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My Truly Bizarre Experience with Hot Ham

phaelon56

By phaelon56
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phaelon56

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It sounds as if they were just trying to be innovative. After all, buffalo wings started somewhere. :biggrin:

I think not. She actually 'fessed up to the real reason right off the bat: "We do it this way because cappicola is too expensive" (obviously it is not).

In response to Mark's comment - yes it was JUST a sandwich but certainly qualifies as an Adventure In Eating. The fact that I have a place to share amusing or bizarre tales like this is yet another reason that I hang out at eGullet. Not to mention the fact that my location and budget (which is now directed at paying for a house) preclude the possibility of many fine dining experiences to share. Therefore.... my future comments may just stem from experiences with items as lowly as the sandwich.

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It just sounds to me like you were in the wrong place at the wrong time, cosmically speaking, at the focus of a number of evil forces.

The sandwich is a result of unsophisticated people discovering and being inspired by a "new" idea - "X" + hot sauce = "hot X"!! - and realizing that the unsophisticated public will be unaware of the cost-cutting measures involved. A rip-off, supported by their self-delusional misrepresentation of the product.

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In response to Mark's comment - yes it was JUST a sandwich but certainly qualifies as an Adventure In Eating. The fact that I have a place to share amusing or bizarre tales like this is yet another reason that I hang out at eGullet. Not to mention the fact that my location and budget (which is now directed at paying for a house) preclude the possibility of many fine dining experiences to share. Therefore.... my future comments may just stem from experiences with items as lowly as the sandwich.

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Marlene

Practice. Do it over. Get it right.

Mostly, I want people to be as happy eating my food as I am cooking it.

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It just sounds to me like you were in the wrong place at the wrong time, cosmically speaking, at the focus of a number of evil forces.

Wow. That's heavy. Just when I think things are going okay... the Cosmic "Man" puts me in place and I realize my puny insignificance in the grand scheme of things :hmmm:

Yet another piece of evidence that food and its consumption can be a spiritual experience.

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