On Tue, 4 Aug 2009 15:23:37 -0400, "Felice" >
shouted from the highest rooftop:

>Which was not spent in The Land of Peanut Butter and Jelly:
>
>Two slices of white sandwich bread
>A generous slathering of Hellman's Mayo
>Half a tin of King Oscar sardines
>Two or three squirts of lemon juice
>A thin slice of onion
>Some crisp iceberg lettuce
>
>It doesn't get much better than this.

Not from my childhood, but from my wife's (who is British). She
introduced me to sardine sandwiches and I love them.

I introduced her to BLAT's.

But from my childhood the sandwiches I best remember a

1. Slices of white bread slathered in butter with sugar on top.

2. Peanut butter, jelly and banana (sometimes with a slice of cheese).

3. Velveeta cheese with lots of mustard and some lettuce.

4. Welch's grape jelly and peanut butter.

Later on I developed a great affection for delis that served swiss
cheese on rye with mustard and extra-hot horseradish sauce, a dill
pickle and a helping of potato salad.

My two favourites were Zuckey's (on Wilshire in Santa Monica) and
Cantor's (on North Fairfax in LA). There was also a deli on the
Pacific Coast Highway near Las Flores Canyon in Malibu, but I can't
remember the name. Their horse radish sauce was deadly.

When we have guests to stay and we get to lunch, I often get a request
for my swiss cheese, avocado, onion, lettuce and tomato sandwich with
mayo on rye. Or my tunafish salad, swiss cheese, avocado, tomato and
lettuce combo with mayo on rye. And a dear friend, who sadly died five
years ago, used to hang out for my BLAT.

Come to think of it, I also make a pretty good chicken, avo, tomato &
lettuce combo with mayo and my fried egg sandwiches - with tomato,
lettuce, mayo and ketchup - are pure gluttony.


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una cerveza mas por favor ...

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