On 19/11/2011 9:55 AM, jmcquown wrote:
s, the croque-monsieur with turkey. Except it's not quite that.
> 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!


In that case, you could wash it down with a chocolate martini, because
that is not a martini. ;-)