If you're wondering what I did on my day off, I took my son to a place called Munchies 420 Cafe, which was featured on the Travel Channel show Man vs.Food last September. The place has several specialties, but the one that was featured on the show was the "Super Fat Daddy," a huge sandwich that includes -- among other things -- six cheeseburgers, french fries, mozzerella sticks, chicken fingers and, I think, a live possum -- and is topped with macaroni and cheese.
I'll just throw it right out there. Even I couldn't finish something like that, and my throat expands the same way as a boa constrictor's to fit the size of my meals. I had one of the cafe's famous Philly Steaks, which was terrific, and my son Dan had a "Fat Sandy," which is a smaller version of the signature sandwich.
If you're curious, you can find the show on You Tube,, but I've included a cell phone photo of the "Fat Sandy,'' which Dan proclaimed was one of the best sandwiches he has ever consumed. And, trust me, if you're trying to gauge whether he has eaten enough sandwiches to be qualified to make that kind of judgment, you'll just have to take my word for it that the apple does not fall far from the tree.
Now that I think about it, I should have put a ruler next to the sandwich so you could get a feel for how large it really is, but you'll just have to take my word for it. The castaways on Gilligan's Island could have survived on one for a month.
Gastronomical update: My kid was re-evaluating the Fat Sandy last night. He still thinks it is one of the tastiest sandwiches he ever had, but it was weighing a little heavy by nightfall and the diet guilt was setting in. "I don't know if I feel sick,'' he said, "or just dirty."
Photo by noted sandwich photographer Dan Schmuck