An exchange between my 5-year-old and my 2-year-old today, when Daddy offered the 5-year-old his turn at a game:
John: Will, you can have a second turn.
Will: Thank you.
John: It's because you're my best friend.
Will: Then can I have your candy?
Friday, February 27, 2009
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Yes, it is a real sandwich!
Peanut butter and syrup. This is the best sandwich on earth, but it may be unique to my mother's family, because everyone else makes fun of me for it. I Googled it, and got a bunch of hits, but none of them do it right. The wikihow referred to "squeezing" the syrup, which, since you should only ever make this with pure maple syrup (indeed, you should only ever eat pure maple syrup in any syrup context), there can be no squeezing involved.
Here is the correct method:
Get two slices of bread, your choice. I prefer potato bread or white bread. You want a kind of bread that will absorb the syrup, and you don't want one with too much of its own flavor to interfere with the heavenly combination you are about to create.
Spread peanut butter (I prefer Simply Jif--no added sugar--but any creamy variety will do) on one slice.
Wipe your knife clean on the second slice of bread and pour somewhere between a quarter-sized and half dollar-sized amount of syrup onto the second slice. Spread the syrup evenly. You have to work quickly, lest the syrup be absorbed before you can reach every square millimeter of bread.
Put the slices together and cut in half, diagonally. (Note: All spread sandwiches, plus grilled cheese, should be cut diagonally. All cold cut sandwiches should be cut horizontally. Do not question, just do.)
Eat your delicious peanut butter and syrup sandwich, and repeat as necessary. Sometimes, you are so overcome by the deliciousness that you cannot be sated by one mere sandwich, and must have a second. It's okay.
I promise.
Here is the correct method:
Get two slices of bread, your choice. I prefer potato bread or white bread. You want a kind of bread that will absorb the syrup, and you don't want one with too much of its own flavor to interfere with the heavenly combination you are about to create.
Spread peanut butter (I prefer Simply Jif--no added sugar--but any creamy variety will do) on one slice.
Wipe your knife clean on the second slice of bread and pour somewhere between a quarter-sized and half dollar-sized amount of syrup onto the second slice. Spread the syrup evenly. You have to work quickly, lest the syrup be absorbed before you can reach every square millimeter of bread.
Put the slices together and cut in half, diagonally. (Note: All spread sandwiches, plus grilled cheese, should be cut diagonally. All cold cut sandwiches should be cut horizontally. Do not question, just do.)
Eat your delicious peanut butter and syrup sandwich, and repeat as necessary. Sometimes, you are so overcome by the deliciousness that you cannot be sated by one mere sandwich, and must have a second. It's okay.
I promise.
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