Sandwiches n' Such

It's the end of the fiscal year for HP - and what a day it was! I was in such a hurry out the door this morning that I didn't even make myself a lunch. Jenni without food - could there possibly be anything scarier on a Halloween??? As it was, I talked Sam into taking me out to lunch and the two of us meandered over to University Hero.

Being that it was the end of the fiscal year, and Halloween (which I find this coincidence a bit creepy), what a better way to celebrate than by eating a meatball sandwich? Forget that I was wearing a white as snow shirt - I was in the celebrating mood! So ordered it I did, and soon I had the delicious delicacy steaming in front of me.

It has been quite some time since I ordered a meatball sandwich - this was a much more frequent staple of my diet back in they day when Subway had something special from any other sandwich spot. Once upon a time, in a far away sandwich shop, Subway used to cut their bread differently. Instead of doing a straight cut down the side of the sandwich, they cut a long trench through the top of the bread. The cut was quite ingenious, I must admit. With this trench-like cut, it made it very conducive for meats, cheeses, and veggies to sit inside the sandwich instead of falling out. Even better for the most-highest-honorable meatball sandwich where the meat is stacked high, the veggies and cheese even higher. And what does round meat like to do, just like any other round object? Roll! Oh no, not if they are lined up in a trench.

While I understand and appreciate the speed and efficiency of creating one simple cut in a sandwich (after all, I'm an Industrial Engineer), I must say that their sandwich eating usability rating went way down in my books. Sure, they tried to buy off their bread cutting techniques by adding a variety of bread types - a change from their white and wheat options. But I'm not sold. In fact, that was about the time that I stopped visiting Subway quite as often. Yes, they lost my business due to their bad choices in cutting bread. Okay, it might have also had something to do with me becoming a poor college student only a year later. But non the less - as I proved today - I can buy a meatball sandwich anywhere now that my meatballs don't have a trench to sit in.

That said, my sandwich is long gone, and my shirt is still white as can be. So maybe a trench in my sandwich isn't as important as it might sound. Then again, I did wear a bib.

Cake Inventions

For my bridal shower, one of the gifts I received from a lady in our church was a cake saver. After the wedding, Jo kept asking me if I had started making cakes yet - and I kept hanging my head because I had not found the time. Finally, she had asked me if I would be willing to bake and decorate the cake for an upcoming bridal shower. Why not! I went over to Jo's house and she spent the evening teaching me some of the cake decorating basics. What do you know - it was quite fun. Unfortunately, I don't have that picture of this cake in digital form, but I do have pictures of the cakes I have done since then.

The new tradition for Beaver football game days is a Beaver cake! Even when the Beavs lose, at least we can look forward to going home and eating cake. :)

Birthdays are important too. Wasn't too pleased with the way this one turned out, but not bad for a quick 20 minutes before work!

And here's the grand-daddy of them all. A half sheet double cake (it was huge - but didn't last long!) that I made for the go-away party we had for our youth pastor and his family. As one of the church members put it, since they're leaving, shouldn't this be a de-ception rather than a reception? Note: The icing in this was about 7 lbs of powdered sugar. Yow!