Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for June 30, 2019

Ah! The joys of real tomatoes!

A tomato sandwich? Only that and nothing more?

mayo and seasoning

An Ode to Joy!

(Ludie should have been in there, somewhere.)

plus he ate it in a bowl

Arlo needs to take a few sandwich making lessons from Dagwood…..

Now Dagwood knows how to build a sandwich!

My grandma used to bring us huge beefsteak tomatoes she grew in her garden. I loved making bacon and tomato sandwiches with them (never cared much for lettuce).

Is 95F too hot to fry bacon?

It’s the simple pleasures in life that make it worth living.

Duke’s Mayo is the only way to go. The rest are just posers.

Look like the tomato plant is in full production.

“Homegrown tomatoes home grown tomatoesWha’d life be without homegrown tomatoesOnly two things money can’t buyThat’s true love and homegrown tomatoes”

The melody is Beethoven’s Ode to Joy (9th symphony, last movement), starting on the note B—-for the clef indicates that G is in the third space from the bottom: unusual, yes. But readable!

I like to add cucumber slices & dill. But plain tomato is fine.!

Tomato, Sunbeam bread, Duke’s Mayonnaise, salt and pepper. A true Southern treat.

the best!

Ain’t noth’un finer that a home grown ’mater

Gene must have sent the tomatoes. And yes Futbakun, nothing more.

I despise tomatoes, but grew some one year for my mom and nephew (he was 2 at the time). Asked my nephew to take the first two tomatoes that ripened in to his grandma…. neither one of them made it to the house. Got a picture of him, half eaten tomato in each hand and a look of pure joy on his face. Mom used to take a salt shaker with her when she’d pick tomatoes… she always said that there was nothing better than a tomato still warm from the sun with plenty of salt.

The last time I had some fresh from the garden tomatoes, just picked by myself I went & bought some thick sliced bacon & a head of lettuce. Just great! I’ve never tried a tomato sandwich…next time!

Duke’s is number one. They don’t add sugar like the others. Hellman’s / Best Food’s is ok in a pinch. Tomato needs to be firm tart and red, not mealy, soft and sorta red maybe pinkish.

My personal sandwich to take to the beach is simply tomato with cream cheese. The gooey-er the better. ..MMMMMMmmmmmm!

Needs BACON!

FORGOT THE VIDALIA ONION SLICES!

That’s a BLT minus the B&L

My wife insisted on buying some vintage tomato plants this year. One plant has two tomatoes on it and nether of the others have any. The Early Girl and Sweet 100 on the other hand are covered.

Yuck. I can’t stand raw tomatoes.

Needs a slice of good cheddar

A sandwich is not a sandwich without cheese.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tj4wIKMqEE

They’re good if the tomato is.

OMG I so understand this comic! There is nothing in the world like a home grown ‘mater sandwich. I’ve tried to grow my own tomatoes, without a lot of success—for some reason I do ok with tommytoes (cherry tomatoes for the uninitiated) but not with the big ones. Fortunately, in my area there are plenty of farmers’ markets and roadside stands and very soon the ‘maters will start coming in. All you need for the perfect sandwich is a loaf of good fresh “light bread”, your mayo of choice (I lean toward Kraft but Hellman’s and Duke’s are good too), a salt shaker (no pepper for me), and an ice cold Coca Cola (preferably in a glass bottle) to wash it down. If you’ve never had home grown tomatoes, please try to find some—no pale, flavorless supermarket tomato can come close to that perfection. The best sub, by no means perfect, are the hydroponic ones from Canada. Thank you, Jimmy, for this comic, and God bless Guy Clark for writing “Home Grown Tomatoes”!

Simple pleasures. Interesting that he is whistling Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, which is known for its famously "simple melody, as he makes his tomato sandwich. I guess Copland’s “Simple Gifts” from “Appalacian Spring” would have been a bit too long for the panel.

Probably better if I could read music.

Interesting. I too am a fan of Duke’s.https://target.scene7.com/is/image/Target/GUEST_729df773-0765-40ef-82d5-3f09e5acec31?wid=488&hei=488&fmt=pjpeg

Must be a southern thing

He don’t have the meat!

Hmmmm. I’m a curry man myself.

You have to toast that bread!

Holsum.

Dang. I think this strip is for us old folks to take that daily walk down memory lane. I’m 62 and know I’m not the youngest one to read this, but I also know that by far I’m not the oldest. Thank you Mr. Johnson. (see the respect for my elders there)

Now I really, really want a tomato sandwich…

Wait…there’s no bacon!!! That CANNOT be a sandwich!

What more does one need?

Shameless endorsement, but have you tried Baconnaise?

I would have correlated the salt and pepper more to the tomato and the mayonnaise to the bread as a constructive imagery.

Basic tomato sandwich for me would be hold the salt and put a few dashes of olive oil over the pepper on the tomato.

Of course, I usually like sandwiches more complicated than that.

What works for Arlo…Bacon is the classic but I prefer fried baloney for my BLT.

What appropriate music. It is indeed a joyful sandwich.

Scratch the salt and pepper. Yep … Can’t wait for our tomatoes to show up. Yumm

It’s the Duke’s Mayonnaise that makes it GREAT !!!

Surely he can do better than white bread. Whole wheat / multi grain toast would be much better. Or for something different try it on a baguette with a bit of fresh mozzarella

The only legit mayo is Hellmann’s

nah, a good peanut butter and jelly sandwich (creamy or chunky I likem both)

Yum!!! Summer favorite.

Duke’s Mayo is the best!

The tomatoes have to be creole, white bread, Hellmann’s mayonnaise, S&P & lettuce (optional).

I thought I was the only weirdo that ate a BLT without the BL. Just toasted whole wheat bread with a slathering of Miracle Whip and several thin slices of tomato!

Yum! Ripe tomato sandwich with DUKE’S Mayo, too! I’m in heaven!

https://www.gocomics.com/arloandjanis/2009/07/13

Yes, I must do this at least once every summer, delicious!

I am from North Carolina and moved to Ohio in 1986. We could not find Duke`s Mayonnaise in the grocery stores until 2016. Now I can have me a tomato sandwich with the best mayo…

Needs bacon. And lettuce.

I’m from N.C., and tomato sandwhich’s are better than any steak, especially in the summertime, go driving in the country and find tomato stands everywhere