sandwiches: round 16: Breaking Our Fast

Our first morning Prisoner sandwich battle...breakfast sandwiches for breakfast.
Sides: pan fried chorizo and fresh raspberries

Drinks: wild berry cocktail and orange juice mix-up



Angelica's Raspberry Heart-wich: Nutella, fresh raspberries, melted Brie and a sprinkle of gluten free cinnamon crunch granola on toasted sourdough bread.

Dave's Upscale MacKmuffin: on pan-seared sourdough bread, we add thinly (but not too thinly) sliced maple bacon, green onion circles, stripped chevette goat cheese, sliced and seared wine chorizo sausage, egg with yolk broken (fried inside a canning lid).


AS on AS: I had recently heard about a chocolate-Brie sandwich...and it sounded like it must be tried. With a few additions, wow, this sandwich turned out amazing! The raspberries added a freshness to what could have been a very rich sandwich, and the sprinkling of granola added an unexpected texture. It ended up being a little light as a breakfast sandwich...better perhaps as a mid-morning snack sandwich...or mid-afternoon snack sandwich...or a midnight snack sandwich! This was really an all-hours snack sandwich.

AS on DM: This topped any egg Mcmuffin I have ever had by a factor of at least 10. This was an outstanding breakfast sandwich, and hearty enough to sustain me through to lunch. Seeing the ingredients stacked up, I was a little worried about this being heavy and about it holding its form, but neither were an issue in the end. My favourite part was the cheese (such a good pick!), followed closely by the chorizo (the perfect level of spicy for the morning!).

DM on DM: Liberation for any fast-food prisoner, i felt this was a well-made gateway back to the precursor of the butter-drenched and bland imitator that Ronald made normal. This penultimate of my prisonersandwiches creation was another personal victory, as it turned out the way i'd hoped. i seem to have - for now - overcome the over-cautious one when it comes to accent tastes. Here, i tasted everything; nothing was overshadowed but the health score. But then, how healthy is a life without the odd indulgence?

DM on AS: While my meat and meat-alternates combo came in throwing it's weight around, Angelica's chocolate, berry, and brie floated like a butterfly - Muhammed Ali. i saw the cheese and chocolate duet, the berry and chocolate, the cheese and berry... but was a little doubtful that all three would get along between the bread and in my mouth. Turns out they did. So much so that i asked for the first encore in this competition's history.

The Verdict:
DM: Not sure it would survive a take-out bag, but my sandwich makes my own top of the pops. Yet, i am satisfied to be Number Two another time, deferring top-man status to Angelica's Heart-wich.

AS: Now 16 episodes in and more than 32 sandwiches later, I wasn't sure we would begin to struggle with coming up with completely new flavour pairings. It seems that this is not a problem for either of us...we continue to break new ground week after week in this sandwich battle. So tough to decide between the many twists on the traditional breakfast ingredients versus the non-traditional breakfast pairings. I liked both so much and they were so complimentary to each other. I think I will have to call this one a draw.