Sandwich Challenge
Today is the last day of school for Sienna. They are going to have a potluck party. Daddy got to the food contribution list last, there was only the sandwich item left.
"How do I make sandwiches?" My colleagues laughed when I asked the question. "I mean, for a party of 20 kids and 3 teachers," still they were amused.
The thing is when it comes to food, I don't take it lightly. But sandwich really is not my speciality no matter how simple and easy you tell me it is to make. Beside, we only eat whole-wheat bread at home, so I don't give others white bread. We would pack in good and healthy stuff in a sandwich, if we ever have it, so I don't give junk to others...
First ingredients. I rushed to a supermarket near my office and got ham, cheese and smoked salmon. And of course whole-wheat bread. Back home in the evening, I started to wonder, with these goodies inside and, how do I keep them stayed sandwiched in small pieces? So I ran to a "Longgo supermarket" near our house after I put Sienna to bed. I got canned tuna, mayonnaise, roasted garlic and onions hummus and smoked salmon cream cheese.
How much time do I need to prepare about 20 sandwiches? I figured I would need less than an hour to make 20 spring rolls from scratches, i.e., preparing the insides, wrapping and frying... For some reason, 20 sandwiches just wasn't something simpler to me. So I was up an hour and 15 minutes earlier this morning.
I soon discarded the good stuff (i.e. slices of smoked salmon, cheese and ham). When cut into small pieces, they fell apart even with the paste. Spread only, I decided. I also had difficulty cutting the pieces evenly. And the cream cheese was so thick, it crashed soft bread. The hummus, I am afraid, might soak the bread wet when it gets to the time of serving. And the tuna chips made the edge of the sandwich messy...
At the end, I put three heart-shape & rose-pattern note pads on the thin plastic wraps of platter indicating the three name of the spreads I used. Running out of the house, I was feeling both accomplished and defeated at the same time.
"How do I make sandwiches?" My colleagues laughed when I asked the question. "I mean, for a party of 20 kids and 3 teachers," still they were amused.
The thing is when it comes to food, I don't take it lightly. But sandwich really is not my speciality no matter how simple and easy you tell me it is to make. Beside, we only eat whole-wheat bread at home, so I don't give others white bread. We would pack in good and healthy stuff in a sandwich, if we ever have it, so I don't give junk to others...
First ingredients. I rushed to a supermarket near my office and got ham, cheese and smoked salmon. And of course whole-wheat bread. Back home in the evening, I started to wonder, with these goodies inside and, how do I keep them stayed sandwiched in small pieces? So I ran to a "Longgo supermarket" near our house after I put Sienna to bed. I got canned tuna, mayonnaise, roasted garlic and onions hummus and smoked salmon cream cheese.
How much time do I need to prepare about 20 sandwiches? I figured I would need less than an hour to make 20 spring rolls from scratches, i.e., preparing the insides, wrapping and frying... For some reason, 20 sandwiches just wasn't something simpler to me. So I was up an hour and 15 minutes earlier this morning.
I soon discarded the good stuff (i.e. slices of smoked salmon, cheese and ham). When cut into small pieces, they fell apart even with the paste. Spread only, I decided. I also had difficulty cutting the pieces evenly. And the cream cheese was so thick, it crashed soft bread. The hummus, I am afraid, might soak the bread wet when it gets to the time of serving. And the tuna chips made the edge of the sandwich messy...
At the end, I put three heart-shape & rose-pattern note pads on the thin plastic wraps of platter indicating the three name of the spreads I used. Running out of the house, I was feeling both accomplished and defeated at the same time.
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