Deviled Tomatoes

Name: Deviled Tomatoes
Yield: serves 6
Ingredients: 6 slices bacon, cut in 1/2-inch pieces; 1 cup chopped green bell pepper; 1 cup chopped red onion; 2 jalapeño peppers, seeded and diced; 2 garlic cloves, minced; 3 large tomatoes, peeled and halved; 1 tablespoon chopped fresh oregano; Salt and freshly ground black pepper; 6 slices sourdough bread, toasted; 1/4 pound pepper Jack cheese, shredded (1/2 cup)

December 9, 2011

My friend Cindy Nix Sturdivant lives on the Countiss Place near Swan Lake, Mississippi. She has a nice plot of tomatoes, herbs, and peppers out the back door of her kitchen. This hot and spicy dish is inspired by her. She is so much fun because she can always get folks fired up for a party, like her epic dove hunt party, which grows every year, on Labor Day weekend. She needs to plant a bigger plot.

Cooks' Note

Nix [no relation to Cindy] vs. Hedden was the case that brought the question of whether a tomato is a fruit or a vegetable before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1893. Although the tomato is a fruit, the court unanimously ruled that the tomato would be thought of as a vegetable in regards to the Tariff Act of 1883, setting a precedent that still holds today.

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