Monte Cristo
Thinly sliced ham, turkey & Swiss cheese
dipped in a cinnamon batter and grilled on
a Texas toast topped with powered sugar
and served with your choice of side
8.00

They got the ham & turkey right, but cinnamon batter? Not in my
experience. No mention of currant jelly (or any sort of jelly or jam)
for dipping, either, which is traditional.

Jill

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> Monte Cristo
> Thinly sliced ham, turkey & Swiss cheese
> dipped in a cinnamon batter and grilled on
> a Texas toast topped with powered sugar
> and served with your choice of side
> 8.00
>
> They got the ham & turkey right, but cinnamon batter? Not in my
> experience. No mention of currant jelly (or any sort of jelly or jam) for
> dipping, either, which is traditional.
>
> Jill

shouldn't an authentic Monte Cristo be done with a Kaiser roll?

On Fri, 10 May 2013 10:39:45 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>Monte Cristo
>Thinly sliced ham, turkey & Swiss cheese
>dipped in a cinnamon batter and grilled on
>a Texas toast topped with powered sugar
>and served with your choice of side
>8.00
>
>They got the ham & turkey right, but cinnamon batter? Not in my
>experience. No mention of currant jelly (or any sort of jelly or jam)
>for dipping, either, which is traditional.
>
>Jill
No! no cinnamon batter!
Janet US

On 5/10/2013 10:53 AM, Janet Bostwick wrote:
> On Fri, 10 May 2013 10:39:45 -0400, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> Monte Cristo
>> Thinly sliced ham, turkey & Swiss cheese
>> dipped in a cinnamon batter and grilled on
>> a Texas toast topped with powered sugar
>> and served with your choice of side
>> 8.00
>>
>> They got the ham & turkey right, but cinnamon batter? Not in my
>> experience. No mention of currant jelly (or any sort of jelly or jam)
>> for dipping, either, which is traditional.
>>
>> Jill
> No! no cinnamon batter!
> Janet US
>
It might be good, but it is definitely not traditional. All I can
figure is they're trying to fancify things which don't really need it.

I don't object to the price. Seems reasonable, *if* it tastes good.
Unless someone dumped waaaay too much cinnamon into the batter. (That
happened with the black rice that came with a meal I got last year.)

Jill

On Fri, 10 May 2013 08:53:56 -0600, Janet Bostwick
> wrote:

> On Fri, 10 May 2013 10:39:45 -0400, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
> >Monte Cristo
> >Thinly sliced ham, turkey & Swiss cheese
> >dipped in a cinnamon batter and grilled on
> >a Texas toast topped with powered sugar
> >and served with your choice of side
> >8.00
> >
> >They got the ham & turkey right, but cinnamon batter? Not in my
> >experience. No mention of currant jelly (or any sort of jelly or jam)
> >for dipping, either, which is traditional.
> >
> >Jill
> No! no cinnamon batter!

But powdered sugar is okay?

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Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

On 5/10/2013 11:47 AM, sf wrote:
> On Fri, 10 May 2013 08:53:56 -0600, Janet Bostwick
> > wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 10 May 2013 10:39:45 -0400, jmcquown >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Monte Cristo
>>> Thinly sliced ham, turkey & Swiss cheese
>>> dipped in a cinnamon batter and grilled on
>>> a Texas toast topped with powered sugar
>>> and served with your choice of side
>>> 8.00
>>>
>>> They got the ham & turkey right, but cinnamon batter? Not in my
>>> experience. No mention of currant jelly (or any sort of jelly or jam)
>>> for dipping, either, which is traditional.
>>>
>>> Jill
>> No! no cinnamon batter!
>
> But powdered sugar is okay?
>
Powdered sugar is traditionally sprinkled on top. The savoury sandwich
is also traditionally served with currant jelly or strawberry jam for
dipping.

Jill

On Fri, 10 May 2013 11:50:31 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

> On 5/10/2013 11:47 AM, sf wrote:
> > On Fri, 10 May 2013 08:53:56 -0600, Janet Bostwick
> > > wrote:
> >
> >> On Fri, 10 May 2013 10:39:45 -0400, jmcquown >
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Monte Cristo
> >>> Thinly sliced ham, turkey & Swiss cheese
> >>> dipped in a cinnamon batter and grilled on
> >>> a Texas toast topped with powered sugar
> >>> and served with your choice of side
> >>> 8.00
> >>>
> >>> They got the ham & turkey right, but cinnamon batter? Not in my
> >>> experience. No mention of currant jelly (or any sort of jelly or jam)
> >>> for dipping, either, which is traditional.
> >>>
> >>> Jill
> >> No! no cinnamon batter!
> >
> > But powdered sugar is okay?
> >
> Powdered sugar is traditionally sprinkled on top. The savoury sandwich
> is also traditionally served with currant jelly or strawberry jam for
> dipping.
>
I thought I'd eaten Monte Cristos as a kid, but I guess not because I
don't remember any of that. Sounds perfectly disgusting.

--
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

On 5/10/2013 10:39 AM, jmcquown wrote:
> Monte Cristo
> Thinly sliced ham, turkey & Swiss cheese
> dipped in a cinnamon batter and grilled on
> a Texas toast topped with powered sugar
> and served with your choice of side
> 8.00
>
> They got the ham & turkey right, but cinnamon batter? Not in my
> experience. No mention of currant jelly (or any sort of jelly or jam)
> for dipping, either, which is traditional.
>
> Jill

I should add, the cinnamon batter is probably good. It's just not
"traditional". The first time I ate this sandwich (at a small
restaurant in east Memphis) it was deep fried, not cooked on a griddle.
Waaay too fattening, but delicious! The croque monsieur type is more
authentic to the sandwich, which is attributed to the Brown Derby
restaurant in Hollywood.

Jill

On May 10, 7:57*am, jmcquown > wrote:
> On 5/10/2013 10:39 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>
> > Monte Cristo
> > Thinly sliced ham, turkey & Swiss cheese
> > dipped in a cinnamon batter and grilled on
> > a Texas toast topped with powered sugar
> > and served with your choice of side
> > 8.00
>
> > They got the ham & turkey right, but cinnamon batter? *Not in my
> > experience. *No mention of currant jelly (or any sort of jelly or jam)
> > for dipping, either, which is traditional.
>
> > Jill
>
> I should add, the cinnamon batter is probably good. *It's just not
> "traditional". *The first time I ate this sandwich (at a small
> restaurant in east Memphis) it was deep fried, not cooked on a griddle.
> * Waaay too fattening, but delicious! *The croque monsieur type is more
> authentic to the sandwich, which is attributed to the Brown Derby
> restaurant in Hollywood.
>
> Jill

Why don't you apply to be the chef?

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> Monte Cristo
> Thinly sliced ham, turkey & Swiss cheese
> dipped in a cinnamon batter and grilled on
> a Texas toast topped with powered sugar
> and served with your choice of side
> 8.00
>
> They got the ham & turkey right, but cinnamon batter? Not in my
> experience. No mention of currant jelly (or any sort of jelly or jam) for
> dipping, either, which is traditional.

By "style" they mean their way. So the batter is part of their way.

On Fri, 10 May 2013 10:39:45 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

> Monte Cristo
> Thinly sliced ham, turkey & Swiss cheese
> dipped in a cinnamon batter and grilled on
> a Texas toast topped with powered sugar
> and served with your choice of side
> 8.00
>
> They got the ham & turkey right, but cinnamon batter?

Maybe it's a brunch item. <ducking and running>

> Not in my
> experience. No mention of currant jelly (or any sort of jelly or jam)
> for dipping, either, which is traditional.
>
I haven't had a Monte Cristo sandwich since I was a kid (which is when
I decided battered and fried sandwiches weren't my piece o' cake) but
I don't remember a dipping sauce of any kind... jam makes it sound
more like breakfast than lunch to me. Maybe that's why they thought
cinnamon batter and powdered sugar would be okay.

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Food is an important part of a balanced diet.