I Growed It Myself Drought Salad

Huzzah! I finally got a taste of tomato that I grew myself. A rescue tomato - one that had split because of the erratic rainfall - was almost ripe and a temptation to bugs, so I brought it in to finish. I was a little frightened of its pink color, split, and soft spot, but my husband teased me until I made a salad with it. All the salad parts (excepting oil and vinegar) were grown organically in my garden during the worst drought in a hundred years, so I'm especially proud to present to you the following recipe:

I Growed It Myself Drought Salad 

Thinly slice the following (after washing, coring and/or peeling):

Edible half of a split oddly shaped pink tomato from seven foot tall tomato plants grown from seeds sent to you scotched taped to a piece of paper by an internet friend you've never met.

Two cucumbers shaped like commas grown from deck plants your son has dubbed "The Knee Hi Men".

Several large leaves of purple opal basil, because you have so much that you have to use it wherever you can.

One Hungarian black pepper. You must have no idea how hot this pepper is and be slightly afraid of it.

Splash lightly with red wine vinegar and olive oil; mix well. Makes three to four small servings, depending on how many of your children are philosophically opposed to eating tomatoes.

Serve your husband first to determine the heat of the pepper.