Making a Perfect Sandwich: Attempt No.2
I am not a sandwich maker. Marichelle (delightfully pregnant and a genius in the kitchen) on the other hand is a brilliant one. Even she won't argue with me about that. Looking for a remedy for her ban on cold-cuts during pregnancy she came up with an A-MAZE-ING vegetarian taste sensation a few weeks ago which I immediately set my mind to replicating.
But I soon discovered that sandwich perfection is not so easily attained. Queue fateful attempt No.1...
My first mistake was failing to take into account the precise ingredients that Marichelle had used to orchestrate her original masterpiece. In place of balsamic vinegar I used rice vinegar, buttermilk bread for whole grain, anemic lettuce for organic baby greens...etc. I think you are perhaps beginning to get the picture. I mixed. I chopped. I sandwiched. When at last it was done I had to admit that my finished sandwich didn't look or smell like I thought it should. Hmmm. Regardless I bravely bit into it with gusto. Oh-my-lands! What I got in my mouth was the most vile tasting pseudo food substance I'd ever eaten. Still unwilling to admit my utter failure I took another small nibble (just to see if I'd been wrong the first time around) and immediately had to rush to the trash to spit it out before something worse happened. Not good people...not good.
So...now this brings me to Attempt No.2 (seen above). Wherein I managed to cajole Marichelle into spilling her secret recipe with me (muwahaha). Then actually forced her to go to the store with me to supervise my purchasing of the correct ingredients (all in the name of a good sandwich). Upon returning home later that day I followed her instructions to the letter and... I DID IT! Not only was it an edible sandwich...but a sandwich so good that I've been making one nearly every day since then.
Since Marichelle doesn't want anyone else to suffer the horrors of vomitus sandwich attempts like I had to, she has oh-so kindly shared her delcious recipe today over on her blog Lifefix! Hurray! Sandwiches for everyone. xo Ez
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| by Ez Tuesday, March 2, 2010 
Reader Comments (4)
I'm still not convinced that your first attempt was THAT bad, you definitely have to recreate it so I can have a little go at it (for the sake of recipe research of course)! I still think it's funny how much you love this sandwich!!! If you ever decide to go back to the dark side and start eating meat again, you'll have a fat yummy turkey and ham sammy waiting for you!!
Ha ha... so funny! But, I am with you....anything in pursuit of an awesome sandwich!
xo
Melis
Ack! I want to try! Between yours and Marichelle's posts, i think i'm sold.
I'm a rather easy sandwich maker since I'm rather simple
and don't really like much fancy stuff in it. but thanks for
sharing the recipe (: