Everybody Gets a Trophy!

Posted on March 13, 2012 | 4 comments

Vote for the Best Sandwich

File under Expressions I Cannot Use Without Cringing: It’s all good. Using it now without even a slight shudder. There is NO SUCH THING as the best sandwich. They are (almost) all good. People like to vote. That’s how they (File Under Expressions I Do Not Use) roll.

Personally, I would rather do the “Dog Breed Personality Quiz”. (Bernese Mountain Dog. Thanks for asking.) Watch for the upcoming “Sandwich Personality Quiz, PB & J or Club, How Do You Stack Up?”

In the meanwhile, here at The Lunch Encounter, all sandwiches are number one. You don’t have to be a winner to be number one. With me. Trophies all around!

Lunch Bag Art by David LaFerriere

Thanks to King-of-the-Road Jeff for Sandwich Madness.

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2BToast Poast Number Out-of-Our-Price-Range

Posted on March 12, 2012 | 2 comments

“This painting made me think of you,” said Suits-Herself-Cindy. “I love Rosenquist, but I don’t think I have ever seen this painting before. I wish I owned it. Yum. Butter.”

         WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING 

I  am approaching the pulpit.

I am the decider here on this web log and, as the decider, I have decided that because we – humans – have the ability to discern beauty, it is our responsibility/gift to look for and find it.  Everywhere. Even in bologna. There, I said it. And yes, this is a absolutely new and original thought. True story.

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Ooooch, Makes My Teeth Hurt

Posted on March 10, 2012 | Leave a comment

sandymeat
Can’t help but imagine, vividly, the sensation of biting down on sand. No likey.

Q: What do you do if you go to the beach and you forget your picnic lunch?

A: You eat the sand wich is there.

That said, I kinda miss these fascinatingly revolting meat landscapes.

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Do you walk to school or carry your lunch?

Posted on March 9, 2012 | 4 comments

Jon  said, “I’m not sure this is particularly funny, or maybe it’s just that I don’t get it. But, all things sandwich must be forwarded to you.”

I’m withya, Jon.  A sandwich on me to the first person who can explain why this is funny.

My favorite unfunny joke:

Q: What do an elephant and a dog have in common?

A: They both have trunks……..

………………except the dog.

I’ve always been a big admirer of the unfunny joke.

What’s the difference between a duck?

Is it further to New York than by train?

Do you walk to school or carry your lunch?

Thank you, Jon. Keep the all-things-sandwich coming!

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The Onomatopoedic Verb of Slice

Posted on March 8, 2012 | 1 comment

Slicing once, slicing twice…

NEW CLASSIC JUNIOR SUPER SLICER

I’m thinking this would be an excellent addition to my arsenal. The knife that seems frivolous, until you use it. In a wink and a slice, it edges out all others. My prediction.

The name of this knife is a turn off though. If anybody asks, I will not tell them the Junior Super Slicer is my go to. Right up there with the Double R Bar Burger for names I cannot utter without embarrassment.

(The bread on the above sandwich looks like it sat on the set too long. This is a case of needing a spritz of Armor-all to retain moistness. That or replace the bread…)

PRSpeak:

Ideal for making sandwiches, and also adept at slicing and carving an array of fruits, vegetables and meats, Wüsthof introduces its new Junior Super Slicer in the company’s best-selling precision-forged, full-tang Classic collection. Modeled after the wide blade design of Wüsthof’s popular 10-inch size Super Slicer, the new Junior Super Slicer features a smaller 5 1/2-inch blade for greater ease of use and versatility.

Classic Junior Super Slicer is priced at $79.95 suggested retail. With a “$100 value” according to the Sur La Table site. What the what?! According to whom? That is just plain dumb. (My two cents – with a 15 cent value.)

www.wüsthof.com

Highlights:

Sporting a wide blade that tapers gently at the end, the new Classic Junior Super Slicer features a razor-sharp serrated edge that cleanly slices through the thickest sandwich or panini without tearing or crushing. Perfectly balanced and designed with an offset handle for knuckle clearance on the cutting board, the smaller 5 1/2-inch blade is the perfect size for effortlessly slicing sandwich bread, cheese, as well as tomatoes and other foods with a hard exterior and delicate interior.

Classic full-tang knives are precision-forged from a single piece of an exclusive high-carbon, stain-resistant alloy, which is engineered to enhance edge-retention and to facilitate re-sharpening. The steel used for the Classic line features a hardness that is approximately 58 on the Rockwell hardness scale.  Completely buffed and polished by hand, the Classic knife blade is seamlessly attached to highly durable black handles with triple rivets for a totally hygienic and secure fit.

 Sharpness has increased by 20 percent, and Classic knives now maintain their edge twice as long.

Twice as long as what?

And… New? Classic? New Classic? Huh? Just sayin.

Thanks to the Sublime Miss M.

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A Man Meal

Posted on March 5, 2012 | 1 comment

Photo by Dan Whipps

Make Me a Manwich!

Please make the man salty and smoky, seasonal and ripe, tough enough to stand up to pumpernickle, tender enough to yield to one’s bite. Dress him up with green leafy stuff and serve with chips. Then  draw me a cold one to wash him down.

Double entendre much, dear? Oh dear.

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Stalzy’s

Posted on March 5, 2012 | Leave a comment

There is a deli renaissance in our future and I hope it rolls over us all in a big way. Stalzy’s in Madison, Wisconsin, is a beacon of delis to come, a rebirth of what was beloved and has been (nearly) lost.

At Stalzy’s they corn their own beef, and make their own pickles, and pastrami and rye bread. Oooh. An outfit of such deep endeavors can do no wrong by me. None. 

Based in technique and tradition, Stalzy’s mission is to create real, hand-crafted food from scratch. We support hard working local businesses and purveyors by using Wisconsin products & services whenever possible. Embracing an ideal that has seemingly disappeared from our culture, we take the time to do things correctly, providing you with the finest products we can create. From the moment a raw ingredient enters our kitchen, to the moment a finished product is placed at your table, there is one message that we hope is noticed and understood. We take great pride in what we do.

2701 Atwood Avenue, Madison, WI 53704 | phone: 608.249.7806 | hours: Monday – Saturday 7:30am-9:00pm Sunday 7:30am-2:00pm

Want to witness  an epic battle, up close and personal? The angels versus the devils in  hand-to-hand combat. Raise a child. Watch them break your heart with sweetness, and tear your heart out with worry. Till you are reduced to dust.

Here he sat, like an old man engrossed in the paper, distancing himself from the goofy, giggly, gaggle. Girls? What girls?Until the check arrived…

We did okay, on our own, no boy-man as chaperone. We did okay. Stalzy’s had us at .

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Absence of Color Provokes Colorful Commentary

Posted on March 4, 2012 | Leave a comment

White bread can be a loaded loaf. Or it can just be bread. 


White bread, like vanilla, is one of those foods that’s become a metaphor for blandness. But it wasn’t always that way.

Aaron Bobrow-Strain, professor of food politics at Whitman College, tells Weekend Edition’s Rachel Martin that white bread was a deeply contentious food — ever since the early 1900s’ ideas of “racial purity” up to the counter-cultural revolution of the 1960s. He documents that cultural legacy in his new book,White Bread: A Social History of the Store-Bought Loaf.

Read on.

How did we get here? So many food choices. So many complex choices. When did eating become so political?

The last hundred years of so, as food and politics have become closer and closer bedfellows, stuck as tight as cheese on grilled bread, every cent one spends on food becomes more of a statement. Your voice is in your wallet. Read up and then speak up. With authority and thrift.

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Sandwich Rodeo

Posted on March 3, 2012 | 1 comment

Sandwiches are popular! The world wide web tells me so. Rounding up some sandwich blogs and showcasing them here at the Lunch Encounter. Kicking off with Sandwich a Day from Michael Parich. Michael sticks to sandwiches on his blog, admirably within parameters.

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Toast Poast Number 16th Century

Posted on March 2, 2012 | 2 comments

Minale Maeda MadeA Somuchmorethan Minimal Toast

Delftware


Minale Maeda

Next up, a large, round Delft pattern rubber stamp to transform simple paper plates into Delftware. 

Along-for-the-Ride Heidi sent this along and I thank her.

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