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Joel Varnadore

English 1010, The Perfect Sandwich

Rebecca Carroll

February 4th, 2011

The Perfect Sandwich
Shortly after Thanksgiving two important things happen. First, the day after Thanksgiving, around lunchtime my family gets hungry for the first time since dinner the night before; second, there is an overabundance of turkey in the fridge that has yet to be eaten. Both of these things work in my favor, by allowing me to prepare for my family the best sandwiches of the year. Before Thanksgiving, I buy the ingredients for this sandwich and stash them in the vegetable drawer. Proper balance is the key part to making this sandwich because if I mix the layers improperly the resulting oeuvre will not have the correct constellation of tastes. Cleanup should be fast and easy - no reason for me to work hard when I should be sleeping off the sandwich I just ate.
For me, picking ingredients is like tuning an instrument before a concert. Everything has to be perfect or the whole performance is ruined. Lettuce is the foundation of my sandwich; it needs to be green and crisp. I avoid any lettuce that is on the top of the stack and I look for omens that might signify the lettuce is a few days old, ie: it is on sale at a really low price. The tomato needs to be bright red and not squishy. A squishy tomato will deluge your sandwich with tomato juice and cause it to fall apart. The turkey I use is only the best white meat on the turkey, the bre ast (I know there is a space, they *** it out if I don't put a space in the word.). I take off the skin and, if time allows, slice it thick.
Mayonnaise is another building block; while some people use Miracle Whip, I will use only mayonnaise. The same goes for mustard; I use only yellow mustard. If someone wants their sandwich custom-tailored, they can make it themselves.
Meticulous preparation is one of the reasons my family has me make the sandwiches. I take time to do each step properly and give each part of the sandwich its chance to tantalize the taste buds. The mayo and the mustard are spread on the inside of two pieces of bread in thin layers so as not to overpower the sandwich. Next is the turkey which, if sliced properly, should lay flat and even to keep the symmetry of the sandwich within optimal limits. The tomato goes in next, with the lettuce on top to give the sandwich a dramatic crunch when you first bite into it.
More than once in my life I have been told, "Hey, you forgot the cheese," - asked, "Aren't you going to put cheese on that," - and griped at because, "You forgot to put the cheese on like I asked you to." I tolerate people saying such things by reminding myself of two facts; first, I know that cheese detracts from the principal player in the sandwich and second, the person telling me this doesn't understand the true artistry of my sandwich and therefore could never understand why there is no cheese, much in the same way the ill-schooled observer could never understand why Picasso did certain things to his paintings.
In conclusion the precepts of which I remind myself to keep my sandwich as delicious are: preparation is everything; taste is better than speed; freshness is more important than price; and, of course, if they don't like it then next year they can make their own turkey sandwich and save me the trouble.