“Slices of salami and mozzarella with tomatoes, pesto sauce and mayonnaise on malted brown bread.”
I was planning to work late one day, so on my way back from lunch I grabbed a sandwich from Tesco for my supper. The package proclaimed “We use a traditional coarse Italian salami, creamy mozzarella and pesto made from the fine Ligurian basil to give this sandwich a true taste of Italy. The basil, grown by a third generation farmer just outside Genoa, is chopped and preserved in oil to protect its delicate flavour, aroma and vibrant green colour.”
I thought a True Taste of Italy and agri-culinary connection to a Genoan farmer would be just the thing to inspire me on to a few more hours of software testing. In reality, the sandwich provided a Taste of Prepackaged Sandwich–the taste of the airport, the gas station, the convenience store. The taste of food that is decent enough to get you to your next meal. It was the tomato that did it in. Tomatoes never survive encased in plastic and refrigerated. This sandwich would have been much better without it. Then the basil wouldn’t have died in vain.
Price: €???
Serving: 182g
Sugar: 6g
Fat: 27.5g ( 10.2g sat.)
Salt: 2.6g
Fibre: 3.64g
Taste = 4 | Nutrition = 3 | Foodiness = 4 | Overall = 3.7
Tomatoes just can’t stand the test! great post Sharon
Ah, I know, Fergus. Sadly, sometimes even fresh tomatoes aren’t worthy of being on a sandwich!