On Sun, 20 Nov 2011 08:51:31 -0600, barbie gee >
wrote:

>On Sun, 20 Nov 2011, jmcquown wrote:

>> 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
>
>maybe the powdered sugar and jam were regional as well.
>In the midwest, I never had one served w/ those additions. ever. first
>I'm hearing of it, actually, and I've been around for decades.

This is where I first of it too. I always thought the only thing a MC
needed was fries and maybe a pickle.

Lou