There is nothing better in the summer than a good sliced tomato sprinkled with salt and pepper. But, that window of opportunity to have those mouth-watering slices is so short. During the winter I crave those tomatoes as I’m sure you also do. There are a couple of recipes that I pull out of my back pocket to satisfy the tomato craving and this is one of them. I have gone through my cookbook collection marking recipes with post it notes that I want to try. If I cooked something new everyday for the rest of my life I am pretty sure that I would not get to all of the ones on my list, but thank goodness I tried this one. When I read Paula’s headline that a catering friend of hers used this recipe all the time in Savannah, Georgia I knew it had to be a winner. I was right! It is easy, good, pretty on a platter and it makes a winter tomato taste as good as the summer!
Last month I served these to my book club. Now they are here for you to pull out for your next get together. They are so easy to make. In fact you can prepare the dough ahead of time and freeze so it will be sitting there ready when you are ready. A hundred years ago I made these cheese straws using a manual cookie gun and I found them quite difficult to push through. Now 
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