Now don’t go "EEEWWW!!" before you try this!

Now don’t go "EEEWWW!!" before you try this!

  • Prep Time: 3 mins
  • Total Time: 5 mins
  • Servings: 1

    • About This Recipe

    “The only way to eat fresh tomatoes! In anticipation of the impending tomato harvest, I share with you a family secret. This is the reason we look forward to the end of summer, to the time when our gardens and our friends gardens are bursting with little red-skinned treasures. When I tell anyone about this, besides my brother and sister — we learned it from Mom — and my children — now that I’ve gotten them to try it — they think I’m weird (well…yes, I am, but this isn’t why). People looked at me oddly when I made this in the college cafeteria. At least I thought that was the reason. It never tasted right, though. I think the foodservice tomatoes were plastic. My husband seems to shudder if he sees me or the kids consuming this treat, but then, he hates warm peanut butter. Period. Won’t touch it. I haven’t managed to get any of my in-laws to give it a try; my husband’s Dad just looks at me and shakes his head. Come to think of it, I get a lot of that from him. So, what is this food that most people seem to find so repulsive that they won’t even consider it? I just call it exactly what it is: Peanut Butter and Tomatoes on Toast. If you’re intrigued, the extremely difficult and intricate recipe follows below. If you think I’m weird, get in line. Grossed out? Get over it, and try it already. I thought it was pretty gross the first time I saw my Mom eating it, too, but she made me take a bite, and I was hooked.”

    Ingredients

  • 1slicetoast, preferably rye,but whole wheat will work( white bread is NOT recommended)
  • peanut butter( creamy is preferable, but crunchy will do)
  • thick slices of real tomato, the homegrown kind( the pink plastic rocks in grocery stores will NOT work, they have absolutely no flavor of their own)
  • pepper( required)
  • salt(optional)

    • Directions

  • Spread peanut butter on HOT toast.
  • Concerned with calories– You don’t have to lay it on really thick, just make sure you can taste it.
  • Now, completely cover the toast with tomato slices.
  • Cut sliced tomatoes in halves or quarters, if necessary, to accomplish this task.
  • Sprinkle liberally with black pepper, and add just a bit of salt, if desired.
  • Eat while toast is still hot.
  • If it gets cold, throw away and start over.
  • Well, I’d probably eat it anyway, but it’s not as good cold.
  • Try it, you’ll like it.
  • Trust me on this– the salty peanut butter is just wonderful with the tomatoes, and at least a little bit of pepper is necessary.
  • I know, you’re going EEEWWWWWW!
  • But if you give it a shot, who knows– Maybe this is how you can find your inner weirdo.

    • Reviews

  • “ThatBobbiGirl -You may be way out and your mom may be way out but so am I!!!!I had a big lunch so decided to have your Peanut butter weirdo toast _I heated the plate to keep the toast hot, slipped on the peanut butter, added the tomatoes and added chopped green onions – now I have adoredpeanuit butter with green onions for years butthe tomatoes add the 3rd dimension – A true unique weird top winner!! Go everybudy – I know your writeup will pull in the views.Thanks for being fun, unique and good tasting”

  • “Hi There! I am a die-hard fan of this recipe, you know!! I am u could say, in love with this one.Chef Anu had posted a recipe few weeks back, which is just the same as this one. And ever since that evening, oh, I have to make this one.I make this very very often, earlier, it used to be daily, now its about thrice a week. I do put about 2 leaves of iceberg lettuce as well on top of the peanut butter on the slices and then place the tomatoes,salt and pepper on it. I would recommend this recipe to THE WHOLE WORLD! I am crazy about it:) And can you believe, I can have just 2 slices of this for dinner and yet feel I had a whole huge sumptious biryani, it gives me so much satisfaction:) This is one of my ABSOLUTE FAVOURITES!”

  • “Had to give it 5 stars for nostalgia. Thought my family where the only weird’os:) Sometimes mom would add a few strips of crispy bacon and leaf lettuce to the sandwiches but always toasted bread. Thankyou for sharing, I think I’ll go make one now………”

  • “This recipe has been around for many years.I am 50 years old and my parents ate p-nut butter and tomato sandwiches before I was born. Coming from east tennessee, with their reputation for fine tomatoes, I can say these tomatoes are the choicefor this “delicacy”. Also, try sweet pickles with p-nut butter.It really doesn’t matter what bread you use for either sandwich,and it does not have to be toasted.”

  • “I have the almost exact same recipe too (#23836) and I positively LOVE this! Instead of spreading the peanut butter on hot toast, I spread it on the bread first, then lay the tomato slices (and lettuce/wilted spinach sometimes), and grill the bread in the oven. That way the tomato juices seep into the bread a tad, and the peanut butter gets a fresh toasty flavour as well! But your method works great too :)”

  • “I cannot believe I had never heard of this or tried this before!!! I love peanut butter-and-“just about anything” sandwiches, but never had this one. It is WONDERFUL!!! I used whole wheat bread. I think it would also be great on English muffins, gonna try that next! Thanks, I LOOOVE this one!~Manda”

  • “I found some great tomatoes at the Farmer’s Market and tried this last night.It was good.I did not put it on toast this time but will the next.I will try it again when my own tomatoes are ready.By the way your intro to the recipe had me laughing.”

  • “I must be a bit slow for not trying this sooner!! I love peanut butter and I love tomatoes, just hadn’t ever thought of putting them together.My girls when they were young would often have peanut butter & jam on toast or sandwhiches or peanut butter & banana. Thanks sooo much for posting. Guess I’m just as nutty as the rest!! lol, cheers :)”

  • “EEEEEEEEEEW !! I tried this recipe …. all I have to say is EEEEEWWW….”

  • “well, i tasted this recipe and it wasn’t that great. I mean, it wasn’t bad, i ate the whole thing.. but it just wasn’t anything special.Maybe it was because I read all of the reviews and i got too hyped up about it. I was disappointed. but HEY! just because i wasnt impressed doesn’t mean its the same for everybody! Go to town!”

  • “Oh my God!I came onto Recipezaar this morning looking for a new salad idea and saw this recipe in the most recently posted area.I just cannot believe somebody else eats this!And that somebody elses Mom made them eat it first!The same thing happened to me when I was about 5 and I’ve been an addict every since!Thank heaven I just planted a new crop of tomatoes yesterday, but now I can hardly wait!The rye bread isn’t essential to me, I’ll eat tomatoes and peanut butter on any kind of bread!I have yet to conform my 2 boys and my husband, but I don’t care!More for me!!!Another thing I haven’t been able to get them to try is peanut butter and Cheez Whiz sandwiches!Oh the things they miss out on…!Thanks for posting this, I’ve thought about it, but have been too afraid of the comments I might have gotten!You’re not only weird, but you’re brave!:-)”

  • “This is really good. When I was growing up we used to eat bacon, peanut butter and tomato sandwiches which are really good too!”

  • “Another variant of the tomato/peanut butter mixture was in use in the Arctic in the early 70’s.This dealt with “soggy sandwich” syndrome.The rare occurence of tomatoes in out remote research camps was exiting but it meant that sandwich were soggy when eaten…we’d make them in morning then eat at lunch.It was determined that peanut butter on one slice of bread and mayonaise[sp] on the other side would effectively ‘waterproof” the bread so that the tomato would not leak onto the bread.The addition of pepper was to individual tastes.What a great sandwich.”

  • “I tried this (for breakfast!) and after my husband looked at me for a very long time…..I had to spend about 20 minutes convincing him that I was not pregnant!I love the combination of peanut butter and tomato!Great idea!I used to order the same sandwich every day at lunch from a local deli, (sliced tomato on white with dill dressing) and the owner of the deli thought I was nuts!Maybe tomorrow I,ll order your combo and see if it will start a trend!”

  • “Meh.. I just just don’t get it. I did it exactly like the recipe says, but it was just ok. It tastes like PB on tomatoes, not some great culinary epiphany.”

  • “I thought this was weird till a friend told me she loves it… I can’t believe I never tried this before – Thanks TBG!I LOVE PB with many other things too, PB with cheese & honey is good & so is PB with onion, but I think this is my new favorite :D”

  • “I really like to eat this.It is much better than it sounds……really….just try it!”

  • “Very unique, Enjoyed it! Here’s another for this group of weird peanut butter fans. I put a layer of greek pepperoncini peppers on my peanut butter sandwich. the tastes are great together!!”

  • “Ok, the title got the best of me… I just HAD to try this.So of course I did. As I’m eating my sandwich, my husband could not for the life of him figure out what I was moaning and groaning about in the next room..lol.When I told him what I was eating, he of course did the “EEEWWW” thing… oh well his loss!!This was YUMMY!!!!I highly recommend this recipe to everyone at least once!Please try it!Use a bunch of pepper for a nice slow burn!Enjoy and thank you for a new thing for me to be unique about to my friends…:)”

  • “I can’t believe how delicious this is!After so many great reviews, and the great description, I had to give this recipe a try.I loved it – and so did my DD.We had to make two servings each, we enjoyed it so much.I loved the combination of peppery tomatoes and warm peanut butter with the crunch of the wheat bread – yum.Tonight, after taking one bite of supper, my DD announced “I don’t like tonight’s supper – can I just have more of that yummy tomato bread instead?” We will make this again and again.Thanks for sharing this unique treat.”

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