I woke up to the alarm on Thursday, thank God. It was chilly
and windy again, so I wore a long sleeve shirt. It didn’t help. I really am
going to have to start wearing my jacket!
I walked outside again, but it was more like race-walking to
keep warm.
I went to Big Boy and got the veal Parmesan. Then I went next
door to Busch’s Supermarket and got some sandwich fixing for tonight. I’m tired
of leftovers!
When I pulled in the driveway after work, I heard the familiar
popping of black walnuts under my truck tires. Dammit!
I watched the news for a while, then went out to see what
the winds blew down today.
But there is still a ton of them on the tree, so I just left
them for tonight.
Back inside, I preheated the oven to 425 degrees for the
oven fries. It also helped to warm up, LOL!
Then I got out my large and medium size cast iron frying
pan. I sliced up a tomato a ripped off some lettuce leaves.
Jake had asked what was in a Slim Jim, so I thought I would
try and duplicate it. The only tricky part is the Big Boy secret sauce. You can
buy it, but most of the copycat recipes suggested either Thousand Island
dressing or sandwich spread.
Sidebar: I haven’t thought of sandwich spread in years, but
my Mother used to occasionally use it in our school lunches, so I went with
that.
I buttered the inside of a hoagie roll and toasted it in the
large frying pan. Then I assembled the sandwich.
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Toasted Hoagie Roll |
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Baked ham slices |
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Swiss cheese |
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Lettuce |
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Tomatoes and sandwich spread |
I put the sandwich in the large frying pan and weighted it
with the medium frying pan. I flipped it once so both sides got toasty. I took
it out when the cheese started to melt. I sliced it lengthwise and held it
together with toothpicks.
I plated it, but forgot the pickle slice (I was hungry, by
then). It was pretty good, but messy. On the other hand, the ones you get at
Big Boy are pretty hard to eat neat as well.
I watched a taped TV show and went to bed at 9:30 p.m.
Looks good. What is sandwich spread?
ReplyDeleteHmmm. Best I could describe it is mayonnaise with small bits of pickle and red peppers in it. There is some seasoning, but I don't know what.
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