The other evening RT and I got home from a long day of working at the new house. RT was finishing up the stone work on the fireplace, and I had helped with selecting the stones, preparing the mortar and cleaning up. We were both exhausted. Although RT had done the vast majority of the work, he insisted that I sit down and relax and let him prepare dinner for us. I was easy to convince.
“How about BLT’s?” I suggested. But then I remembered. “We’re out of mayonaise, and the lettuce doesn’t look very good.”
“Do we have ranch dressing?” asked RT.
“Yes,” I replied.
“Then I’ll improvise,” he said.
RT prepared the absolute BEST BLT’s I’ve ever tasted. Actually, I guess we should call them BCRT’s because we left out the lettuce and added cheese and ranch dressing.
As soon as the bacon was cooked, RT laid the cheese on top of the bacon so that the warmth from the bacon would start to soften the cheese. That was an important step because although the cheese didn’t fully melt, it had softened to the point that it was really creamy and smooth. He spread ranch dressing on the bread, placed the sliced bacon with cheese on top. Then he sliced the tomatoes and laid the slices on a paper towel so they wouldn’t be so drippy. After the paper towel had absorbed some of the moisture from the tomatoes, he added them to the sandwich. A sprinkle of salt and pepper, a little cantaloupe on the side, a glass of chardonnay - and we had a fantastic and quick dinner.
A new sandwich was created - the BCRT.
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