Simple Summer Supper

For just over ten years, one of my favorite summer suppers is a cucumber and tomato sandwich. I had my first one in London, England ten years ago during a layover on my way to Estonia. Up till then, I'd had a lifetime of lettuce and tomato sandwiches (with and without the bacon) but tomato and cucumber had eluded me till that trip. Tomato and cucumber sandwiches were everywhere I went in England. Since I've spent a grand total of 40 hours in England- all on the front and back end of that mission trip - I don't know if it was just a seasonal sandwich or what. Regardless, to me the sandwich is quintessentially English and by extension, Estonian (because the summer solstice occurred while in Estonia during that trip and I always use my Estonian butter knives to make the sandwich) as well as completely associated with summer for me when cucumbers and tomatoes are fresh from the garden. It's become quite the summer supper staple for me. I could literally eat variations of it 4 or 5 nights of the week during the summertime and maybe once or twice for lunch! Usually I make mine on a roll or a French baguette - but tonight's sandwich is made on a toasted Wolferman's English Muffin and is heavily sprinkled with cracked pepper served with slices of cheddar cheese. Yum!