Why are hot sammiches better when smooshed up flat, panini-style?

[short bus president]

Even my famous "Mohammed's Breffus Truck Special" is better smooshed out flat on the foreman before eating. I dunno what does it. Maybe more food items ought to be served up smooshed flat?

[mcscajun]

1. It's not the flat...it's the CRUNCH!

and the melt...Yum.

[short bus president]

4. Yes - I think you're on to something.

The crunch is good. I'm cooking a pork loin tonight JUST to be able to make Cuban sammiches tomorrow. The bread crunch followed by the pickle crunch may actually qualify as a tooth orgasm. ;-)

[mcscajun]

7. Tooth orgasm...I like it.

:)

[gollygee]

2. Why did it never occur to me to do that

with my George Foreman grill????

Thanks for the suggestion!

[short bus president]

5. My foreman is used for little else these days.

It was my burger cooker of choice for awhile, but I don't eat burgers much anymore. Now it cooks kielbasa, presses sammiches, and toasts pitas. Pretty useful, I'd hafta say, as far as informercial kitchen gadgets go.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

9. Foreman grill is very useful all around. Great for burgers. If you are

doing fish with it, doesn't work well if the fish filet is too thick, then you'll always have some uncooked (bleah). Thin fish filets work great.

[mcscajun]

6. I make paninis with no special equipment at all...

...Just a foil-wrapped Brick :)

Works like a charm with ANY fry pan.

[short bus president]

11. Alton would approve of the foreman, I'm sure

It's no uni-tasker. :P

[JimmyJazz]

3. What exactly is a Mohammed's Breffus Truck Special?

:hi:

And why are you eating breffus when it's almost lunchtime?

[short bus president]

8. Second question first:

I'm lazy, and didn't make myself any breffus until I got back from taking Stangle to the vet.

First question: A MBTS is basically a bacon egg & cheese sammich, except that the roll is toasted with the cheese before it's assembled, and there's a layer of bacon stuck to the cheese on both upper and lower buns, and there's just enough yolk goo left runny in the fried egg to squish out a little bit when you take that magical middle-of-the-sammich bite. :9 Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm... Mohammed's Breffus Truck Special...

To make it a REAL MBTS, though, it has to be served with way-too-strong coffee.

[JimmyJazz]

10. Oh that sounds mighty tasty! Nothing like some grease and some

carbs to absorb some of the ETOH from last night! So, uh - where do you live again? :P

[short bus president]

12. You'd never make it here, sweet.

I'd hafta bail you out some hundred miles north. ;-)

[JimmyJazz]

13. Only if I get pulled over again!

And, since I now drive a red mini van as opposed to the red convertible I drove when the initial incident occurred, the chances of that happening are slim.

[short bus president]

14. Heh.

Why do you think I drive the short bus around? That's right - rolling crack kitchen. ;-)

[JimmyJazz]

15. WTF is a rolling crack kitchen?

:shrug:

[short bus president]

16. Would you rather

it be a "mobile oven now that burns the bodies you never see? Just like in Chile and Guatamala?" ;-)

Full Metal Jackoff

[JimmyJazz]

17. As usual, I have no idea what you are saying!

I'll be in touch tonite ;)

[DS1]

31. Yeah, but when your meth lab blows up on Interstate 95,

Bush will have a reason to use Apaches to patrol our highways after the great Terrorist Suicide Sped Bus bombing of 2005 :eyes:

[short bus president]

32. In VA, the interstates are already

patrolled by aircraft. It's one of my biggest pet peeves about that state - the damned highway signs say "speed limit enforced by aircraft." No. Not "enforced." "Monitored." Even in back-ass VA, they're not bombing speeders yet.

[miss_kitty]

18. I don't know

WHY are they better? Maybe it's the goodness of the melty butter...:shrug:

[short bus president]

20. I think it's at least partly

the squish. I'm a huge fan of the squish.



^ some quality squish!

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

22. What specifically ABOUT this 'squish'? The texture? The aesthetics?

The feel of the 'squish' in your hand?

:hi:

[short bus president]

24. I think it's the last one.

There's nothing quite like some good squish in yer hands. Except at the beach, when you get the wet-sand squish between yer toes. That may be as good as some quality squish in the hands. ;-)

[fluffernutter]

19. Foreman's rock.

and your MBTS sounds divine, especially with the too-strong coffee. i just might have to make one of thoe for breffus tomorrow :9

[short bus president]

21. Enjoy yer breffus, fluff!

And if you forget, the MBTS also makes a fine lunch and/or dinner. And midnight snack. It's diner food. Good 24/7. ;-)

[fluffernutter]

23. mmm, i love a good midnight snack.

and this sould be perfect! especially after a holiday party and embibing in perhaps a tad too much spiked punch B-)

p.s. i like your new pic in the gallery, cutiepatootie!

[short bus president]

25. Muchas Thankyas!

And <blush>.

[thedailyshow]

26. Try panini sandwiches with artichoke dip spread, leftover turkey breast

and roasted red peppers. So fucking good, I tell ya!

[short bus president]

28. Mmmmmmmmmm....

I might hafta do that. I'll confess to having roasted an entire 13-pound turkey for myself last weekend 'cuz I didn't get enough during Thanskgiving. That, and I'd never roasted a turkey before. I made a fine bird. Half of it's in the freezer right now. :9

[GOPisEvil]

27. Especially a Cuban Sandwich!

Glad I just ate, or I'd be hungry, and my favorite Cuban place hasn't rebuilt since a fire that burned it down. :-(

[short bus president]

29. Gah! I almost lost

my favorite barbecue place (Allen & Sons) to a fire last year or the year before. It was traumatic. In fact just thinking on it, I'm a little verklempt.

But you can make a cuban sammich for yourself quite easily, with some pork loin, some ham, some pickles, some cheese, and some good mustard. And onion if ya like 'em.

[GOPisEvil]

30. Yeah, but I don't have a sammich smoosher.

But I might get muhself a George Foreman grill soon.