The Way You Make Me Feel

4MC • 26th Jun 2009 • The Daily Nonsense • bread, cheese, dinner, family, food, latin, recipe, summer, turkey

Jessie posted an amazing looking BLT at The Hungry Mouse and it instantly reminded me of the sandwiches my family and I are always in the habit of making as our go-to quick lunch or breakfast meal. It was a kind of comfort food we relied on during the summer and an inside running joke – we’d say to each other in Spanish, This family eats so many sandwhiches we’re going to start looking like sandwiches.

Inspired, I headed over to Bravo supermarket after work for some Cuban bread (a must when making these kinds of sandwiches) and assembled a sandwich for dinner that would make my family proud. Imagine my surprise when during the meal, I received a phone call from a friend.

“Did you hear? MJ is dead!”

My heart skipped a beat, “Who?”

“Micheal Jackson!”

Mouthful of eggs and bread, I rushed over to turn on the television to confirm the news. If there ever was a need of comfort food, that moment was certainly it. My feelings are similar to other mourners who feel like they’ve lost a part of their childhood. We all grew up with Micheal Jackson, danced to our favorite songs, imitated his trademark moves and shook our heads when he dangled babies out of windows.

It’s definitely been a strange week, but buck up everyone, have a sandwich on me:

Makes enough for 2 sandwiches

Cuban bread (preferably fresh, squeeze the bread to ensure it’s still soft and hot – it’s ok, all Latinos do this)
3 eggs
4 slices of bacon (I used turkey bacon)
salt & pepper
Shredded cheese of your preference
Half a green pepper
Half a small onion
Half a small tomato
2 slices of ham and turkey
A handful of leaves of spinach

1. Cut Cuban bread into sandwich slices (you can toast these a bit before serving if you like)
2. Set oven to low broil, stick in slices of bacon to bake (set to hi if you want crispy bacon)
3. Heat about a tablespoon of butter in a medium skillet to low-medium heat
4. Chop green pepper, onion and tomato and add to skillet
5. Whisk eggs together in a separate bowl and season with dashes of salt and pepper
6. Add to skillet and cook until eggs are solid
7. Add shredded cheese until melted, put heat on lowest setting
8. Use a small skillet to heat up your slices of ham and turkey, this only takes a few minutes
9. By now your bacon is ready, so pull it out and assemble your sandwich (I usually like it in this order: bread, spinach leaves, deli meats, egg, bacon and finally bread)