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i had to stop myself from just eating the rest of the pesto straight from the jar

strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Friday, 5 March 2004 01:02 (twenty years ago) link

i also had to stop myself from buying and eating a dozen donuts when i got my coffee today

strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Friday, 5 March 2004 01:03 (twenty years ago) link

maybe i'm going to get my period soon

strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Friday, 5 March 2004 01:03 (twenty years ago) link

Oh yeah, I definitely gotta take the loaf disclaimer back, cause of oyster loaves et al. Good call.

Donald Ducking -- in this case, refers to the practice of making a sandwich where the top doesn't match the bottom. High probability I just made that up a few posts ago.

Pesto -- one of the best jarred foods on the planet, I think.

Tep (ktepi), Friday, 5 March 2004 01:06 (twenty years ago) link

Clarity! (Disappointment, though). Pesto love.

Gregory Henry (Gregory Henry), Friday, 5 March 2004 01:07 (twenty years ago) link

Mine:

[toasted sandwhich]

Melted Margerine
White bread
Melted white chocolate
White bread
Melted Margerine

Gregory Henry (Gregory Henry), Friday, 5 March 2004 01:08 (twenty years ago) link

MAPLE-ESQUE-SYRUP-INFUSED PANCAKE
Dodgy sausage patty
MAPLE-ESQUE-SYRUP-INFUSED PANCAKE

Tep (ktepi), Friday, 5 March 2004 01:09 (twenty years ago) link

haha

strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Friday, 5 March 2004 01:10 (twenty years ago) link

(Your $5 is in the mail, onno themoneyton)

Tep (ktepi), Friday, 5 March 2004 01:11 (twenty years ago) link

focaccia
tomato
basil
mozzarella
prosciutto
more prosciutto
focaccia

vahid (vahid), Friday, 5 March 2004 01:11 (twenty years ago) link

*gets attack of nostalgia for days when he worked as a builder*

cheap white bun
ketchup
fried egg
bacon
sausage
cheap white bun

*sighs*

Matt (Matt), Friday, 5 March 2004 01:11 (twenty years ago) link

SPONGEY SESAME SEED LONG ROLL
TINY ONION FLAKES
PROCESSED MEAT PATTY IN RIB SHAPE
SPONGEY SESAME SEED LONG ROLL

strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Friday, 5 March 2004 01:12 (twenty years ago) link

toasted telera
guacamole
lots of hot sauce
shredded lettuce
carnitas
refried beans
toasted telera

vahid (vahid), Friday, 5 March 2004 01:13 (twenty years ago) link

though I do stand by my very first post to this thread

Matt (Matt), Friday, 5 March 2004 01:14 (twenty years ago) link

carnitas ---> substitute milanesa, that's good too.

vahid (vahid), Friday, 5 March 2004 01:14 (twenty years ago) link

If I had stayed in New England, I might have succumbed, and my favorite sandwich might be:

TOTALLY WHITE HOT DOG BUN, looks like it's been turned inside out before being split down the middle
GOBS OF FLAVORLESS YET FATTY MAYONNAISE, mixed in with
SMALL CHUNKS OF LOBSTER MEAT, with virtually no texture thanks to the mayo, seasoned with nothing except salt in the boiling water

Tep (ktepi), Friday, 5 March 2004 01:15 (twenty years ago) link

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

luna (luna.c), Friday, 5 March 2004 01:16 (twenty years ago) link

I just threw up a little in my mouth.

luna (luna.c), Friday, 5 March 2004 01:16 (twenty years ago) link

(which would make a terrible sandwich)

luna (luna.c), Friday, 5 March 2004 01:16 (twenty years ago) link

It was the only thing I could think of to counter the McRib.

Tep (ktepi), Friday, 5 March 2004 01:16 (twenty years ago) link

I'm disappointed.

luna (luna.c), Friday, 5 March 2004 01:17 (twenty years ago) link

very soft fresh white bread
a fucking giant gob of nutella
sliced bananas
a bit more nutella
another slice of very soft fresh white bread

Kenny Blankenship (Bryan), Friday, 5 March 2004 01:17 (twenty years ago) link

crusty roll
pesto
turkey
brie
sun dried tomatoes
pesto
crusty roll.

Bitch.

luna (luna.c), Friday, 5 March 2004 01:18 (twenty years ago) link

isn't the lobster roll like some sort of regional delicacy?? it's totally impossible to get one in socal, so all the foodies out here spent all last summer talking about them.

vahid (vahid), Friday, 5 March 2004 01:18 (twenty years ago) link

sourdough
gruyere
bit of lettuce
tomato
tuna fish
fancy pants mustard
sourdough

toasted til bread gets crusty and cheese melts some (oh and don't add the tomato and lettuce til after you've toasted)

metfigga (metfigga), Friday, 5 March 2004 01:19 (twenty years ago) link

they're the new england equivalent of... of... um... Hm..

Um...

Yeah.

Bad.

Don't eat it.

luna (luna.c), Friday, 5 March 2004 01:19 (twenty years ago) link

seriously?? vogue's food critic spent half a book signing ranting about them!

vahid (vahid), Friday, 5 March 2004 01:20 (twenty years ago) link

any sandwich with roasted red peppers on it!

metfigga (metfigga), Friday, 5 March 2004 01:20 (twenty years ago) link

I'm in socal and I defy you to point out to me one person who wanted a lobster roll.

If you can, I'll punch them in the nose and serve them a shit sandwich as they clearly know nothing about food.

luna (luna.c), Friday, 5 March 2004 01:20 (twenty years ago) link

I'm going to modify the strongo thusly:

ciabatta bread
thai bbq sauce or chipotle sauce (something spicy and tomato based)
mayonaise
salad greens
grilled red peppers
provolone cheese
grilled chicken breast
cibatta bread

Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Friday, 5 March 2004 01:20 (twenty years ago) link

isn't the lobster roll like some sort of regional delicacy?? it's totally impossible to get one in socal, so all the foodies out here spent all last summer talking about them.

Do they really? God. It's regional, I wouldn't call it a delicacy. It's like the cheapest form of lobster you can get, in an area where lobster's cheap to begin with, when it's in season.

Theoretically they could be done really well. You want to boil the lobster in water with actual seasoning in it, like lemons and celery and garlic and cayenne, and then serve it warm, not cold, with no mayo, on a decent roll dressed with Worcestershire and Tabasco and celery salt -- that would be good. The lobster roll in its native form? No damn good.

Tep (ktepi), Friday, 5 March 2004 01:21 (twenty years ago) link

MY POINT, BINKY.

luna (luna.c), Friday, 5 March 2004 01:21 (twenty years ago) link

I wasn't disagreeing!

I think the Tep remix of the lobster roll is a Bloody Mary in disguise, though.

Tep (ktepi), Friday, 5 March 2004 01:22 (twenty years ago) link

Needs more vodka.

luna (luna.c), Friday, 5 March 2004 01:23 (twenty years ago) link

(Plus I'm now addicted to calling people 'Binky').

luna (luna.c), Friday, 5 March 2004 01:23 (twenty years ago) link

Ed Levine wrote about it in New York Eats: "I have eaten in hundreds of seafood joints, from Maine to Connecticut, from California to Washington State in search of the perfect lobster roll. But the best lobster roll I have ever eaten is at Pearl." And yes, this is the selfsame roll that the New Yorker described as a "Ho-Jo version made sublime," that Time Out New York called "a hot dog from heaven," that the notoriously perfectionist Jeffrey Steingarten described in Vogue as "the most perfect lobster roll imaginable."

this is from the james beard foundation!!

vahid (vahid), Friday, 5 March 2004 01:23 (twenty years ago) link

I'm shocked and yes, appalled.

Lobster rolls are the seafood equivalent of a two pieces of white bread, grease, american cheese. Bleah.

luna (luna.c), Friday, 5 March 2004 01:24 (twenty years ago) link

grilled cheese?

vahid (vahid), Friday, 5 March 2004 01:25 (twenty years ago) link

No, not even good enough to be grilled.

luna (luna.c), Friday, 5 March 2004 01:25 (twenty years ago) link

yeah, that sounds good!

Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Friday, 5 March 2004 01:25 (twenty years ago) link

Oh, for heaven's sake. Seriously, the lobster roll is the perfect symbol for everything I could never stand about northofBoston cooking: lack of seasoning, fear of texture, bland flavors emphasized by virtually unflavored fats, and everything's boiled.

(I'm not denying it can be done well, like I said, and for all I know there's been some kind of lobster roll reclamation -- I haven't spent more than a couple days there in years.)

Tep (ktepi), Friday, 5 March 2004 01:26 (twenty years ago) link

Scrape around under your fridge, slap it on a bun and I guarantee you it would taste better than lobster rolls.

luna (luna.c), Friday, 5 March 2004 01:26 (twenty years ago) link

UPDATE oh good christ hot lime pickle and cold roast chicken jesus god my mouth is on fire don't make sandwiches when drunk for fuck's sake I implore you my children aaarrrrgggghh (it's jolly nice though, but argh)

Matt (Matt), Friday, 5 March 2004 01:49 (twenty years ago) link

OK, this is my take on the strongo

ciabatta bread
mix of romaine, radicchio, and arugula (no generic "salad greens")
grilled red peppers
provolone cheese
marinated chicken breast
cibatta bread

Sprinkle some garlic oil on the bread and you're good to go

Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Friday, 5 March 2004 01:49 (twenty years ago) link

I'm in pain.

Matt (Matt), Friday, 5 March 2004 01:50 (twenty years ago) link

Don't eat a lobster roll. Your mouth will beat you to death.

luna (luna.c), Friday, 5 March 2004 01:51 (twenty years ago) link

My strongo, since everyone else is doing one (I used to order this at Foodie's in New Orleans, no relation to the pizza chain in the northeast):

Ciabatta bread
Pesto aioli
Roasted red peppers (although roasted mushrooms sound good)
Fresh mozzarella
Rare roast beef
Sliced grilled chicken breast
Pesto aioli
Ciabatta bread

Tep (ktepi), Friday, 5 March 2004 01:53 (twenty years ago) link

You have made me hungry and I hate you.

luna (luna.c), Friday, 5 March 2004 01:54 (twenty years ago) link

Why haven't you sent for help?

Matt (Matt), Friday, 5 March 2004 01:55 (twenty years ago) link

Think of the lobster roll.

Bits of lobster that manage to be both squishy and textureless, floating in Hellman's, pasting a hot dog bun together so that it makes that velcro-cunt sound if you pry it open.

Now you aren't hungry.

Tep (ktepi), Friday, 5 March 2004 01:56 (twenty years ago) link


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