Pita Panzanella
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…Neverland- No. Er…Cod fish!
*sigh* As you may well imagine, being the smart-alec that I am, that I’m trying my utmost to make a Peter Pan joke here. It just seems like a hugely wasted opportunity, when the word play is so brilliant - It’s right there, but it’s doing nothing for me!
If there’s anyone out there willing to crack a pun for me, then go ahead - I look forward to ‘lol-ing’ at it.
There is method to my madness, mind you; I mean, I don’t put things like this together, just to satisfy my discovery of a slightly humorous name. Quite to the contrary, it was my intention, to submit this twist on the classic Italian leftover salad, ‘Panzanella’, to the most recent edition of Root Source.
The theme was ‘Pita bread’, and that decisive moment of deviant genius, I thought: “Hey, I’ll just dismantle a Turkey sandwich and call it a salad. It’ll be a hit!”
It wasn’t until I took a look at the deadline, to see how long I could put this off for, smug in the knowledge that I had a post ready to go, that I realised I had missed the deadline by something stupid like 2 hours.
“Bastard!” I know, that’s exactly what I thought too. It was at this point that resigned to the fact, that making it just to share the funny name was going to have to do. Not only that, but it gave me an excuse to buy sliced Deli meats from my local Butchers - Which I love doing; I always buy extra, since eating it straight from the crumpled paper bag, is impossible to resist.
Lemon-Pesto dressing, rub the toasted Pita with a cut clove of garlic, and you’re ready to go. I just hope that the majestic immensity of the original joke wasn’t lost on a single one of you - Pita Panzanella! You can’t even make that stuff up.
“Majestic immensity?” Clearly, the deli meat had gone bad and the reactive psychosis has set in. KIDDING. I’m pretty sure you’ll slag me off to no end if I keep this up. Okay, you are the master of clever puns
Hee hee. I won’t even attempt one.
Beautiful salad. I prefer cherry tomatoes, myself
I love how you can bite into one and take someone’s eye out from 6 meters away. Maybe you can attempt to send it anyway (really, it was late, time zones notwithstanding?) so your brilliance can be realized.
I was intentionally over-egging my pudding with that “majestic immensity” bit, you know. Yeah, you know.
And hey, don’t be so sure - You’re hot shit around these clever cracks too.
But yeah, I can’t be bothered to send it now. It’s over, lol.
wow what a site. am totally coming back to this again and again. great pics
thumbs up. x
panzanella seems to be the next big thing around food blogs.
seeing yours, I can quite understand why. beautiful.
xx fanny
I love pita bread, Graeme. I should try it this way, too.
Thanks all, very much appreciated.
diva - Woo! I look forward to seeing you more often.
Fanny - All the kids are doing it these days, eh?
Patricia - Thank you - It’s somethign a little different.
You are such a crack up! I like your pita panzanella, but who can I use that on?? The dish is lovely and yes, I too cannae help but sneak a slice of deli meat from the bag!
Lovely salad with great use of the humble pita bread.
Your blog is gorgeous, and the pictures are so scrumptious :)! I can almost taste this delicious dish!
Gorgeous photos! That second one is perfect and makes me feel quite jealous of your photographic abilities!!
Jen - Oh, stop!
Just stop it.
Nicisme - Thanks!
Sophie - Thank you. Much appreciated.
Robin - Photography is great, you just never stop learning.
Neverland..haha. Pita Pita Panzanella-eata?
Wow that looks gorgeous.