TOMATO PIE

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arosegirl, wondering if it can be made ahead and served cold????????

arosegirl...what do you do with the OTHER HALF of the basil and oregano? Your directions only say to sprinkle HALF the amount on top of the tomatoes. Thanks.

I am sorry sprinkle half on top of the tomatoes and half on top of the mayo and cheeses.
Glenda, I love this so much I believe it could be eaten cold if - you have good tomatoes.

I don't care for Paula Dean's recipes for the same reasons you state. I don't like the Pioneer Woman's recipe for the same reasons. Both woman take recipes that has been printed in every church/4H Club recipe book for the last fifty years and they add another cup of butter or an addition herb or seasoning and make it their own.

I'm glad you posted this.
Gave me a chance to chime in with my opinion!

Lori

I like the idea of her recipes, but any I have tried have been too sweet, too salty, or too greasy for our tastes. Sure, I could tweak. But really, there are too many other recipes out there to bother playing, ya know?

I have also yet to have a Martha Stewart recipe turn out, or be something I would make again.

HUmmmmmm.....maybe the hidden fact is that Paula took us BACK to our roots. After nouvelle cuisine and using dry ice and peelings of cucumbers and other roughage, it was great to get back to grandma's meatloaf and tomato pie. Maybe we missed the point.

Yes, it can be served cold. I much prefer it warmed. Made another one yesterday.

I have never heard of tomato pie. I don't think it's something I could even try.

I'm gonna pass. Grandmother never made tomato pie. (Edit: and she was a good cook from Kentucky, her grits casserole was to die for.)

artemis - do you have your grandmother's grits casserole recipe to share?

Alas, no. I do know it had cheddar cheese in it, but she passed away well before I got fascinated by cooking.

This sounds good. http://allrecipes.com/recipe/232702/kentucky-garlic-cheese-grits/Or maybe this one. http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/kentucky-derby-creamy-cheddar-grits-souffle-recipe-1956776

I have a Tomato Pie recipe that I cut out of the newspaper years ago. It is very good, but is so greasy, it kills my stomach. I probably couldn't stand it now.

For those of us who are not from the south and or not acquainted with these sorts of recipes could you tell us more. When I hear pie I hear DESSERT. It confuses me greatly to hear about sweet potato/tomato pie. I am guessing these are used as vegetable side dishes? With the cheese possibly a vegetarian main course? What is the base/original meaning of the word "pie"? I love a hearty "pot pie" ! Why do I think it is anything with a crust? From what I hear back in the day cooks added fat and sugar to anything and everything. I was SHOCKED when in my 20s my hair dresser told me of an argument she and her mom had over Thanksgiving creamed corn with a cup of sugar in it. Sugar in vegetables was just NEVER anything I ever experienced. In our zest to move toward healthier eating some feel much flavor has been lost. SUGAR being the flavor most missed. LOL

arcy, I can't speak for the tomato pie because I've never heard of it. I'm from Texas. A sweet potato pie is just like a pumpkin pie only you use sweet potatoes instead of pumpkin. To me, it tastes the same, others may disagree. My mother didn't make a bunch of sweet vegetables. She didn't like it. We had savory vegetable dishes. I hate vegetable dishes with tons of sugar. I can't stand the sweet BBQ sauce that everyone loves up here in the North either. We had spicy BBQ sauce in my home growing up, not sugary.

I grew up in rural GA (and my parents did too) and I never had tomato pie until I was in my 20's. I do like it -but never had it growing up at the many church suppers and family get togethers that had many southern dishes.

We did not put sugar in vegetables aside from sweet potato casserole at Thanksgiving. Maybe some of these things were even more regional? We did overcook vegetables by todays standards often adding bacon or ham or bacon grease.

Arcy sweet potato pie is a dessert however sweet potato casserole is a side dish. LOL

At almost every meal in the summer we would have sliced tomatoes that we would eat with salt and pepper, we also often had a dish of home grown cucumbers with onion and vinegar.