Blue Cheese and Tomato Sandwiches

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            FOOD FUNNY
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Thanks to lifetime subscriber Debra Shervo for sharing this with us:

A teacher gave her fifth grade class an assignment: Get their parents
to tell them a story with a moral at the end of it. The next day the
kids came back and one by one began to tell their stories.

"Johnny, do you have a story to share?"

"Yes, ma'am, my daddy told a story about my Aunt Carol. Aunt Carol
was a pilot in Desert Storm and her plane got hit. She had to bail
out over enemy territory and all she had was a small flask of whiskey,
a pistol and a survival knife. She drank the whiskey on the way down
so it wouldn't fall into enemy hands and then her parachute landed
right in the middle of twenty enemy troops. She shot fifteen of them
with the gun until she ran out of bullets, killed four more with the
knife, 'til the blade broke and then she killed the last one with her
bare hands."

"Good heavens," said the horrified teacher, "What kind of moral did
your daddy teach you from that horrible story?"

"Stay away from Aunt Carol when she's been drinking."

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            TODAY'S RECIPE
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Lance Armstrong won Tuesday's time trial and expanded his lead in the
Tour de France, leading many observers to believe that only a minor
disaster could prevent him from winning his sixth consecutive title.
I'll be cheering for him as I munch on this simple yet sophisticated
sandwich.

Blue Cheese and Tomato Sandwiches

1 cup (250 ml) crumbled blue cheese
2 Tbs (30 ml) butter
1 thin loaf French bread (baguette), cut into 6-inch (15 cm)
lengths and split lengthwise
2-3 ripe tomatoes, thinly sliced
1-2 bunches arugula or watercress

Mix the blue cheese with the butter and spread on the bread. Top with
sliced tomatoes and arugula. Serves 4 to 6.
Received on Thu Jul 22 10:01:20 2004