Nov 14, 2011

Sandwich Week: Simmer, Sip, Share

It's late on Sunday night as I type this, and I've had a rather sudden urge to write about my favorite food.

The sandwich.

A hero, a roll, a slice of pita or maybe just two pieces of bread. And something to put inside that bread.  That's what I like.  Gimme, gimme, gimme a great sandwich.  And don't be half-ass about it.  If it's gonna be tuna salad or egg salad, jazz it up a bit.  If you want to make it as simple as bologna, how about fried bologna?  All I'm saying is that I just don't want something hastily thrown together.  I need some thought put into it.

This coming Friday is my birthday, and Gia wanted to know what I wanted.  And, like every year, I have no response to that.  I don't really need or want any kind of gift.  I don't pine for objects I don't have.  If I want something bad enough, I don't wait for someone to buy it for me.  That's just been a part of my DNA forever.

So this year, I asked her to research the best sandwiches to be had in NYC.  I'm taking the day off and we are going to head in early for breakfast at this bakery I've been dying to try.  Then walk around some, maybe do some shopping, maybe have a beer someplace before heading to the sammich joint late in the afternoon to see what we see.

That's what I want to do on my birthday.  Have an incredible sandwich experience.  Insert gay joke from Slyde here.  Yeah...he's THAT obvious.

Oh...so we've got this food blog called Simmer, Sip, Share going on as well. I've been a little lax with posting over there lately.  So I've decided to make it Sandwich Week over there.  I'm going to post once a day about a great sandwich that I've made or enjoyed.  I encourage everyone who contributes to the blog (you know who you are) to join in on the fun, if they so wish.

Let's start off the week with this bad boy:

Yeah...that's a paper plate. Deal with it...

Looks delicious, right? Wanna know what it is? Well, you'll have to go here to find out. Heheheh.

Welcome to Sandwich Week!

10 comments:

sybil law said...

Looks pretty damn delicious!!

Slyde said...

that looks like one of those enlarged livers that they show on those anti-smoking commercials...

Candy's daily Dandy said...

Oh,

My,

God.

Sandwiches are one of my MOST favorite foods, second only to spaghetti and meatballs.

That thing looks INCREDIBLE.
and a big thank you to Slyde for almost ruining it for me.;)

Verdant Earl said...

Sybil - It was.

Slyde - Close, but no cee-gar.

Candy - I like a good spaghetti and meatball dinner too. Yum! And that's Slyde's thing. He tries to ruin everyone's fun.

hello haha narf said...

i hope you have the best sandwich in the would on your birthday!

i had a typo up there and i like it: sandwish. kind of like me wishing you a happy birthday great sandwich.

birthday sandwish!

dear lord, someone send coffee. and dark chocolate.

Verdant Earl said...

Becky - Sandwish! Dig. ;)

Heff said...

SHARE ? NO !

Verdant Earl said...

Heff - I don't mean the sandwich. I would never ask anyone to share their favorite sandwich. Just the recipe/experience.

white rabbit said...

The sanswich was supposedly invented by the - erm - Earl of sandwich so he could eat without having to get up from his card game but you probably knew that...

Verdant Earl said...

Wabbit - It's an honor...