Inspired - And an Announcement!

Cheddar Chive Biscuit & Prosciutto Eggs Benedict

 Hey! Hi there.

It's been awhile, yeah?

I've been meaning to drop by, honest.

Part of my absence can be explained by the OH MY GOD IT'S BEEN TOO HOT-ness of all it.

No, seriously. One night, as the temps were hovering around 100 degrees, I told Matt that he was going to Dairy Queen.

He laughed.

"No. We are having ice cream. For dinner."

Friends, that's exactly what we did.

Gloriously cold & indulgent ice milk belongs on the food pyramid.

There's been some other stuff going on (I would like to stop living in 'unprecedented times', thankyouverymuch) and I just haven't felt like writing.

But I have STUFF! to talk about, so here I am.  Sometimes the best way to deal with a block is to just smash through it.

 

A week or so ago, an artist friend (parasocial relationship!) was talking about making a biscuits & gravy-based eggs Benedict.  

And I could see how it would work?

I don't eat it myself - poached eggs make me gag.  But Matt likes the dish.  And while they are not the sort of thing you want to eat on, say, even a monthly basis, I love cooking something special for him.

So I riffed on their idea: stick with the biscuit, lose the gravy. I used a cheddar biscuit recipe from KAF (and finally had a reason to use the Vermont cheese powder I'd bought) and prosciutto. And of course, Hollandaise. 

 

So, that worked.  And gave me the push I needed to sit down & type, which is good. Because ok, are you sitting down?

Dispensing Happiness is turning 20 next month!

I KNOW, RIGHT?

I'm kind of baffled, & trying to process.  No way has it been two decades.  Can't be.

But according to the archives, yep.  Twenty years. 

And while this little blog of my is seen by fewer eyeballs these day, I think it deserves to be celebrated.

So get ready for some fun call-backs.  Sort of a 'Greatest Hits'.

Hope to see you there!

It's Ridiculous

This sandwich, I mean. It's kind of ridiculous. We were sitting around the dining table one night, at dinner, & I had this idea for a sandwich. (What? You don't discuss food while eating food with your family?) I knew I wanted something along the lines of a Primanti Brothers sandwich, but a little different.

 A mayo-smeared roll topped with French fries, slices of fried chicken, prosciutto, avocado, shredded lettuce & tomato.

What a mess. What a delicious mess.

It wasn't exactly right: a spicy mayo or even spiced fries would improve things. And mashing the avocado would help structural integrity.

But it was good. (Alex & I, of course, had a similar sandwich using faux chicken & bacon).

Good, & let's face it: ridiculous.