I got home late-ish Monday night and went to the fridge for a beer. Oh delicious beer! But it wasn't quite as bitter and floral as I expected. Then I realized that it also wasn't as cold as I expected. A moment later, I realized that the refrigerator had been not-working long enough for everything in the freezer to reach room temperature. That photo was from a few weeks ago, I also had in there some merguez sausage, the rest of that puff pastry, a whole chicken, and a pound of irish rashers destined for the alleged best sandwiches ever (english muffin, stilton, bacon, chutney). In the fridge were all my tasty salted pig parts from Boccalone this week, the just-opened last jar of apricot jam from the spring, and god knows what else.
I'm pretty sad about it. New fridge comes Tuesday, just in time for Thanksgiving.
Oh god, not the pork products. I mean, I'm sure the puff pastry was hard work at some point, and the chicken no doubt was destined for future greatness, but won't somebody please think of the pork products? I'd offer to share, of course, and it's not that I...I mean...naturally the situation is dire, but, well...you understand, there's only so much, and I know you'd...in the same position...it's just that I lost a salami already (salami pickup tax - guess who). So, er, chin up and all. I'm sure it's all for the best. Ahem. Sausage.
Posted by: NickG | 11/19/2007 at 09:19 PM
not the jam! i feel your pain. had a fridge debacle last year and lost everything because my stupid landlady thought 8 days was a reasonable time to replace a fridge.
Posted by: hez | 11/30/2007 at 10:06 AM
what kind of chutney? and what kind of stilton (or is there only one kind)?
Posted by: leyla | 12/09/2007 at 03:50 PM
Chutney - hot mango, I think?
Stilton is stilton; I believe it's a name-controlled cheese. There are different producers, but in a sandwich you're not likely to notice the difference.
Posted by: Lulu | 12/12/2007 at 07:32 AM
thank you!
i don't cook, but i am going to try it. baby steps..
Posted by: leyla | 12/12/2007 at 11:20 PM
turns out it's sweet mango, not hot mango. i'm sure it's good with either, but the fruitiness will play well with the stilton, and you don't want to burn that out on your tongue.
Posted by: Lulu | 12/13/2007 at 06:28 PM
Merguez??
I heard indeed merguez can be found in the bay area but where do YOU find them??
I'm in Santa Cruz but would be willing to go there once in a while!
Peace from a French native in Weird City Santa Cruz!
Posted by: Story Time | 03/30/2008 at 07:02 PM