So my wife is back from her business trip, and we and our housekeeper made a lunch of tomato sandwiches out of the remaining tomatoes that from my last grocery trip prior to Sandi’s return.
My wife is actually hesitant to buy tomatoes, as she’s gotten a lot of poor ones, and I realized that my youth growing up as a child of a produce wholesaler – from an ethnic community that has heavily tomato-flavored dishes – may have left me with some definite opinions about tomatoes.
We all discovered we had firm opinions about tomatoes: that heirloom tomatoes are generally more flavorful, less meaty and dense, and generally better for sandwiches because they’re often wider and less juicy than their beefsteak companions.
Regardless, tomatoes may be on their way out this season, but they’re still good now.
Get them while the getting is good.
-the Centaur
Pictured: End-of-season tomato sandwich, and a hummus-lettuce-tomato salad.
