Where I almost tried to marry my sandwich [or just break several decency laws w/ it]

[stoney321]

I got a gift certificate to Williams Sonoma for Christmas, and finally put it to use a few weeks ago (I have issues with spending money on myself, in that I don't. I don't know what's wrong with me, either), I got a high-end panini press after dithering over whether it would be a one-note sort of thing (like a tortilla press or a banana slicer.

Comments

[lynnenne]

Singing to your sandwich is nothing. At least you didn't try to pork a wasp's nest.

[stoney321]

HAHAHAHAHA!

(OMG, Lynne. PEOPLE. People are their own #1 threat.)

[lynnenne]

People are their own #1 threat.

I'll drink to that. But you know me, I'll drink to anything.

[heresluck]

Dammit, now I want a panini press. I had a damn good sandwich for lunch (homemade ciabatta, fresh goat cheese, sundried tomato tapenade, basil, caramelized shallots and broiled portobello mushrooms, slightly seared spinach), but I'm pretty sure a panini press would have made it even better. I've refrained from getting one for the same reason you did, but this is a VERY PERSUASIVE POST. (Also: fig jam with prosciutto! Note to self!)

Apparently I need to get a pot rack so I can stash more kitchen toys in the cabinet where the pots currently live. Hmm.

[stoney321]

THAT SANDWICH SOUNDS FREAKING DELISH. And yep, a panini press would have kicked that to 11! (One of my favorite party apps to make is whole figs wrapped in prosciutto. Or! Or! Whole figs, split open into fourths like a flower, stuffed with goat cheese, walnuts, and a drizzle of balsamic, flashed under the broiler to get the cheese running. OMG.)

I have a nice space right on top of my microwave for my press, but it's not been there in a bit. :) (Theoretically you could do all of this with a Foreman Grill. I just like the solid, all metal aspect of the one at Williams Sonoma. The cheaper model is still pretty bad ass. And you can use it like a regular grill, which I'm finding I'm using almost nightly.

[heresluck]

Okay, now I need to have a dinner party so I can make the split figs with goat cheese, because DAMN.

I love a lot of things about my kitchen, but the lack of counter and storage space is an ongoing trial. Maybe it's time to do another equipment check/purge...

[stoney321]

OMG,drizzle honey AND balsamic over those split figs and then prepare everyone for a need to lie down.

I'm debating the merits of a microwave. I HATE how bulky they are. I rid myself of my coffee maker and switched to a French press to free up space, myself. GOOD LUCK!

[stoney321]

IT. WAS. *nom nom nom*

[luvxander]

Look on the bright side...at least you didn't try to fuck a hornet's nest.

[beadattitude]

Sweet fancy Moses, I want to eat my keyboard. ::eyes roll back in head::