"deep fried.... whatever!"
Tuesday, January 10, 2006 Filed in: random
musings
(so, as you may know...
i've had little inspiration to blog lately. but,
Melissa reminded me about this and i decided that i'd
throw it up here. it's an experience i wanted to
share. now... on to the blog.)
in mid-2005, i was introduced to something that would forever change my life.
it is called a
Monte Cristo sandwich and i had it for lunch at the
Blue Bayou at Disneyland. HOLY CRAP!!! this was
amazing. cheese... good. ham and turkey... good. deep
fried goodness... AWESOME! my stomach was happy, my
heart was burning and my arteries were clogging. i
couldn't have been happier. however, this only led to
letdown for a few reasons.
1... i have to go to Disneyland and make reservations ahead of time to get lunch at the Blue Bayou. what if i wanted one on a whim? (i'm not exactly known for my patience.)
2... they don't serve Pepsi products at the Blue Bayou and, clearly, a Mountain Dew would only serve to complete this meal and enter it in to the top 10 eating experiences of my life.
the second one was simply and easily solved by sneaking cans of Mountain Dew in. (though the waiter did give me a strange look, it was totally worth it.) but the first... what to do???
then came the call. my friend, Jen had found the actual Disney recipe for Monte Cristos. i was elated. so, to make a long story short, i ran down to Target, bought a deep fryer (everyone should have one) and invited some friends over for a night of Monte Cristos.
i'd never fried anything before. it was awesome. friends... mountain dew... Korean television (don't ask)... and deep fried sandwiches. quite nearly a perfect night. however, after we were done eating our sandwiches... we still had a vat of boiling hot oil and grease... what to do?
now, the average person would say "that's pretty gross... let's turn it off and clean the thing up." but not us. no... we said "let's fry stuff!" so, we started frying things... a banana (it was too mushy though and sorta fell apart)... a marshmellow (kinda acted like the banana)... and a snickers bar (melted... but it was good). we were gonna fry some fudge that we had as well as some brownies, but i don't think they made it to the fryer (our mouths may have gotten in the way).
anyway, the moral of the whole story is... Monte Cristos are good... i can make them... and frying stuff is awesome.
ps... i still have that vat of oil sitting in the deep frier downstairs... come on over if you wanna give it a try!
in mid-2005, i was introduced to something that would forever change my life.
1... i have to go to Disneyland and make reservations ahead of time to get lunch at the Blue Bayou. what if i wanted one on a whim? (i'm not exactly known for my patience.)
2... they don't serve Pepsi products at the Blue Bayou and, clearly, a Mountain Dew would only serve to complete this meal and enter it in to the top 10 eating experiences of my life.
the second one was simply and easily solved by sneaking cans of Mountain Dew in. (though the waiter did give me a strange look, it was totally worth it.) but the first... what to do???
then came the call. my friend, Jen had found the actual Disney recipe for Monte Cristos. i was elated. so, to make a long story short, i ran down to Target, bought a deep fryer (everyone should have one) and invited some friends over for a night of Monte Cristos.
i'd never fried anything before. it was awesome. friends... mountain dew... Korean television (don't ask)... and deep fried sandwiches. quite nearly a perfect night. however, after we were done eating our sandwiches... we still had a vat of boiling hot oil and grease... what to do?
now, the average person would say "that's pretty gross... let's turn it off and clean the thing up." but not us. no... we said "let's fry stuff!" so, we started frying things... a banana (it was too mushy though and sorta fell apart)... a marshmellow (kinda acted like the banana)... and a snickers bar (melted... but it was good). we were gonna fry some fudge that we had as well as some brownies, but i don't think they made it to the fryer (our mouths may have gotten in the way).
anyway, the moral of the whole story is... Monte Cristos are good... i can make them... and frying stuff is awesome.
ps... i still have that vat of oil sitting in the deep frier downstairs... come on over if you wanna give it a try!