THE Liver Cheese Sandwich

I got sidetracked and carried away in the Red Beans and Rice Post about the Liver Cheese Sandwich. That happens to me a lot.

Liver Cheese. Trust me and pay a little more to get the liver cheese that comes with thin deli paper IN BETWEEN each liver cheese slice. Otherwise you’ll tear it apart trying to get it out and it will be a big mess. They should make that a law that the manufacturer has to put that in there.

If you get some without the paper in between, no worries. Use a flat blade kitchen knife, and carefully slide it under and around the slice to separate it. The last pack of Ziegler’s I bought had no paper, but it was easier than usual to “slice” off. If you are getting it from a butcher or deli, politely ask them to put a sheet of their deli paper in between the slices.

I remove the white “fat” strip around the outside of the liver cheese slice. Mickey and Clarence usually get that (in moderation).

I am a NUT about soft bread. I will use stale bread for bread crumbs, grilled cheese, toast, but on a sandwich I want really super soft fresh white bread. Yes, WHITE bread. Not wheat, not rye, WHITE bread. And on this particular sandwich, fresh soft white bread is IMPORTANT.

Spread both sides of the bread LIBERALLY with mayonnaise. I am pretty PICKY about mayonnaise too. People get really touchy about their mayonnaise. If you have your own special brand that is great, I totally understand. My special brand WAS Kraft Mayonnaise. EXCEPT have you heard? They changed the recipe! If it ain’t broke don’t fix it, so… you are on your own with the mayo, choose wisely. Mayonnaise is either GOOD or BAD, there ain’t no in between. I’m thinking I’ll be trying small jars until I find the perfect one. I’m looking at Duke’s, Hellman’s; we have some brands here like BAMA, Deep South.

Comment in with your mayonnaise choices!

I sometimes make homemade mayonnaise and that is a pretty wonderful thing you might consider putting on The Bucket List. Recipe on that later.

After liberally spreading mayo on each bread slice, sprinkle with fresh ground black pepper. If you don’t have fresh ground that is fine. I just prefer fresh ground.

Place a slice of tomato on one side of the bread. Lightly salt. Now add two slices of liver cheese with the white outer fat rim removed (unless you just happen to enjoy eating that.)

If you did this right, and used SOFT bread, GOOD mayonnaise, a RIPE tasty tomato, and the liver cheese with salt and pepper, slap that sucker together and enjoy.

I am the ONLY PERSON in my home that likes liver cheese. I don’t know what is wrong with some people. That is ok, they don’t know what they’re missing.

As I stated in the Red Beans and Rice post, The Rancher’s Daughter and her Liver Cheese Sandwich in the rural south is reminiscent of Jimmy Buffet and his Cheeseburger in Paradise.