The Best Sandwich of ALL TIME

[beautifulduckweed]

Last night, with the help of my friend Jim, I made the Best Turkey Sandwich of ALL TIME. I'm not kidding. It consisted of:

- 1/3 lb. smoked organic turkey breast
- A thick slice of perfectly ripe organic tomato
- Several slices of organic cucumber (I basically layered on so much cucumber on top of the turkey that I couldn't really see the meat any more)
- Thinly-sliced red bell pepper
- Slices of shiitake mushroom that had been dunked in salted olive oil and roasted for several minutes
- Tillamook Colby Jack cheese
- Organic green leaf lettuce
- A crusty loaf of organic ciabatta bread from New Seasons
- And for the spread, minced fresh basil mixed in with this wacky vegan Dijonnaise

The sandwich ended up being so big, I couldn't bite through all of it at once, no matter how much I tried to squish it. So I attacked it in layers--I'd take a bite from the bottom layer (mostly meat, cheese and cucumber) and then a bite from the top layer (mostly veggies and mushrooms). Soooo good, and incredibly messy. The only way it could've been any tastier would've been if we'd had some avocado to throw on that sumbitch. Oh, and if we'd had garlic to roast with the mushrooms. The vegetables were amazing; really, they're what made the sandwich--Jim had gone to the farmer's market earlier in the afternoon and bought them, so they were fresh and at peak ripeness.

Yeah, I know it's ridiculous that I'm writing about this, but the sandwich was so good, it deserves its own Livejournal entry. I only wish I had my camera with me so I could've taken a picture of its massively delicious goodness.

Comments

[li-kao.livejournal.com]

Imagine how enormous and potent that sandwich must have seemed in your tiny hands...

[misshepeshu.livejournal.com]

Indeed. My tiny little hands couldn't quite wrap themselves adequately around that towering stack meaty delight, which is part of what made the eating process so messy.

[rat-bastird.livejournal.com]

wow... you made my mouth water...