. Just plain white bread, mayo, really ripe tomatoes (homegrown being the best), and lots of pepper and some salt.

I didn't grow any veggies this year, but the grocery for once had decent looking vine-ripened tomatoes the other day and I picked some up. I fixed my tasty sandwich and was looking forward to it when Doug (a Wisconsinite with no clue about southern foods) says "Wow! That looks good, but I bet it would be better with bacon and lettuce". Well then it wouldn't BE a tomato sandwich anymore would it??? I would be a BLT. But he failed to understand this. This is the sort of logic I have lived with for years :))