The FamSam

My family on my mother's side, back at least to my Grandparents, have eaten a sandwich of sliced tomatoes between two slices of white bread, one spread with peanut butter and the other with mayonaisse or Miracle Whip [preferred] . That is the classic version. I know it sounds gross. It does not taste gross. It tastes savory, salty, sweet, acid, tangy, fresh. Especially this time of year with ripe tomatoes.

There apparently have always been tweaks to the sandwich according to personal taste. For instance, my Mother adds a sprinkling of sugar to her tomatoes. Aside: she also puts sugar on the radishes of her radish sandwich but I digress. I on the other hand sometimes toast the bread. Wild and crazy, right? Lately, I been thinking that bacon would be a good addition. Meanwhile, to be a more responsible blogster I called my Mom to get some history [if any] behind how this sandwich came into the family. Apparently it just had always been a sandwich her family made. I had never thought much about it but she said it was a poor man's BLT. Exclesior! Let there be bacon...

...and there was bacon and Cam saw that it was good.

That is toasted farmer's market white bread, garden tomatoes with kosher salt and fresh ground pepper, Miracle Whip [still preferred], good ol' Jiffy Peanut Butter and Wright's bacon. So I suppose the next logical step is the addition of Lettuce to round out the B and T. I guess I'll try that next he said lukewarmly.

*Moody interlude shot through a rain streaked window as Cam reflects on his lost youth*

 
The bacon does amp up the savory and salty and adds crunch. I'm sure lettuce will amp up the sweet and fresh and crisp. That is good, right?  Good, better even, but maybe not in the spirit of the original. The Classic of my youth with it's garden tomatoes between Wonder Bread with Miracle Whip and Skippy Peanut Butter is still my sentimental favorite sandwich.

I am curious if anyone else is familiar with this sandwich.