What Are You Eating?

Crab stuffed chicken breast and caesar salad. Waiting for the rice pudding to come out of the oven. 

Baklava from Marino's Bistro ... Mmmmmmm!! A cup of Kicking Horse coffee on the side.

Tell me about this Charlie. The only Monte Cristo's I know are cigars

Oh man, Monte Cristo if done right is one of my favorite sandwiches.

Years ago, there was a restaurant in Buffalo that made a phenomenal Monte Cristo. It was a chain, Bennigans I believe, but they did it well. Their trick was they actually dipped the whole damn sandwich in batter, almost like a fish fry, then deep fried it. So it was one solid chunk of heart clogging goodness. They then dusted the outside with a bit of powdered sugar and served it with some sort of raspberry preserves on the side.

That is the way to do it Justin...some restaurants pan fry it one side at a time in half the depth of oil. Some actually cook it like grilled cheese.
The only real way as you said is to plunge the whole thing in a deep fryer so the sandwich gets crispy in short order and the meat and cheese doesn't sit in the heat so long and overcook.
You have to have a dedicated fryer for it, you wouldn't want to cook it in french fry oil, onion ring oil, certainly not fish oil....I think that is why it is hard to find a restarant that serves the sandwich actually executed well.

I like monte cristos made kin a waffle iron myself

Welsh Rarebit in my modern 21st. Century high tech British Kitchen, Pop wants a crust.

tonite's dinders...baked cod with sides of bulk corn (both from Schwan Frozen Foods) & store brand applesauce. (No eating after 8pm).

Ed Duncan, Batavia, NY

reheated burger with hot pepper cheese and hot pepper relish mayo and mustard...watermelon side

Had a light lunch of noodles, some fruity biscuits & fruit in my my small garden with a tankard of Murphy's stout.. It is overcast hot & muggy.

And now suddenly I'm hungry!

Plain mans working day lunch, smoked cheese on whole meal bread, with salad & fruit, & Vermouth & lemonade , with a wee dram.

My my first Welsh Whisky, Penderyn Distillery, Red Flag single malt Madeira finish Welsh whisky, I have nearly finished my first bottle , I am not a connoisseur , but to my plain taste it is as good as any Scotch single malt that I have tried, a truly British whisky of ancient lineage, variety is the spice of life in moderation, if you have Scotch & Irish whiskies in your cabinet collection then make your truly British collection complete with a genuine British Welsh Whisky. If you enjoy British pipes and blends of pipe tobacco , then add this to your arsenal, if you want to fulfil your collection & taste.
It goes with my Bourbon bottles too, the Welsh distilleries the Founding Fathers of the American Bourbon Industry, Cheers , Slainte , Iechyd da , Skol

If you visit the London club one day, maybe you can give it a try.