Jay’s “Manwich”

Pops De Milk — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:12:54 +0000

Yesterday afternoon, sitting at the kitchen table, I was busy working on a short story and eating the cookies I made earlier. Jay entered the kitchen and began to pull out contents from the fridge for a snack. I had my back to him while he chopped and cut and did who knows what. “Well, that’s the last of the stuffing. We are officially out of Thanksgiving leftovers,” he announced and he left the room for a minute. Curious, I turned around to find this:

That’s a sandwich (or manwich as Jay calls them) made with home made bread, tuna salad, stuffing, pickles, and cheese. I think that’s about it. I wasn’t around to watch him eat it though I do wonder how he managed to fit that inside his mouth.

Oh my Food God, this is outrageous!

Pops De Milk — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:24:20 +0000

See previous post on jalapeño corn bread sandwich, toasted with melted Havarti cheese. The corn bread itself was nothing spectacular, hence why I turned it into sandwich bread. For lunch today I thought I’d make myself another corn bread sandwich with perhaps some cooked chicken breast as well as Havarti cheese. But, in my mind I could predict what that would taste like: dry and a little boring. I started pulling things out of the fridge. Leftover Classico pasta sauce, onion, green pepper, Havarti cheese, cooked chicken breast, corn bread, and butter. My brain quickly devised a plan and I got to work.

I heated about a tablespoon of butter in a sauce pan and then sprinkled some garlic powder. I crumpled up pieces of the corn bread, probably about 2 cups and once the butter was bubbling I threw the corn bread into the sauce pan. I let that fry for a minute and then added the onion and green pepper, which I had chopped coarsely. Stirred and cooked for about 2 minutes. Next I dumped in the chicken, cut into small pieces. At this point I thought I would make a chicken and bread sauce with the pasta sauce but I changed my mind and I switched on the oven to 330F. Once everything in the sauce pan was heated I transferred it to a baking dish and I poured a bit of the Classico sauce over top. I didn’t want to use the entire contents of the jar so I pulled out a jar of salsa and poured that on as well. Pasta sauce and salsa; they go so well together. Next I cut some Havarti slices and placed them on top of the sauce. Into the oven it went for about 15 minutes (I think).

Best. Lunch. Ever. Wow.

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Jay’s “Manwich”

Oh my Food God, this is outrageous!