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Indulge in Holst by EarthMaiden
December 17th, 2007 9:44 AM
Did you take your lunch to school with you?
Chances are, if you did... There were probably times when your sandwich would end up half the size as when you made it. This was probably a reaction to being smushed by books or other such items that you would find in your backpack.
I fell in love with the flattened sandwich and attempted for years to re-create the feeling of that school lunch.
I find myself making a sandwich and then immediately slipping it into a plastic bag and smushing it with all my might. (This is also one way to get all the air out of the bag - hooray for air tight containers)
Recently, i organized an event for last night (Dec. 16th). We were expecting lots of people there (probably something like 500?) I did not get asked to organize the event until 2 weeks ago... and at that point got handed a huge plate of things to do. One of the main things that we had to deal with was FOOD! So, yesterday myself and 5 others that i either barely knew or didn't know at all, gathered at someone's house and made 500 sandwiches.
The thing is, we were storing them in ziploc baggies and some people didn't even know how to get air out of their baggies, much less smush their sammiches!
I found myself admitting and explaining to this strange group of people exactly how to smush their sandwiches. One of the men liked the idea so much that he told me that he was never making sandwiches the same again!
:)
Chances are, if you did... There were probably times when your sandwich would end up half the size as when you made it. This was probably a reaction to being smushed by books or other such items that you would find in your backpack.
I fell in love with the flattened sandwich and attempted for years to re-create the feeling of that school lunch.
I find myself making a sandwich and then immediately slipping it into a plastic bag and smushing it with all my might. (This is also one way to get all the air out of the bag - hooray for air tight containers)
Recently, i organized an event for last night (Dec. 16th). We were expecting lots of people there (probably something like 500?) I did not get asked to organize the event until 2 weeks ago... and at that point got handed a huge plate of things to do. One of the main things that we had to deal with was FOOD! So, yesterday myself and 5 others that i either barely knew or didn't know at all, gathered at someone's house and made 500 sandwiches.
The thing is, we were storing them in ziploc baggies and some people didn't even know how to get air out of their baggies, much less smush their sammiches!
I found myself admitting and explaining to this strange group of people exactly how to smush their sandwiches. One of the men liked the idea so much that he told me that he was never making sandwiches the same again!
:)
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posted by rongo rongo on December 17th, 2007 6:54 PM
That's totally cool. (But one question, did you actually serve 500 smooshed sandwiches at the event, or was the smooshing just done on some of them?) I like my smooshed sandwiches with potato chips inside, but you have to eat them before the chips get soggy.
posted by EarthMaiden on December 18th, 2007 7:58 AM
Alas... we only smushed some of them! Its ashame, but i think some people like their sandwiches un-smushed.
posted by Charlie Fish on December 19th, 2007 2:56 AM
EmmaDean, you need to read this completion.
Smooshed sandwiches are totally the way to go. The best thing is to wear pants that aren't tight and put the sandwich in the back pocket in the morning. Then by lunch it's all smooshed! All sandwiches are good this way, but PB&J is an especially good one, because it changes the color of the bread, and all becomes 1 solid item.