Maggie writes:
THIS is currently outside of our apartment, making one helluva racket. I don’t think I’ve actually seen or heard the word “cesspool” in serious context since David Macaulay’s Castle.
Lately (and for reasons I can’t quite explain) I’ve been drawn to books with supremely inane titles. Good to Great. Getting it Done. Making Things Happen. I stood in line at the Brooklyn Public Library yesterday with a few of these books and you better believe it was a reality check.
There are more uplifting and exciting posts coming soon, I promise… I was just tired of looking at that chicken salad and thought I should post something.
Recommended: Pat Metheny’s One Quiet Night on a Sunday evening. Especially if one loud week awaits.
Chicken Salad Sliders.
This sandwich puts extra chicken to work for you. The English muffin succeeds where more notable breads fail. A sourdough places too much of a masticatory burden on the eater, ejecting chicken salad out the back of the sandwich. A toasted English muffin offers a perfect combination of sandwich structure and ease of chewing.
1 roasted chicken. I highly recommend Alice Waters’s method, described in The Art of Simple Food
Some mayonnaise
A mustard you like
Any combination of: diced apples, diced pears, chopped celery, olives, diced pickles, chopped banana peppers, chopped walnuts — really, whatever you like in your chicken salad. I went with celery and apples; in the future I’ll substitute something saltier for apples, as the finished product was a tad too close to Waldorf salad for my taste.
Salt and pepper to taste
Roast the chicken and eat it for dinner. Don’t worry, there will be plenty left over. Pick off any remaining chicken from the carcass and tear into bite-size chunks (this is easy, but somewhat messy). Add mayo, mustard, and any additional ingredients you’d like in your chicken salad. Exact measurements aren’t really necessary—just add ingredients until it looks and tastes right to you.
1 English muffin, toasted
Mustard to taste
Toast the English muffin. Pile the chicken salad high atop the sturdier half of the muffin, add mustard to the other half. Combine and serve for $4 each at the letterpress-studio-slash-brewpub you plan to open “in your 30s.”
Greatest sandwich ever invented minutes ago (December 7, 2005)
World’s greatest sandwich invented tonight (February 5, 2005)
“Best sandwich ever” invented late last night (December 17, 2004)
It was a good day for creating new routines. Listening to this song on the way out the door this morning helped a little. I’m not sure whether it’s a lament or a joyful song; I’m a such a sucker for a soaring chorus that I’ll go on believing it’s the latter.
