T Stands For My Favorite Sandwich

When I was a kid my favorite sandwich was peanut butter and jelly. It was practically the only thing I ate when I was 5 years old that they called me the Peanut Butter Kid.  I hated grilled cheese sandwiches so on grilled cheese day at school, Mrs. Burns, a neighbor and the school dietitian, would have a peanut butter sandwich for me as I went through the lunch line. What me spoiled? I must have overdosed on the PB because I don't really care for it much. I will eat it if I'm too lazy to make something else or there's nothing else in the house. I learned to eat grilled cheese. Not my favorite, but it will do in a pinch.

So it may come as a surprise that as an adult my favorite sandwich is a Monte Cristo. Monte Cristo is a ham and cheese sandwich made fancy by dipping it in egg and fried like French toast. The sandwich is then dusted with powdered sugar and served with a side of raspberry jam.

I was first introduced to the Monte Cristo during the late 1970s or early 1980s at a restaurant in Framingham, Massachusetts called Bumbershoots. Bumbershoots used better bread and a fancier cheese like Swiss rather than Arnold Bread and American cheese I used in my sandwich. Sadly, Bumbershoots is no longer in business.

And what happened to the Peanut Butter Kid? She overdosed on PB & J and only eats it now if there's nothing left in the house to make sandwiches with or she's too lazy to cook.

What's your favorite sandwich?

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