Tofu Sandwich Number One

I just enjoyed a very good TSNO and so it gets top billing in the sandwich blog.

Whole wheat toast. (Don't have a toaster? Don't try this sandwich. Won't be good.)

Firm tofu. If you're going to save the sandwich for lunch later, probably a good idea to drain the tofu AND blot dry on paper towel. If this is a meal for right now, just drain it. A little juiciness is good for you.

Good tomato. I got lucky and, instead of going with the boring organic one, put it back and opted for the heirloom, the kind that is never red on top but goes from greenish to being almost blackish. It was so sweet, and that never hurts a sandwich. (I'm a little worried that this is just going to turn into a "good tomatos are so great" blog.)

Mayonnaise. This is that sandwich, the one that I don't necessarily think would work without it. It's not a condiment, it's one of the ingredients. I'll be happy to hear substitutes (a little bit of margarine might work out OK).

Sprouts. Optional, but good. Sometimes I like to load up on the sprouts. On TSNO, I don't think so. Just "some" sprouts. And personally, I don't think lettuce works here.

So. Toast the toast.
Add generous mayonnaise to the bottom piece.
Put lots of fresh ground pepper on this piece.
Cut 1-2 cm (you didn't think the sandwich blog would be Imperial units, did you?) slices of drained tofu, and fashion on the sandwich to cover the surface nicely. Don't be all OCD and only cut square pieces of tofu. If your bread gives you a hole that requires a 3-dimensional shape that knows no one-word description, just cut the damn thing, stick it in there, and stop worrying about your precious tofu.
Cut thick slices of tomato. I'd say about 1 cm. If its a super good tomato, don't drain off the juice, cuz that juice is good and sweet. But if its an average, or even just a "good" tomato, you might want to blot or drain a little water off of it. This is a messy sandwich either way, but you don't want to drown away the flavor with watery tomato water.
OK, put the tomato on the tofu. Same rules apply. Maybe a little sprinkle of salt.
Short stack of sprouts onto tomato.
Mayonnaise the other toast. Not as thick, but not scrimping, either. You've got a wonderful milieu of quasi-wet flavors; you definitely don't want a crunchy, wholly dry piece of toast to be in the mix!

(Note: This sandwich also works well open faced, although you will want to move the sprouts to a lower layer.)

You will note that this is not a side dish blog. I don't always know the answer. But I would think that fruit would be the best side for this. I once bought a side of fries to go with my TSNO from home, and it was definitely a mistake.

This blog just keeps getting weirder and weirder.