Blow Up
12.2.2011 Do you remember the last time your significant other went BANANAZ?
I do!
It was Sunday. I was generously making him a turkey sandwich with the delicious leftovers from White Grandma's house. All was good in the world.
Until he felt the bread.
"Are you serious? Vicky! ARE YOU SERIOUS?!?!?!?!?!"
"Come here. Feel this. FEEL this."
But I didn't need to go there. Or feel that. I knew exactly what I did. It wasn't on par with killing a small adorable animal. But apparently darn close.
I dared to use the piece of bread that's closet to the heel. BECAUSE THAT'S HOW I GREW UP.
You use the heel of the bread to keep the next piece fresh. So it's fine to use that piece in a sandwich.
"No. No. NO it isn't! You always use the last piece AND the piece next to it. FEEL THIS. You've now wasted two pieces of bread!"
Actually, you have. When I'm done with a loaf of bread, all that remains are those two end pieces. Not the the end pieces and an extra piece. If you just eat that first piece every time, it doesn't have time to get stale. Right?
"NO. That is ALL WRONG. I can't BELIEVE YOU USED THAT PIECE. YOU ARE WRONG. SO wrong. Why would you do that? I can't believe you did that." *Scraping bits of turkey off the offensive piece of bread*
"Why Vicky? WHY? Why would you do that?"
He puts mayonnaise on another piece of bread, throws the devil piece away and says, "You should blog about that. You are WRONG So wrong."
So I put it to you: eat the first slice every time? Or use the heel and the first slice as buffers?
After the breadcrumbs settled we had a good belly laugh. I was like, "Dude, you totally lost it over a piece of bread."
I guess I'm a lucky wife if that's what puts my husband over the top.
Bloggity, Food, The Good Doctor
Reader Comments (10)
Ew, no - you can't use that piece.. it's not good.
I'm with you on this one. Sorry Good Doctor.
Though I eat the heels too (toasted) so maybe my opinion doesnt count.
Okay, I'm on both sides. I use that piece but I toast it. Totally can't use it for a sandwich for, say, my son. He'll think I'm trying to poison him.
Am I understanding this right? He's upset you used the piece next to the heel to make a sandwich? What's wrong with that?
WC: He thinks it gets way too stale for human consumption.
Tricia: He says he does too. But I beg to differ. That happens only 20% of the time. Mostly I'm throwing away the heels and that extra piece. Waster!!
I think I'm just happy to know that the biggest issue in your home is which piece of bread to eat. This is a GREAT problem to have. In our home my husband doesn't care which slice of bread I use, but we do have regular debates over how to spell Hanukkah/Chanukah/Channukah (this could go on forever, but you get my drift).
I use the end pieces for toast --- they hold the most marmalade!
NFGM: Exactly. I'm grateful.
Tokenblogger: Mmm. Marmalade is something I seem to only eat when I'm on vacation and they bring the fancy little jar. I should buy some for everyday consumption.
I would've loved to have seen The Good Doctor lose his marbles over that one... Especially since I'm with you on this one, Vic.
Tom, It wasn't THAT bad. I do tend to embellish. Keep that on the DL.