the Loneliest Tomato

[digitS']

I said last weekend that I was on the last of the tomatoes for a quick run of spaghetti sauce. Then, I found this one on the counter.

My only excuse for it missing the trip with its brothers and sisters thru the food processor, into a pot with some other garden goodies and into the fridge was that it was lost. We buy a fair amount of dried fruit in the winter and there are all these containers :/ on the counter right now.

(That's a chopped up persimmon that I'm going to have for breakfast. What's it like living somewhere persimmons grow on trees rather than just show up in the produce aisle?)

Anyway, the run of spaghetti sauce turned into topping for a meatloaf and a couple bowls of soup. Now, what to do with this final Big Beef. . ? I'm fairly sure it is a Big Beef, the blossom end scar is very small. (I should have turned it around so that you could see the blossom end.) Usually, it is Thessaloniki that makes it to this final honor. Those tomatoes make good keepers. It is very ripe and not very big - maybe with a few carrots and some beef with broth for lunch soup? Or, I might sprinkle it over a little casserole with about the same ingredients. My carrot & beef casserole needs a little tweaking . . .

Steve

 

[thistlebloom]

I'd make a tomato sandwich and eat it right now!

 

[baymule]

Sliced and salted.....savor every bite!

 

[catjac1975]

Eat it just like an apple.

 

[Chickie'sMomaInNH]

BLT? grilled cheese with sliced tomato?

i got a tomato from a local farmers market a few weeks ago and nearly forgot it was in my fridge! hubby's been bugging to make BLTs all week so i finally got some bacon, he cooked it up and made us sandwiches. that tomato was sooo good i'm really hoping the vendor has some left tomorrow! much better than anything the store has!

 

[hoodat]

Try splitting a bagel then put a thick slice of tomato on it and top with cheese. Broil it till the cheeses melts and the bagel is toasted. Eat it like an open face sandwich. YUMMY!