After what has felt like far too long of a break, finally a Prisoner night! Fall has always been a time of returning, so what better sandwich theme than a return to the basics, to sandwiches from childhood which could be thrown together in a moment due to their simplicity. So, this round, two-ingredient childhood favourites...
Angelica's Cheddar and Sandwich Spread: Cheddar Cheese and Kraft Sandwich Spread on toasted brown rice flax bun.
Dave's Honey Toast: bread (preferably english muffin consistency) + butter + honey.
Sides & Drinks: no sides, just red wine.
AS on AS: this was, as it always had been for me, a complex mix of flavours for so few ingredients. I used to make this on Canadian Rye and always eat it standing in the kitchen right next to the toaster while standing on one leg (really!). I am surprised that Kraft actually still makes Sandwich Spread...I don't know anyone else who actually eats it these days, but there it is, always on the shelf tucked in behind the mayo.
AS on DM: I don't know how two such simple ingredients can combine to produce such a heavenly flavour. I could taste the butter and I could taste the honey, or I could taste the butter or I could taste the honey...whichever I wished.
DM on AS: "Sandwich Spread?" This reminds me of the "skin colour" crayon of bygone days - who got to decide that this was so much the standard that it could have the definite article insinuated before it? "The" sandwich spread. But... it is really good. I don't think I could eat more than this at once, but I would have been looking forward to it in elementary school class, watching the big white clock on the wall, half-focused on the math or whatever in front of me.
DM on DM: Ah, my honey toast, how long has it been this time? A few years? Maybe less. When we meet each time, it's like no time has passed. Honey toast and I met when I was not even in school, and we have kept in touch regularly throughout my life. There were periods when we saw each other daily and long stretches we would not, and this is for the best I guess as absence makes the heart grow stronger and too much of a good thing makes one unfit. Did you know that honey never goes bad? Crazy. Did you know that honey is the redeeming quality that I kept in mind through two decades of hating/fearing bees? It's true. I love to see my old honey toast, tonight was no exception, I loved what the new kind of bread brought to our meeting. Butter, honey, toast - so good.
The Verdict:
AS: oooh, ahhh, another hard one. Mine for memories; Dave's for newness. I'd pull mine out of my grade 3 lunchbag and trade half of it for yours any day.
DM: We are ever more the collaborators of late; tonight, we produced another incomparable pairing, yours the entree and mine the dessert. Total tradezees. Would your sandwich be wrapped in wax paper like mine?
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