As a devotee of the "more is more" school of sandwich making, this picture of the "Parmageddon" sandwich makes me drool. Two potato and cheese pierogies (Slavic stuffed dumplings), a greasy tangle of grilled onions, sauerkraut, and a slab of cheddar cheese, squeezed between two thick slices of grilled bread.
The photo comes courtesy of writer-photographer David Lay, who captured this beast at Lakewood, Ohio's Melt Bar and Grilled. Melt specializes in a psychedelic variety of grilled cheese sandwiches - smoked turkey, kraut and gouda; beer battered walleye, tartar sauce, American. The Parmageddon was featured as a reader's favorite in Esquire's "Best Sandwiches in America." Now, if I can just get my Polish grandmother to teach me to make her potato pierogies, I'd be all set.
5-11-2008 @10:51AM Patrick said... I've had that sandwich before at Melt. It really is a great sandwich. Every sandwich in that place is great. It's always nice to see Cleveland get some attention for it's food.
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5-11-2008 @11:43AM Julie said... I know this sandwich has to be a dieting nightmare but boy does it look good. If it was right in front of me I would definitely take a taste.....or two lol.
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5-11-2008 @6:25PM KF said... It could well taste good -- most fattening things do. Fortunately, though, I've reached a point (finally!) in my life where the site of an entire day's calories (or more) in one item is not appetizing.
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5-11-2008 @8:29PM GL said... Fortunately, I can and would eat that. It looks tasty.
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5-12-2008 @2:17AM Kitt said... Oh wow. Heart attack on a plate!
I would eat it in a heartbeat, too.
Kitt
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5-12-2008 @12:17PM Paul said... wow that looks delicious
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5-13-2008 @4:51AM David said... My article about Melt (referenced in my blog post) is now online:
http://tinyurl.com/6cvqo5
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5-17-2008 @1:25PM Carol said... Could only be better if there were a few slices of *good* kielbasa on there!
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