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          Love                                                   For me this form is frequently expanded with a variety of

          By Jack Kalicak, Grade 11                              toppings including lettuce, tomato, and salt and pepper. My
                                                                 personal favorite topping, dill pickles, adds both a crunch
                  Every once in a while there comes a time in which   and a savory note that pairs perfectly with the creamy mayo
           your feelings for something seem to be indescribable. Your   and cheese.
           heart  flutters  and  pounds  in  your  chest. Your  gut  is  filled      Each element is integral in creating the perfect sand-
           to the brim with immense passion. Love is often the cause   wich. The optimal sandwich starts in the bread. It is the first
           of this flurry of emotions.                                                         thing the palette is able to
           You become unaware                                                                  taste and feel. In order to
           at what to do next. The                                                             make a perfect lunchtime
           source of love’s com-                                                               sandwich the bread must
           plexity often comes from                                                            have some spring and
           your inability  to know                                                             a soft interior, but also
           the feelings of the entity                                                          maintain an exterior with
           in which you love. It  is                                                           enough  rigidity to hold
           impossible  to read their                                                           up without getting soggy.
           mind and be able to truly                                                           The classic choices of my
           understand  how they                                                                family are  Nature’s Own
           feel. For me one of my                                                              Honey Wheat and King’s
           loves will probably never                                                           Hawaiian Rolls. However,
           reciprocate  my feelings.                                                           for a bolder flavors I love
           However, in this case, it                                                           the slightly sour bites to
           is okay that I’m left out of                                                        Publix’s  White  Mountain
           the loop, as sandwiches                                                             bread as well as Ciabatta.
           can  convey  so much                                                                The next layer the tongue
           more in their taste  that                                                           touches in any of my clas-
           they could if they could                                                            sic lunch sandwiches  is
           speak.  Yes, it is true I                                                           mustard.  The best mus-
           love sandwiches,  and I                                                             tard is one  that delivers
           am quite the sandwich                                                               somewhat  of a kick but
           connoisseur. It is easy to                                                          also adds to the basic
           see this love of mine in a                                                          levels of texture.  Grey
           variety of places whether                                                           Poupon  Coarse Mustard
           it be school, my house,                                                             tends to accentuate  the
           Publix,  or a variety of                                                            flavors of that come from
           other places where I am                                                             the meat and cheese with-
           able to express my feel-                                                            out overpowering their
           ings. With such a multi-                                                            delicate  flavors.  As  my
           faceted love  as sand-                                                              teeth tear into the rest of
           wiches there are a great                                                            the sandwich I hit the lay-
           deal of  questions can                                                              er of Kraft Olive Oil mayo.
           be  asked.  Probably  the                                                           In preparing a lunch meat
           most important question                                                             and cheese sandwich it is
           to  answer is to  specify                                                           necessary to use a deli-
           what type of sandwich                                                               cate hand when applying
           I love. With a taste such   (Above) Concrete Vitality, Emily Goldin, Grade 11, Photography.  the layer of mayo as there
           as mine it is hard to differ                                                       is a very delicate balance
           which kind is my favorite. I tend to have the greatest love   between  applying  an overwhelming  amount and a layer
           for the sandwich type I’m currently biting into whether its   that blends the flavors of the sandwich in a way the Gordon
           a hoagie, “Pub-sub,”artisanal sandwich, lunch meat sand-  Ramsay would approve.
           wich, fold over, toasted sandwich, pressed sandwich, or any      Of course it is also important to get to the meat of
           other variety. In order to accurately and succinctly express   the situation. In this case the meat of the situation is really
           my feelings I felt it would be best to cover the sandwich I   meat and cheese. Even though these two items make up the
           have the most often, a lunch meat and cheese sandwich.   most of my sandwiches (besides the bread) they normally
           Its most basic form consists of two slices of bread, a few   have a smaller effect than most of the condiments.
           slices of a various meat and cheese, mustard, and mayo.   Love, Continued on Page 8...
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