In my “more mature” years, I find that people around me already have everything they need, so buying a gift becomes a lot more impersonal. I’m also not that much a fan of giving gift cards unless I know the person wants/needs something at a particular store that I can’t afford to buy, therefore a donation to that purchase can be a good idea.

So with this in mind, birthdays and Christmas shopping has become more of a “what material” do I need to make a more personal gift for that special person in my life. My sister’s birthday came and went recently and I decided that a perfect gift would be to use the recipes my father had gathered throughout his life and use DR’s graphic design talent to lay them all out so we could make a cook book out of it. We found the perfect book to use so we could insert all the recipes in. Of course, one cannot be TOO serious about such gifts, so I had to add some of my more humourous recipes. In the middle of the book, I insertedPain Grillé which consist of taking 2 pieces of bread, put them in the toaster and wait. I also added Céréales where you take a box of cereal, pour some of it in a bowl, add milk and eat. You know, fun easy stuff, that I even can’t fuck up.

I also had to revisit some of my favourite recipes from when I was a kid, you know the ones you’d never hear of unless your parents grew up in certain French speaking only area of Montreal… One of those classics I added was Sandwiche au Patates Frites… 2 pieces of white buttered bread, add a thick coating of Heinz ketchup and than cover with French Fries (not the freaking crap you find in the frozen section) or Onion Rings (if you chose that crazy option you must then change to BBQ sauce instead of ketchup of course)… Trust me, it’s delicious. When my mom and sister were here last week, we invested in some Gourmet Burger fries, onion rings and sweet potato fries and made the best sandwiches a luncher could ever wish for… It was DR’s first time and it was my first time since the late 60’s early 70’s… What a “fat” treat it was.

Tonight, for dinner, I’m showing DR how to make Sandwiche Au Poulet Plein De Ketchup. Simple really, take some chunks of cold leftover chicken, put on buttered bread, kill a ketchup bottle over the meat and eat. Yuuuuuuummmmmyyyyyyy. You’ll be back for seconds.

For more on these delicious options, please send a stamped self-addressed return envelope to SharkBoy’s home and you too could delight your loved one with these classics in no time. And as a bonus, if you act before midnight, you will also receive the ever coveted Radish Sandwiches recipe. But it’s not all, if you add a nice compliment, I might include the sausauge link / ketchup rolled-up sandwiches recipes your special events won’t be able to do without in the future. It’s that good.

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