Now THIS is what I call an after-school special! When Angela and I got back from teaching our evening classes we had a bit of a nibble... including toast, of course. Also a bit of fried cheese and some gallo pinto, which is Spanish for "Uppity Costa Rican word for rice and beans." Plus lemon.
Toasty!
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Fantastic. What kind of cheese is that? Or is it one of those he/she cheeses of Costa Rica which falls under the term "queso"? Also, for the record, I just finished yet another sitzandwich: 1 hot dog, a slice of provolone, three thin slices of virginia ham, lettuce from the garden, pickles with mustard, mayo and vanentina hot sauce sandwiched between two glorious pieces of defrosted, then toasted toast. It's really become a staple in my diet, but it wouldn't be worth a damn if there wasn't something to hold it all together.
Paul!
That sounds amazing! Please tell me you took pictures!
I believe that that is indeed "queso." Fried, it's tasty, as long as you eat it quickly. Otherwise it gets a bit tough and leathery (just had to pause in my commenting to write "leather toast" in my notebook, aka "toastbook"). But "fresh," it's actually pretty revolting. It's crumbly, airy, heavy, hole-y, tasteless, and gross-tasting, all at the same time. You should try it next time you're here!
Ry
PS - I love the term "Sitzandwich"; it's good to know I'm not bringing down the family name with all this Sitzman-related internet what-have-you. If anyone ever tries to stalk one of us, even Di, they'll just find buttloads of my stupid writings and pictures. Haha!
Sorry, I didn't take pictures. I'm not one to tell the consumer how they should eat their sandwich. Like, for instance, this time I put the lettuce in the middle, when it would usually be on the outside, yet it completely changed the taste and texture of the sandwich. The sitzandwich is an ever changing enigma that can't be fenced in.
Hey Paul!
Well, that's OK that you didn't take pictures, but I'd say that taking a picture isn't necessarily dictating how one should consume one's toast. It's just a fleeting capture of the beauty of toast, in my opinion. For example, if I take a picture of the Eiffel Tower, and I dictating to engineers how they must design their towers? I say no; I'm just celebrating its beauty.
I agree about the enigmatic aspect of toast, though. I like to think of it like an electron cloud. It can never really be captured or observed directly; one can only get a sense of it.
There you have it, folks, metaphysics, architecture, and toast! I'll propose a toast to that!
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