When it comes to the tomato sandwich, at least in the South, the conversation is less about what it is than what it is not.
According to the readers of my hometown’s Gwinnett Magazine in Georgia, the Official Tomato Sandwich is two slices of white bread (“Not toasted.
But the bread was not great.” That’s because she didn’t have her Merita Old Fashioned Bread, the soft white sandwich loaf she was used to.
The joy of a Southern tomato sandwich is to highlight the fruit.
The mushy whiteness of a soft sandwich bread, as the dripping tomato sogs the edges, is auxiliary for some.
Persons:
”, Mary, didn’t
Organizations:
Gwinnett Magazine
Locations:
Georgia, Southern