Sandwich Trending

My stalwart Brother-in-law had a good reaction to my recent Lasagna Sandwich post.  And by good I mean appetizing.  He is always looking for something new and delicious.  We've had many great meals together made even better by the fantastic company.  His French Toast Casserole makes Sunday mornings special!

I guess the Lasagna Sandwich inspired him to forward me THIS gem:

What is this tower of boldness before us?  It contains Cappacola ham, muenster cheese, fries, fried egg, coleslaw and tomatoes on thick slices of Italian bread.  In my last post I talked about putting the egg on the Thurman Burger.  The first place I ran into that was at the old Billabong Pub in Pembroke Park.  I dont' think they're around any more.  After the ShuttleLOUNGE abdicated their roost, I dont' think it had the same kind of draw.  Maybe that's a good thing for the community, though probably not really.  The massage parlour two doors down didn't help much.  Anyway - runny egg on a sandwich; good move.

My Brother-in-law said he used just regular frozen fries and some nice looking tomatoes.  ShuttleEATZ is all about simple solutions that taste great.

So this amazing sandwich comes to us from Primanti Bros. out of Pittsburgh, PA.  There are a few locations in Florida, as well.  It looks like they do all their sandwiches with the Fries/Cheese & Tomato setup.  They all look great.  They're using Provolone, but that's a lot like Muenster.  The Egg is optional, but they menu list it.  Definitely a place we will have to try.  We've been getting more and more great food from Pennsylvania.  I'll have some posts on that later.


I don't want to become just a sandwich blog, but there certainly is a good amount of material out there to contemplate.  Dagwood's in Rochester, NY probably had my favorite sandwiches to date.  I don't think it's there anymore. For fast food, a Jimmy Johns is far from your worst choice - and obligatorily fast.


There will be more coming from him, so stay tuned for more great ideas from my Brother-in-law.


Zum Essen!

Extreme Eating

I don't do a lot of this.  In fact, I never do this.  I tried.  Once.



Columbus Ohio.  The Thurman Burger @ the Thurman Cafe


I was on the US Tour w/ Blowfly.  And we had a meal to grab before heading to whatever seedy and under-attended venue we were scheduled to haunt.

I couldn't finish even half of it.  Tom Bowker probably could have but then forget him working the load in.... right. Like that ever happened.  I think I called him a goldbricker, or more correctly:  referred to his "gold bricking ass".  Never saw him climb stairs w/ a trap kit faster than that.. or ever.. again.  There's a great movie about the group's antics in Europe.  I don't think they covered the fist fight at the end of it.  A shame.  Anyway, there's a classic scene at the end of the documentary where you see Tom & Clarence (Blowfly) futilely strategizing how to break back into the active charts.  Beautiful!



Back to the burger.  Their menu lists it as "overloaded with ham, mozzarella, american cheese, lettuce, tomato, mushrooms, sauteed onions, pickle, peppers, and mayo with chips and a pickle spear."  You can kinda see in the picture I had an egg on mine, too.  Just Nuts.  It was good, though.  The burger had a lot of flavor for one that size and the toppings are all high quality and seasoned.  I would have preferred real cheese, but I guess the Philly style cheese sauce is pretty common and acceptable these days.  Sure is runny though.

So right after I did my first posts, Ca$$ius (that's Ca$$ius Casio KRS lejuan Love Sebastian Bacherach de la Fenderr Rrhodes to the ShuttleLOUNGEr's out there), brought up the folks over at Epic Meal Time.  These guys make extreme food you can't really conceive of until they do it.  It's grotesque.  And amazing.  A little bit gay.  Maybe a lot gay.  I don't know.  It's probably better when you're stoned.  Their Boss Bacon Burger and Breakfast of Booze episodes are classic, though.  Give those two a watch, go yak & then take a nap.


-Zum Essen!

Two Words: Lasagna Sandwich!

For some, the title dish will sound like a nightmarish cardiac arrest about to happen.  Oh, who am I kidding - for EVERYONE this sounds like a defibrillator should be sitting next to your table.

But my gosh this was delicious!

 I had leftovers from D'Atri's Restaurant in LaVale Maryland, over in Allegheny County.  I ate my Meatball Manicotti on Tuesday.  That was great.  But Wednesday I didn't really feel like warm Italian again.  And I had those two slices of their homemade bread; big, thick, crusty, fresh slices that almost smacked of sourdough.  So what were my options, really?

I committed to the thought process and decided:  Lasagna Sandwich it is!  Turns out this isn't the most original idea in the world.  And, of COURSE Paula Dean would have tackled this already.   But it was a burst of genious in my little world and the payoff was incredible.

You would think the combined starches of the bread and the pasta would leave you with dry mouth inducing overkill.  But the character of the homemade bread and by leaving the lasagna cold, you end up with enough flavor and textural contrast that the gluttony is justified.

I don't know if it needed the mayonnaise, but it sure didn't hurt.  Again, I recommend this with cold ingredients only.  If you heat it up, you may as well be eating a Calzone or something.

I hope you get to try this yourself.  Let me know how it goes.

- Zum Essen!

...or should I say "da mangiare"!

Just Plain Good Eatz

I've always had a good time eating.  These posts will be some of the things that have piqued my palate.  Hopefully they'll appeal to some other folks, too.

While plenty of stuff I eat is mass-appealing [Big Mac - holler@yaboi],  I do have my eccentricities that appear from time to time, Banana with Mustard (that I ate in the 70's) on it is a favorite referral point here.  I admit that I was eating that mainly for effect (cue girl shrieks here!).  Though, to my defense, it seems the flavor profile is not without precedent, albeit a limited profile, I'm sure

http://rinasrecipes.blogspot.com/2007/09/raw-bananaplantain-in-mustard-sauce.html

So I hope to share some unique experiences with you, or at least some enjoyable ones.  Everyone is invited to comment with their's too.  Or if there's a specific post you've liked somewhere, let me know & I'll re-blog.

Happy Eating, everyone!

-Bill

aka:  The AMAZING Dik Shuttle

of the Fabulous ShuttleLOUNGE