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It kind of makes you think of that commercial – but it’s true. I am starting to get the impression that people think I never make an error, so I thought it time to put that to end. Take this evening’s dinner for example.<\/p>\n

First, there was not a lot of food in the house, so dinner was going to be a ham sandwich. So, what makes a ham sandwich better? Cheese. Only string cheese? No problem; that won’t stop me. What makes that ham and cheese sandwich better (beside mayo and mustard)? Grilled. And better yet? Panini-ed. No panini press? Big deal – I have a cast iron skillet to put on my sandwich. Well, here I am excited about my ham and cheese panini despite the pathetic state of our fridge, and then I burn the ever loving life out of it. Great. <\/p>\n

The moral of the story is not to get discouraged – half the fun of food is experimenting. All that burnt and smashed sanwich needed was a bread-ectemy. Yes, you read that correctly. I replaced the charred bread, and started over with the same stuffin’. And, it wasn’t half bad. Its wasn’t great, but not bad. That’s half of it – sometimes you learn how flavors, textures, and methods work by figuring out what doesn’t work.<\/p>\n

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. (and sometimes get Taco Bell when it still doesn’t work)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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