Vicksburg Tomato Sandwiches

This recipe is from "Ambrosia". The cookbook is from Vicksburg, MS. This is an excellent sandwich with homemade mayonnaise.

• Ready In: 10 mins
• Yields: 36 sandwiches

Ingredients

• SANDWICH

• 4  loaves  day-old  bread
• 6 -8  medium tomatoes, peeled
•  salt, to taste
•  black pepper, to taste
• 1  onion, grated with juice
•  paprika

• HOMEMADE MAYONNAISE

• 1 1⁄2 tablespoons  vegetable oil
• 1 -1 1⁄2 teaspoon Dijon mustard
• 1  teaspoon salt
• 1  egg
• 1  egg yolk
• 1  teaspoon Tabasco sauce
• 1 1⁄2 cups  vegetable oil
• 1  lemons, juice of or 1⁄4 cup  lemon concentrate

Directions

1. SANDWICHES:
2. Cut bread with biscuit cutter into 72 rounds.
3. Slices tomatoes thinly and place on double sheets of paper towels to drain.
4. Salt and pepper tomato slices.
5. Spread Homemade Mayonnaise on bread rounds.
6. Place well-drained tomato slices on half the bread rounds and sprinkle again with salt and pepper.
7. Sprinkle 1/2 teaspoon onion with juice over each tomato and top with remaining bread rounds.
8. Sprinkle with paprika.
9. HOMEMADE MAYONNAISE: (Yields: 2 cups).
10. Combine first 5 ingredients in food processor blender.
11. Blend 45 seconds to 1 minute.
12. Gradually add oil with processor running until mixture thickens.
13. When thick, turn off and add lemon juice.