a great winter turkey ham cucumber onions pepper sandwich

i'm vaguely inspired to try to blog more again, partially so i can rekindle my blog relationships with melibers and porter and fourmiles and beyond3d and september's scourge, and partially because i had better have something besides whining about movies if i submit to the tbtl metablog.

so back to my roots. a great new sandwich today.

Italian Pane bread (yes, from TJ's), toasted lightly
mayonnaise to taste on both slices
on one slice, layer
fresh ground pepper, then
chopped green onion
rectangles of sweet pepper (i used orange)
romaine or green-leaf lettuce
1-2 slices honey ham
1-2 slices oven roasted turkey

now stop (hammer time)
slice up peeled cucumber medallions 2-3 mm thick, enough to [eventually] liberally cover your sandwich. from a yellow or white cooking onion (not sweet) cut a very thin medallion and chop. in a plastic baggie (the non-zip, foldover kind is probably best), put about half the onion and cucumber slices. pour some red wine and white wine vinegar in the baggie and work the vinegar onto all the surfaces of the onion and cucumber. add the rest of the onion and cucumber until everything is coated.

layer the cucumber on the sandwich. add the bits of onion on top (or onto the other slice of bread, if you find it more convenient). if you don't mind the mess, you can drizzle a bit of the vinegar from the baggie onto the sandwich. close sandwich and enjoy.

seriously, you'll really enjoy it.