We are so chic in 2008 aren't we? So hip and with it. Yeah right. I remember when I was living in Atlanta how hip and chic I was that I had to get up and join the millions of hipsters on their way to a looooong commute of sitting in traffic on 400. Oooh what fun. Now don't get me wrong I loved my life in the ATL and have considered a move back to focus more on my career. (More on that later)
But I remember having to stop for coffee at Starbucks. Lattes and mocha and cream and whipped cream and biscotti and cute little book marks hanging for you to purchase so you could sit and relax and sip long slurps of a fancy coffee. $4.25 for a medium, oh goodness lets not talk about what a grande would cost oops a large.
Now that I live here in southern Arkansas I want spas and massages and long weekends at bed and breakfasts and slower week days. I want to take a night or two and drive to Hot Springs and get a spa treatment for about the price of a pair of cheap shoes and be chic and pampered with candles and incenses. Oooh so chic, so in the know. (do you hear the sarcasm?)
Now as of recent I have been seeing and hearing of this new sandwich that is now part of the chic list, the panini.
I have seen pictures of it, I've looked at them live and in person at restaurants that carry them, I notice even Hot Pockets offers a version of a panini. But I am confused, what makes this sandwhich so darn fancy and why do I want to have one so bad?
So I decided to go online and find out more about this damned panini.
Definition of a Panini from Wikipedia:
A panino (pronounced /paˈnino/) is a sandwich made from a small loaf of bread, typically a ciabatta. The loaf is often cut horizontally and filled with salami, ham, meat, cheese or other food, and sometimes served hot. A grilled panino is buttered on the outside and grilled in a press.
Definition of a Panini from About.com: From Derrick Riches
Panini (panini is plural, panino is singular in Italian) has become the new, trendy sandwich of this age. Now, put all that trendy stuff aside and prepare to make a great grilled sandwich. After all, a real panino sandwich is filled with cured meats and sometimes cheese. This sandwich, like all sandwiches, started out as a fancy meal for, but was also a working class meal that could be taken on the job.
So why is a panini so expensive? Are we paying for chic, trendy, and now? I think so cause to me its a grilled sandwich that I have been making on my George Forman grill for years! And I make a damned good panini too complete with the "Ruffles have Ridges" lines and everything and oozing cheese yummmmo!
I wonder what would happen if I just went into a trendy restaurant and just asked for a grilled sandwich with ridges would they understand? I should try that and scare the poor server who will probably be right out of training and not know that in all truth and fairness a panini and a grilled, ridged sandwich are one and the same.
Til Next Time
Mamma
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