With the onset of hotter climate, we’re having a look at a few of the South’s finest staples. With strawberry season out of the best way, we’re leaping straight into certainly one of my favourite rising seasons: tomatoes. We Southerners lose our minds the second ugly heirloom, completely spherical Roma, and tiny grape tomatoes hit retailer cabinets—or for those who’re fortunate, they begin popping up in your individual yard backyard. There are even recipes devoted to this nice Southern fruit that make tomatoes stand out out of your competitors. 
Like all well-raised Southerner, I like tomatoes. No buying journey to the grocery retailer the place canned or recent variations do not discover their means into my buying cart. Nevertheless, now that we’re heading into tomato prime time, I am discovering each excuse to linger a bit of longer at my native grocery retailer meaning I can slice up an enormous slice and throw it into my favourite sandwich fashion: the BLT.
And this mill runs no BLT. Oh, no sir! It is a disgrace that BLT does not get the appreciation it ought to. Though it is no good friend to vegetarians, it isn’t a favourite amongst us omnivores, which disrespects this low-key summer time customary. My grandma taught me the largest secret to creating a BLT that can knock the socks off your friends, and in honor of being a superb Southern hostess, I will share that secret with you: mayonnaise. 
Okay, okay you already put the mayonnaise on the bread earlier than you place the tomatoes in, however the actual secret is that you need to toast the bread in a forged iron with the mayonnaise.
Unfold mayonnaise on either side of the bread after which toast till golden brown in a forged iron skillet. I might wager that most individuals who dine on BLTs are lacking the “B” too. So for those who mesh your bacon and bake it within the oven to a chewy crisp (about 8/10 minutes at 375), you may have the proper quantity of bacon in each chew.
And please, for sanctity’s sake, do not harm your self and slice the tomato thinly. You assume they put the “T” on the finish of “BLT” so you do not emphasize an important a part of the meal? You recognize the saying, “save one of the best for final,” so slap an inch-thick tomato slice on that sandwich. You may go a bit of loopy and put some burrata in your sandwich like I did on this photograph, however for simplicity and authenticity, a BLT actually must be: bacon, lettuce, tomato.
You may try different tomato recipes right here and see what we’re consuming at #darlingEats.
