Get Sum
So, I've been pretty obsessed with the idea of insane sandwiches ever since reading about them on the interwebs. I've got some ideas for some Nashvillecentric 'wiches, some of which I'm hoping to assemble in real life and subsequently challenge the editorial staff to ingest.
In the meantime, one of my insane ideas is the Country cha siu baau— pork shoulder barbecue baked into a biscuit. Thinking of this led me to another idea, grits and sausage cooked inside a collard green, a riff on lo mai gai. This of course in turn led me to the obvious need for real dim sum in Nashville, but also, more to the point, to the idea for Southern dim sum. Imagine clattering carts filled with small portions of mac-and-cheese, smoked ribs and permit har gow. Oolong sweet tea on the tables. What else?
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Oh Steve, make your insane dim sum, and bring them to me! Don't waste them on the staff :) I love the idea! I love real dim sum, and I love deep southern traditional food tood. What a great idea!
Posted 04/14/2008 at 06:36:21 PMI think the southern dim sum idea is gonna take someone with a restaurant to pull off. Barlowe? Meanwhile, look for some mentally unstable sandwiches soonishly.
Posted 04/15/2008 at 01:43:23 PMThree words: Hot Chicken Sandwich.
Posted 04/15/2008 at 03:23:37 PMYou're getting warm, Adam. I've got something even insaner than that in the works. Soonishly.
Posted 04/15/2008 at 03:30:16 PMCan't wait to see what you're plotting. My idea hot chicken sandwich would be served on waffle bread. Too bad I leave the hot chicken to Prince's, and I'm not about to bring my own waffles in there!
I have made eggs sardou sandwiches for brunch before. Those definitely didn't suck. Want a moist sandwich? Try one with creamed spinach, hollandaise, and egg yolk going on!
Posted 04/15/2008 at 07:10:54 PMHot chicken in a mini biscuit dim sum, or pole beans wrapped in dumpling and gravy dim sum... Oh, the ideas are endless!
Posted 04/15/2008 at 10:48:48 PMadam - wow
Posted 04/15/2008 at 10:54:25 PMthat made me stop and wish...
sounds just beautiful
or perhaps with seasonal asparagus?
on an english muffin
not dim sum
but a decadent velvety sandwich, no doubt
I have an irrational fear of hollandaise that I can't really explain. I'm going to blame my mother, if blame is the right word. She hates the stuff....
Come to think of it, if anyone could pull off southern dim sum without owning a restaurant, it's Claudia.
Posted 04/16/2008 at 11:13:14 AMDon't be scurred of the hollandaise. It's just more eggs on top of your other eggs.
Come to think of it, putting country ham and hollandaise in a baked bao doesn't exactly sound horrible. Especially with a little of the asparagus Claudia suggested.
Posted 04/16/2008 at 09:57:03 PMi can usually pull off something of excellence, if only for effect - as in once. i'll research it thoroughly, i plan it all out, i acquire the best ingredients, and then i execute - and then, i'm done with it. usually forever.
basically i'm a hack. a happy hack with no secrets...
Posted 04/16/2008 at 11:26:37 PM