Sopranos sandwich

Anny Middon said:

Warning!! Very minor spoiler for last night's The Sopranos.

On last night's Sopranos, Carmella made sandwiches she called Lincoln
Logs. She spread some white stuff onto split sausages that may have
been hotdogs. I thought at first it was mayo, but then she put a
container of what I'm pretty sure was whipped cream cheese in the
refrigerator. I suppose it could have been anything in the
container, but Carmella doesn't strike me as the sort of woman who
reuses old cream cheese containers.

The sandwich was served on sliced bread, which was wrapped around the
sausage/whatever filling concoction.

Anyone ever heard of or had a sandwich like that before? It struck
me as a fairly disgusting concoction, and yet Carmella Soprano always
seems to be a pretty good cook. Tony's always rooting around the
frig looking for leftover baked ziti or bracciole or something.

Anny

I thought the sandwiches looked absolutely disgusting myself. And my
husband, who will eat darn near ANYTHING also grimaced. It did look like a
hotdog split down the center with white goop on it. I was wondering if it
was ricotta and then nixed that idea because it didn't seem like it would
fit. Then I wondered if it could be some sort of horseradish sauce? Maybe
a spicy Italian sausage? That's the best I can think of.

kili

Anny Middon said:

On last night's Sopranos, Carmella made sandwiches she called Lincoln
Logs.
She spread some white stuff onto split sausages that may have been
hotdogs.
I thought at first it was mayo, but then she put a container of what I'm
pretty sure was whipped cream cheese in the refrigerator. I suppose it
could have been anything in the container, but Carmella doesn't strike me
as
the sort of woman who reuses old cream cheese containers.

The sandwich was served on sliced bread, which was wrapped around the
sausage/whatever filling concoction.

Anyone ever heard of or had a sandwich like that before? It struck me as
a
fairly disgusting concoction, and yet Carmella Soprano always seems to be
a
pretty good cook. Tony's always rooting around the frig looking for
leftover baked ziti or bracciole or something.

Anny

I no longer have HBO, therefor didn't watch the show. However, an educated
guess would be Italian Sausage (sweet or salsiccia) sandwich; the spread in
a tub could have been ricotta but more likely would have been a "fresh" (as
opposed to canned/jar) Italian cream sauce. Several specialty stores here
sell various Italian sauces (red, alfredo, etc.) in refrigerator-case tubs
ranging from 8 to 16oz. I suspect the referenced sandwich to be Italian
sausage with a parmesan-based cream sauce.

I prefer Italian sausage with peppers and onions, which is what I had for
dinner last night; rather than a sandwich I simply dished it up and served
with garlic bread. Leftovers were cut into small pieces and stuffed into
an omelet for breakfast this morning, topped with a bit of salsa and cheese.
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Carmella Soprano always seems to be a
pretty good cook

Please borrow a dictionary and look up "fiction."

--
Peter Aitken

Anny Middon said:

Warning!! Very minor spoiler for last night's The Sopranos.

On last night's Sopranos, Carmella made sandwiches she called Lincoln
Logs. She spread some white stuff onto split sausages that may have
been hotdogs. I thought at first it was mayo, but then she put a
container of what I'm pretty sure was whipped cream cheese in the
refrigerator. I suppose it could have been anything in the
container, but Carmella doesn't strike me as the sort of woman who
reuses old cream cheese containers.

The sandwich was served on sliced bread, which was wrapped around the
sausage/whatever filling concoction.

It puzzled me, too. I looked up Lincoln Logs and I found everything
from chicken croquettes to desserts made from mayple syrup and peanut
butter. I thought Lincoln Logs was a Boy/Girl Scouts treat.

Becca

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Carmella Soprano always seems to be a
pretty good cook

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Please borrow a dictionary and look up "fiction."

Why? Characters have bios that the writers follow, and if she's
a good cook that's what would be noted.

nancy

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Carmella Soprano always seems to be a
pretty good cook

Please borrow a dictionary and look up "fiction."

Huh? I'm totally at a loss with this one.

Yes, Carmella Soprano is a fictional character. But The Sopranos seems to
be better than most television dramas at being internally consistent within
their fictional world. It's somewhat out of character for her to make
something disgusting unless it's a family (as opposed of course to Family)
tradition kind of thing. Which under the fictional circumstances of the
episode did make sense.

But the question still remains -- are Lincoln Log sandwiches something that
others have had? Perhaps it's an item local to New Jersey.

BTW, you may be interested in this:

http://www.amazon.com/Sopranos-Family-Cookbook-Compiled-Artie/dp/0446530573/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-8895432-2388924?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1179764542&sr=1-1
or
http://tinyurl.com/33er3g

Anny

I have the episode on DVR - it's Philadelphia Cream Cheese. Sausage
and Cream Cheese is actually really good. We usually use hard salami,
but any sort of cured meat is good with it. It's most common on a
bagel or french bread.

Desirea
The Steeping Pot
www.SteepingPot.com

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I thought the sandwiches looked absolutely disgusting myself. And my
husband, who will eat darn near ANYTHING also grimaced. It did look like
a
hotdog split down the center with white goop on it. I was wondering if it
was ricotta and then nixed that idea because it didn't seem like it would
fit. Then I wondered if it could be some sort of horseradish sauce?
Maybe
a spicy Italian sausage? That's the best I can think of.

I wondered whether it was some kind of spicy sausage, but it seemed like it
was served cold. At least it couldn't have been much warmer than room
temperature when Tony started scarfing one down. Plus I thought if it was
hot it would have likely melted whatever that white stuff was.

I suppose this is doomed to be another Sopranos' mystery.

OK -- spoiler space --

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Maybe AJ took a good look at the Lincoln Logs and decided that if this is
the best life has to offer, may as well off himself.

Anny

Becca said:

Anny Middon said:

The sandwich was served on sliced bread, which was wrapped around the
sausage/whatever filling concoction.

It puzzled me, too. I looked up Lincoln Logs and I found everything
from chicken croquettes to desserts made from mayple syrup and peanut
butter. I thought Lincoln Logs was a Boy/Girl Scouts treat.

Becca

I always thought they were toys for building miniature log cabins 🙂

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"Peter A" <[email hidden]> wrote

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Carmella Soprano always seems to be a
pretty good cook

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Please borrow a dictionary and look up "fiction."

Why? Characters have bios that the writers follow, and if she's
a good cook that's what would be noted.

nancy

Because it is a made-up bio and any cooking skills in the bio are also
made up.

Also, do not forget corporate greed. There has already been at least one
Sopranos cookbook, and I would not put it past the corporate money-
grubbers to add elements to the plot that would increase profits from
such spin-offs. They know that there are plenty noodle-heads and
treacle-brains to fall for such tripe.

--
Peter Aitken

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Please borrow a dictionary and look up "fiction."

Huh? I'm totally at a loss with this one.

Yes, Carmella Soprano is a fictional character. But The Sopranos seems to
be better than most television dramas at being internally consistent within
their fictional world. It's somewhat out of character for her to make
something disgusting unless it's a family (as opposed of course to Family)
tradition kind of thing. Which under the fictional circumstances of the
episode did make sense

Perhaps you are right. Obviously, you and others follow and are involved
in the Sopranos a lot more than I. Although I really like the show, it
is just a TV show to me and nothing more.

--
Peter Aitken

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"Peter A" <[email hidden]> wrote

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> Carmella Soprano always seems to be a
> pretty good cook

Quoted message said:

Please borrow a dictionary and look up "fiction."

Why? Characters have bios that the writers follow, and if she's
a good cook that's what would be noted.

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Because it is a made-up bio and any cooking skills in the bio are also
made up.

Yes, but they are usually consistant. The writers are supposed to know
the character. I'm sure the actress does.

nancy

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>> Carmella Soprano always seems to be a
>> pretty good cook

> Please borrow a dictionary and look up "fiction."

Why? Characters have bios that the writers follow, and if she's
a good cook that's what would be noted.

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Because it is a made-up bio and any cooking skills in the bio are also
made up.

Yes, but they are usually consistant. The writers are supposed to know
the character. I'm sure the actress does.

nancy

How do you get to know a fictional character...It ain't like you can go
for lunch with them.

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It'll be a sunny day in August, when the Moon will shine that night-
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> "Peter A" <[email hidden]> wrote
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>>> Carmella Soprano always seems to be a
>>> pretty good cook
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>> Please borrow a dictionary and look up "fiction."
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> Why? Characters have bios that the writers follow, and if she's
> a good cook that's what would be noted.

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Because it is a made-up bio and any cooking skills in the bio are
also made up.

Yes, but they are usually consistant. The writers are supposed to
know the character. I'm sure the actress does.

nancy

How do you get to know a fictional character...It ain't like you can
go for lunch with them.

For all you know I'm a fictional character 😉 But I've "cooked" with many
of you!

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> Please borrow a dictionary and look up "fiction."

Why? Characters have bios that the writers follow, and if she's
a good cook that's what would be noted.

Quoted message said:

Because it is a made-up bio and any cooking skills in the bio are also
made up.

Yes, but they are usually consistant. The writers are supposed to know
the character. I'm sure the actress does.

nancy

What's important for a TV show is that things LOOK good, not that they
actually BE good. My guess is that this cooking scene was carefully
planned to catch people's attention and generate discussion that would
generate more viewers for the show. Or, it was an inside joke, "let's
pull a fast one on the viewers, we'll show a horrid recipe and they'll
be moaning and groaning about it for weeks."

--
Peter Aitken

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>> Please borrow a dictionary and look up "fiction."
>
> Why? Characters have bios that the writers follow, and if she's
> a good cook that's what would be noted.

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Because it is a made-up bio and any cooking skills in the bio are
also made up.

Yes, but they are usually consistant. The writers are supposed to
know the character. I'm sure the actress does.

nancy

What's important for a TV show is that things LOOK good, not that they
actually BE good. My guess is that this cooking scene was carefully
planned to catch people's attention and generate discussion that would
generate more viewers for the show. Or, it was an inside joke, "let's
pull a fast one on the viewers, we'll show a horrid recipe and they'll
be moaning and groaning about it for weeks."

LOL! You know, of course, that much of the fantastic looking food in
magazines isn't something you'd really want to eat. It's all in the
appearance. "Ice Cream", for example, is frequently made from chilled lard
because it won't melt (much!) during the many takes to get that perfect
photo for the advertisement. Maybe some people would like a nice bite of
chilled lard but I'm not one of them. There are other examples but I can't
think of another one off the top of my head.

Jill

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OK -- spoiler space --

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Maybe AJ took a good look at the Lincoln Logs and decided that if
this is the best life has to offer, may as well off himself.

Anny

In a pool, with a brick and a bag over a bad hotdog idea? I dunno about
that one. :~)

kili

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Carmella Soprano always seems to be a
pretty good cook

Please borrow a dictionary and look up "fiction."

There was a Fried Green Tomatoes cookbook. Obviously no one ever made
FGT before the movie 😉

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Anny Middon said:

Warning!! Very minor spoiler for last night's The Sopranos.

On last night's Sopranos, Carmella made sandwiches she called Lincoln
Logs. She spread some white stuff onto split sausages that may have
been hotdogs. I thought at first it was mayo, but then she put a
container of what I'm pretty sure was whipped cream cheese in the
refrigerator. I suppose it could have been anything in the
container, but Carmella doesn't strike me as the sort of woman who
reuses old cream cheese containers.

The sandwich was served on sliced bread, which was wrapped around the
sausage/whatever filling concoction.

It puzzled me, too. I looked up Lincoln Logs and I found everything
from chicken croquettes to desserts made from mayple syrup and peanut
butter. I thought Lincoln Logs was a Boy/Girl Scouts treat.

To the last reference re: B?G Scouts....I believe you are confusing with
Ants on a Log...i.e Peanut butter spread inside a stalk of celery and topped
with raisins Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

KW

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Becca