the golden sausage of progress

11 January 2008

zebra and the invention of a sandwich - the ZLT

i have completed a goal that i have had since i was a little kid, all rosy cheeked with crazy ideals and a pocket full of soil, no more than twelve pence to my name but feeling like i had all the money in the world and other generic nostalgia that is too tedious to type here. anyway, my dream was that one day i would invent a sandwich. today is the day that this event happened, a glorious moment! i even searched the internet to see if it existed but i could find no reference or even a hint of its existence anywhere. so it shall be mine! i call it.. the ZLT (pronounced zee-ell-tee). a modern twist to a timeless classic, the BLT.

firstly i took another of the osgrow meats which i had defrosted during the day, which i am sure by now you would have worked out as to being zebra. i then cut the steaks into strips, a bit like goujons in size. the zebra meat was a dream to work with and i had some lovely strips in no time at all. i lobbed these in a frying pan with some olive oil at the same time as placing a baguette that had been sliced into three pieces into the oven at about gas mark 5.between the turning of the zebra pieces over so they cook all through to a nice light brown colour i prepared the lettuce by ripping it into the right sizes and also sliced a couple of plum tomatoes. when i deemed the zebra to be cooked enough, i removed the baguettes from the oven which had gone beautifully crispy and sliced them open, arranged the lettuce and tomatoes and then added some mayonnaise. zebra pieces on top, more mayonnaise and there you have a beautifully crafted ZLT.
this sandwich seriously cannot be beaten. and i really do mean seriously. it has got to be one of the, if not 'the', tastiest animal that i have encountered on the quest so far. it was so soft and tender, with a wonderfully affable flavour that tickled my taste buds to a sapouric climax. all the ingredients in the sandwich skipped hand in hand down my esophagus, whistling a tune about how life is so splendid and glorious as they went.

i urge you now to go. go and buy zebra and make this sandwich. it truly is the sandwich of gods. and i figure since i made it that makes me a god. bow down to the almighty sandwich maker, the man that is named beast feaster.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

brilliant

Paris said...

Get this patented before Subway get their hands on it

buda said...

Sounds like a winner!

Christine said...

Mmm ... looks tasty!

Anonymous said...

Sounds like a weiner!

Anna said...

I just love the way you describe the way it went down your throat!!!!! I have just bought a piece of Zebra meat and now I will surely try your recipe! Thanks for posting it.