Tuesday, November 23, 2004
no more cheese please
Well the Virgin Mary Grilled Cheese has a new owner. It was reported today through the Associated Press that the ten year old relic fetched a mind boggling sum of $28,000. Not bad for maybe ten minutes of work (the time needed to grill a sandwich). Made me wonder if any saints might appear in this mornings pancakes.
Sadly, I report no such apparitions on today's breakfast. However, I did see Mickey Mouse and promptly bit his ears off.
Sadly, I report no such apparitions on today's breakfast. However, I did see Mickey Mouse and promptly bit his ears off.
# posted by aj @ 8:55 AM 
Friday, November 19, 2004
Smoke Alarm Pizza
Five dollar pizza night at the supermarket and another chance to set off the apartment smoke alarm. It’s great, fire up the oven to oh, 400 - 450º, give the room ten minutes to heat up and then plug your ears. The damn alarm goes off and there isn’t even a piece of food in the oven yet. One hopes that this wailing device will work as well in a real fire.
A pizza for five dollars. A man ahead of me in line said it looked like a Costco pizza. I ignored him, hoping he was directing the comment to the checker. He was right though, the pizza did sort of resemble a Costco version: it’s a big pizza, fresh, just waiting to be baked. If I had been feeling social, I would have told him this one tastes better, but I just wanted to get the hell out of the store. It’s Friday night and I had a smoke alarm to set off.
A pizza for five dollars. A man ahead of me in line said it looked like a Costco pizza. I ignored him, hoping he was directing the comment to the checker. He was right though, the pizza did sort of resemble a Costco version: it’s a big pizza, fresh, just waiting to be baked. If I had been feeling social, I would have told him this one tastes better, but I just wanted to get the hell out of the store. It’s Friday night and I had a smoke alarm to set off.
# posted by aj @ 7:51 PM
Wednesday, November 17, 2004
Hail Mary Mother of Grilled Cheese
My life is complete – I’ve seen the Virgin Mary sandwich.
Yesterday, while getting my dose of daily news online I ran across a headline "Ebay Halts Auction of Virgin Mary Sandwich" Whhhaaaat? These were words that normally scream at you from the pages of a tabloid newspaper while you’re standing in the check out line at Vons.
Succumbing to tantalization, I clicked my way to the article where I learned that a lady in Florida had put a ten year old grilled cheese sandwich up for auction. She claimed that while eating the sandwich, she noticed the image of the Virgin Mary staring back at her and decided to put the sandwich in a bag for safekeeping. [for god knows what] eBay, certain that this must be a hoax, halted the bidding, I believe the story goes that jokes cannot be auctioned.
This morning, on Good Day LA it was reported that the owner of the sandwich had convinced the online auction house that the sandwich is indeed real and bidding resumed. GDLA actually rolled a taped interview of the sandwich owner and her alleged VM grilled cheese: half a sandwich with one bite taken out of it – the face of a woman showing in the grill marks. Personally, I saw no resemblance to the Blessed Mother. Art, like beauty, is often in the eye of the beholder - I suppose this holds true for grill marks on a sandwich.
Good Grilled Cheese
2 slices of white or wheat bread
1 tablespoon of butter
2 slices of Velveeta cheese (1/4" thick)
Method
Heat a frying pan over medium high heat. Butter one side of both slices of bread. Place one piece of bread, butter side down in the pan, top bread with cheese slices and then remaining slice of bread (butter side should be staring at you)
Cook until first side of sandwich has grilled to a golden brown, then flip over sandwich to grill remaining buttered side and allow cheese to melt.
[yes, cheese purists and snobs, I know Velveeta is a cheese sin - but I'm sticking to it for this recipe]
Yesterday, while getting my dose of daily news online I ran across a headline "Ebay Halts Auction of Virgin Mary Sandwich" Whhhaaaat? These were words that normally scream at you from the pages of a tabloid newspaper while you’re standing in the check out line at Vons.
Succumbing to tantalization, I clicked my way to the article where I learned that a lady in Florida had put a ten year old grilled cheese sandwich up for auction. She claimed that while eating the sandwich, she noticed the image of the Virgin Mary staring back at her and decided to put the sandwich in a bag for safekeeping. [for god knows what] eBay, certain that this must be a hoax, halted the bidding, I believe the story goes that jokes cannot be auctioned.
This morning, on Good Day LA it was reported that the owner of the sandwich had convinced the online auction house that the sandwich is indeed real and bidding resumed. GDLA actually rolled a taped interview of the sandwich owner and her alleged VM grilled cheese: half a sandwich with one bite taken out of it – the face of a woman showing in the grill marks. Personally, I saw no resemblance to the Blessed Mother. Art, like beauty, is often in the eye of the beholder - I suppose this holds true for grill marks on a sandwich.
Good Grilled Cheese
2 slices of white or wheat bread
1 tablespoon of butter
2 slices of Velveeta cheese (1/4" thick)
Method
Heat a frying pan over medium high heat. Butter one side of both slices of bread. Place one piece of bread, butter side down in the pan, top bread with cheese slices and then remaining slice of bread (butter side should be staring at you)
Cook until first side of sandwich has grilled to a golden brown, then flip over sandwich to grill remaining buttered side and allow cheese to melt.
[yes, cheese purists and snobs, I know Velveeta is a cheese sin - but I'm sticking to it for this recipe]
# posted by aj @ 8:10 PM
