{"id":110887,"date":"2022-03-22T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/summerofjim.com\/?p=110887"},"modified":"2022-03-22T08:30:00","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T12:30:00","slug":"open-faced-roast-beef-sliders-and","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/summerofjim.com\/?p=110887","title":{"rendered":"Open Faced Roast Beef Sliders, and&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This, \u00a0friends, is about key ingredients.\u00a0 Not an elaborate recipe here.\u00a0 Nor of a great prestige wine served alongside from a fancy-shmancy Baccarat decanter.\u00a0 {SPOILER ALERT: put away your wine stems.}<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard Parker, my man frog (pictured below in front of my\u00a0film library), noticed that I was feeling out of sorts\u2026 some issues deeply concerning (which I will not go into here), others that may seem trivial (like my Eggs Benedict this morning were overdone); nonetheless, Richard took note and made adjustments in preparing a light midday repast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With exquisite skill he presented: sliced rare roast beef, with a square of swiss cheese, sitting on a thin layer of&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Boar&#8217;s Head<\/strong>&nbsp;pub horseradish sauce, taking up residence on a well-toasted half of a<strong>&nbsp;Wolferman\u2019s<\/strong>&nbsp;sourdough mini English muffin. Added to my luncheon board, a side of&nbsp;<strong>Clauson\u2019s<\/strong>&nbsp;mini kosher dills (I think of them as cornichons with a Yiddish accent).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And then, not a glass of wine here.&nbsp; Rather, a superb extra-dry&nbsp;<strong>Tanqueray<\/strong>&nbsp;Martini, slightly dirty, assembled with my own hand.&nbsp; The garnish is&nbsp;<strong>Old South\u2019s<\/strong>&nbsp;tom olives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, there are wines that could be enjoyed as an alt beverage.&nbsp; If you want my choice recommendations send me a 1500 word essay on the topic \u201cWhat is the Difference between the Continental Congress of 1776 and a Frat Party at Delta Upsilon in 1976\u201d&nbsp;<em>OR<\/em>, you can send me a check for the&nbsp;<em>discounted<\/em>&nbsp;rate of $85.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>nb:<\/strong>\u00a0If you are curious about the small red cup pictured.\u00a0\u00a0 For those who remember ordering a milkshake \u201cback in the day\u201d, you would get your shake in the glass\u00a0<em><u>and<\/u><\/em>\u00a0any\u00a0<strong>extra<\/strong>\u00a0in the mixing tin!\u00a0 It was like the milk shake \u201cdeclared a dividend\u201d.\u00a0 \u00a0Simply stated, the red cup was my Martini dividend.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/summerofjim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/roast-beef-sliders-rotated.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/summerofjim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/roast-beef-sliders-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-110888\" srcset=\"http:\/\/summerofjim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/roast-beef-sliders-rotated.jpg 480w, http:\/\/summerofjim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/roast-beef-sliders-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This, \u00a0friends, is about key ingredients.\u00a0 Not an elaborate recipe here.\u00a0 Nor of a great prestige wine served alongside from a fancy-shmancy Baccarat decanter.\u00a0 {SPOILER ALERT: put away your wine stems.} Richard Parker, my man frog (pictured below in front &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/summerofjim.com\/?p=110887\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sandys-table"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/summerofjim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/summerofjim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/summerofjim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/summerofjim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/summerofjim.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=110887"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/summerofjim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110887\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":110889,"href":"http:\/\/summerofjim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110887\/revisions\/110889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/summerofjim.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=110887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/summerofjim.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=110887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/summerofjim.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=110887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}