This is a nifty hot sandwich that generally doesn't require trashing the kitchen, or a lot of prep work. You take a tube of refrigerated French bread (11 oz), which turns out to actually be a rolled-up piece of dough, unroll it, put stuff on it, roll it back up, cut a few vents in it and bake it for about 30 minutes. You can also make it with frozen bread dough, but it's more of a pain to thaw it and roll it out. You have to adjust the fillings for the larger size (16 oz, typically), and bake it five or ten minutes longer. Tubes of pizza crust work, too, same caveats. Ham and Cheese: 6 oz deli ham, thinly sliced 6 green onions, sliced 8 bacon strips, cooked and crumbled 6 oz (1/2 cup) shredded Swiss cheese The One Carl Calls Italian And The Original Recipe Just Called "Spiral Stromboli": 4 oz deli ham, thinly sliced 4 oz deli salami, thinly sliced 8 oz shredded mozzarella 8 oz shredded cheddar 1/4 cup chopped roasted red peppers or 1 2-oz jar pimientos, drained This one also suggests brushing a tablespoon of butter (melted) and 2-3 tablespoons of shredded Parmesan (not the evil crumby stuff, it won't melt) on top. Carl complains that bread-from-a-tube tastes "metallic" but doesn't when I do that, so I try to do it for any flavor. Even though I don't care for Parmesan. They're quite forgiving sandwiches... astute readers who attended the Gathering last weekend will notice that I used Swiss and mozzarella on the "Italian," because I did it from memory. I also only put 6 slices of bacon on the Ham & Cheese. And of course I left off the peppers/pimientos. Roast Beef: 6 oz deli roast beef, thinly sliced 6 oz Swiss cheese 1 4-oz can chopped green chiles, drained 2 tablespoons mayo 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard Salsa on the side, optional The chiles, mayo and mustard are all mixed together, of course. Anything else: You can pretty much make any kind of sandwich you want, other than watch out for too much dressing, or too many veggies, or you end up with sogginess. -- Karen J. Cravens silver@phoenyx.net ---------------------------------------------------------------- GAMERS Home Page: http://www.phoenyx.net/gamers/
