hot take: Cuban sandwiches always look about 25% better than they taste.
Really? Donāt think Iāve ever had one where the opposite wasnāt true, tasting at least 25% better than it looked. They seem downright humble in appearance compared to, like, an Phlly cheesesteak or a banh mi or a piled high pastrami.
Anyway, confession time. I started the pork a little late, due to fighting with toddlers about picking up their toys, so it got pulled a little early, due to fighting with toddlers who were way too hungry. So, itās finishing in the oven after having first been a delicious dinner of ācut with a knifeā pork rather than pulled pork.
It may just be me. I grew up in South Florida, and I ate many awesome, authentic Cuban sandwiches. In my adulthood, every time I have had one, thatās has been my reaction. There may be a nostalgia factor in there. Perhaps they tasted good to me then, but my tastes have changed. Or maybe the ones I have eaten have not been great. I have hardly been back to Miami in the last 20+ yrs, and when I have, I havenāt had a Cuban sandwich.
If Iām back there, Iāll test out the theory. Until then, Iām skeptical. Iām not saying theyāre bad. But I always come away a bit disappointed.
Fair enough. Perhaps some of it is thinking theyāre amazing when youāre in a small culinary window as a kid, but then never seeing that same magic when your horizons broaden? From my perspective, and I say this as a person whoās only been to Florida a couple times, never having eaten a Cuban while there, theyāve always seemed like a sandwich that underpromises and overdelivers. I contrast this with a cheesesteak, that, like, while great, almost always seems like it should have been better than it actually ended up being.
I love a good Cubano! This picture is from when I was in Miami a couple years ago and it was as awesome as it looks!
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Got a nice little sunday planned. Crockpot meatballs are going, nacho dip being prepared soon, picking up the wings around 1pm, and a stuffed pepperoni bread sitting in the fridge waiting to be baked. We may order a pizza later. I donāt know if theyāll be time.
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Just my wife and I so weāre keeping it simple. Doing buffalo chicken dip (shout out to spidercrab), some crab cakes weāve had in the freezer for a while, corn bread and a little meat/cheese spread. Considered smoking some ribs but it is so damn cold here that I figured it wasnāt worth the trouble.
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Beautiful sunny day in San Diego. Starting off with fresh squeezed grapefruit juice Greyhound.
Menu:
+Deviled eggs
+ABBBLTās on sourdough
+Cauliflower buffalo wings
+Hazy IPAs
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itās sunny in northern california.
the menu is -
coffee
hazy ipa
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Just went for a run in sub 20 degree weather, and now Iām preparing to treat my body with utter disregard.
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I was going to like the first image but wtf is the second one?
They had chili cheese nachos at work so I got that with onions and jalapenos; also a slice of pizza that was floating around the floor Iām working on. I guess thatāsmy ābig game mealā? Iāve got homemade mapo tofu for dinner.
Its a slider, picture kind of sucks but it has sauteed onion and mozzarella cheese on a Hawaiian roll, with some melted butter on top of the bun and baked in the oven.
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The Skyline looked more appetizing.
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Spidercrab is not fucking around. When he said he was treating his body with āutter disregardā, he meant it.
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Iāll try and post some pics later but we are doing a board with a bunch of cheese/veg/dip/pickles/smoked salmon/prosciutto for 1H. We have 3lbs each of king crab legs and jumbo shrimp for the 2H but i am going to guess we never get there and eat that tomo.
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[ ] REGARD FOR HUMAN LIFE
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This is my kind of meal. Lol at these people cooking their own food.