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"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Sat, 19 Nov 2011 15:15:11 -0900, (Judy Haffner)
> wrote:
>
>>
>> Jill wrote:
>>
>> >The Monte Cristo is a rare item on
>> > menus, to be sure. I haven't seen it on a
>> > menu in about 20 years. The distinction
>> > between croque-monsieur is it's ham
>> > and turkey with swiss cheese, battered
>> > and deep fried. Then sprinkled lightly
>> > with powdered sugar and served with
>> > strawberry jam. (It should probably only
>> > be eaten once every twenty years.)
>> > These people have managed to
>> > *******ize it into a ham sandwich with
>> > harvarti served on toasted brioche.
>> > Sorry, people, that is *not* a Monte
>> > Cristo!
>>
>> You're right, Jill....that is NOT a Monte Cristo sandwich. It is on most
>> lunch menus in our local restaurants and a sandwich I have always
>> enjoyed....French bread with ham, turkey and Swiss cheese between the
>> slices and then put in a egg batter and deep fried and sprinkled with
>> powdered sugar. I don't care to eat it with any kind of jam on it
>> though. If it's made right, it's delicious!
>>
> Sprinkled with powdered sugar? ICK! No wonder they serve it with
> jam. Do you have to throw up after you eat it?
>
> --

When I ate Monte Cristo sandwiches in Memphis restaurants I always asked
them to hold the powdered sugar. I'm not sure why they bother with any sort
of jam, but it's served in a souffle cup on the side. It's traditional.
Sometimes you just don't want to mess with tradition

Jill