Cookbook: Vintage Vicksburg

Note:    My Mother gave me this cookbook not long after I got married.      Every time I look through the book for a recipe, it is like taking a tour of the hometown I grew up in.     It has such gorgeous pictures of historical places around Vicksburg along with the food and recipes.     Oh, the recipes.    Some of the best I use today come from this cookbook.    It includes 21 sections of amazing southern recipes.     Tried and true.    All comfort food to me!      I included a very simple recipe below for the Vicksburg Tomato Sandwich.     No matter what social event you went to (bridal shower, baby shower, wedding, funeral, church social, etc....), these sandwiches were served.


Vintage Vicksburg
Junior Auxilary of Vicksburg, December 1985

Vicksburg tomato sandwiches

Ingredients
4 loaves day-old bread
6 to 8 medium tomatoes, peeled
Salt and black pepper
Mayonnaise, preferably homemade
1 grated onion with juice
Paprika

Directions
With a large (2- or 3-inch) biscuit cutter, cut bread slices into 72 rounds. Slice tomatoes thinly and place on double sheets of paper towels to drain. Salt and pepper tomato slices.
Spread mayonnaise on bread rounds. Place well-drained tomato slices on half of the bread rounds and sprinkle again with salt and pepper. Sprinkle 1/2 teaspoon of onion with juice over each tomato and top with remaining bread rounds. Sprinkle tops with paprika.   To save until serving time, place on a cookie sheet with waxed paper between the layers.