Last week on our weekly outing to the grocery store, there was a nice surprise.  The store had a bumper crop of vine ripe tomatoes, from South Carolina growers, and on sale for 98 cents a pound.  They had a divine tomato aroma, and I bought four pounds with a Tomato Pie and perhaps some Dried Tomatoes for pizza in mind. I cleaned and sliced enough for a pie, layered them in paper towels and refrigerated them overnight.  The next day, I went to the freezer only to discover that the box I thought was a pre-made pie crust was ...

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