Ham and Bleu Cheese Sandwich with Tomato on Marbled Rye

When I was in the 8^th grade, my mom managed a shopping mall.  One day, I refused to ride home from school with my carpool because the girl whos mom picked up kept getting lice and their car smelled like sour milk.  Ick.  So I got in the “walkers” line and walked to my moms office.   She put me to work the second I got there, but I did it every day after that, until the end of the school year.

The mall had a deli on the first floor, owned by a guy from Brooklyn named Sammy.  I loved it in there because he had all the stuff I thought a “real” deli should have:  gigantic Boars Head pickled cucumbers in a barrel, Dr. Browns black cherry and cream sodas, chopped liver with hard boiled egg, and a ham sandwich that has since become one of my favorite snacks.  To get me out of her hair, my mom would hand me $6 (expensive for a sandwich back in 1983) and tell me to go down to Sammy’s and get us something.  I always got the same thing—a ham and bleu cheese sandwich with tomato on marbled rye.

This sandwich has very few ingredients so they should be the best you can find.  It’s a decadent treat for sure, so don’t skimp—use lots of mayonnaise and bleu cheese.  I go all out and eat it with kettle chips, olives, and an ice cold coke with lemon.  You only live once…better enjoy it :)

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WHAT YOU WILL NEED:

deli ham, sliced thin (I use Boar's Head Tavern Ham)

1 loaf marbled rye bread

1 ripe tomato, sliced

mayonnaise (I use Hellman's)

bleu cheese (I use Danish Blue)

cracked pepper

 

Toast bread.  Spread mayonnaise liberally on both slices of toast.  Now make your sandwich--add 4 or 5 pieces of ham, crumbled bleu cheese, and slices of tomato.  Add cracked pepper over all. 

 

Top with other piece of toast.  Cut in half, eat the cheese crumbles that fell on your plate, lick the mayonnaise off the knife and put it in the dishwasher, enjoy. (heehee)