Jul 4, 2008

Sad Sandwich

I made this sandwich today while sad. It tasted good, so I guess I wasn't too too too too sad.

Ingredients:

Sourdough bread
Tapatio or other hot sauce
Mendocino Mustard or other sweet hot mustard
Tofu
Soy sauce
Black Pepper
Red Chili Flakes
Cream Cheese
Monterey Jack Cheese
Sliced Onion


Mix together the soy sauce with a little water, chili flakes, and black pepper.
Cut tofu into very thin strips and soak tofu in mixture. It would probably be good to marinate for a while, but I didn't, and it turned out fine.
Fry tofu until very well cooked, adding extra pepper or chili flakes directly to the tofu in the pan.
Toast Bread
On one side of the toast, spread a very thin layer of cream cheese with some tapatio or other hot sauce sprinkled over it.
On the other side, spread a layer of Mendocino Mustard (or other sweet hot mustard).
Put tofu, cheese, and onions on sandwich. No need to use too much cheese.
Heat the sandwiches up on the pan before eating to melt cheese.

Note: if you make this sandwich vegan, the only really good fake cheese is Vegan Gourmet. "Better than cream cheese" is pretty good for the cream cheese, though I still like real cream cheese better. The sandwich I made today was with fake cheese and it was really good.

Serve with Bloody Marys and beer and a side of Kale and another little side of sliced avocado.

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As President, I would provide the citizens of the USA with an approach and a model for everyday eating that will allow our country's national cuisine to evolve beyond junk food, take-out and pre-packaged food without going too far and becoming heartlessly, standoffishly gourmet.

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