This, in case it's not obvious, is a bacon, jalapeño, and tomato (BJT) sandwich. I'm not supposed to each lettuce (though often I ignore that prohibition against raw roughage), so I make it a practice to eliminate the lettuce from BLTs. For anyone who knows my personal preferences in food, it will be obvious that I did not make this BJT. The bread, for one, is toasted white bread. White bread is not my thing. I prefer dark wheat bread or rye bread or, if I'm living it up, pumpernickel or, in the right circumstances, sour dough (in which case I would also add lots of fresh basil...for some reason, basil on a BJT does not do much unless the bread is sour dough). For another thing, I would not have made French fries to accompany my BJT...especially not these fries, which appeared to have been fried in some sort of very light batter. Instead of the fries, I would have preferred salt & vinegar kettle-fried potato chips (though I rarely have them with BJTs...just to mention, in the interest of full disclosure). Finally, the jalapeños would have been visible with every bite, because I really like jalapeños. They are not so hot that they cause pain, but they add a sensory element to food that I cannot describe; I can only say that they make food worth eating, whether it's worth eating or not.
So where did this BJT come from? It came from J's, a breakfast and lunch diner not far from my office. And despite my suggestion that it did not live up to my expectations, I enjoyed it. It just wasn't as good as I would have made.
Now, why, you might ask, would I choose to post something about a sandwich that wasn't extraordinary? Isn't it obvious? It's the most exciting thing that has happened to me today, so far.
2 comments:
Looks pretty good to me. Not every day can be full of riotous excitement.
That's the kind of food that hurts my stomach. Brown bread, minus the fries add lettuce I could maybe do.
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