In hindsight, I can trace my tomato pie disaster back to two things. One, I am not Southern. I am however, Southern-curious, which is what led me to attempt tomato pie in the first place. It just sounded so perfect…a pie made entirely from ripe, red tomatoes covered with a bubbling layer of cheese and a soft biscuit crust. I imagined myself baking it while wearing a summer dress and a flowered apron that fluttered with the breeze wafting in through an open kitchen window. I would serve it on my sprawling porch to ladies who came over in the afternoon for sweet tea.
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