Road trip sandwich and martini pairing (Guest post)

What a delight it is for us to share this guest post from fellow hors d'oeuvre and apertif lovers, Karl and Lady Blach. Please enjoy responsibly (i.e. only on a make believe road trip where real driving doesn't happen)! Now picture this...

The road stretches out before you. Fifteen hundred miles lie behind.  You roll down the window only to be blasted with exhaust and dust - the Nevada desert at its finest. “Time for a pit stop”, you think as you find your eyes searching for an oasis. No oasis to be found, but there is a pull-off with a dirty bathroom that is most likely teeming with disease. It’s time for a road trip sandwich.  As you reach back for the cooler, you realize your partner in road trip crime has finished off the water. “Oh well,” you think. “Guess I’ll have a martini instead”.

Road trip sandwich:

·Prep time – 10 minutes
·Cook time – 0 minutes

Ingredients:

·         Club Crackers

·         Miracle Whip

·         Pop-Rocks

Instructions:

· Open your box of club crackers and search for a whole one that has all the corners. Don’t skimp on the corners
· Use your finger to slather on the miracle whip, making sure to coat every corner. Again, don’t skimp on the corners
· Last but not least, tear open a packet of pop rocks with your teeth and sprinkle generously to complete the sandwich
· Scarf the sandwich quickly to feel the tingly sensation as the pop-rocks hit your empty stomach.

Road trip martini:

·         Prep time – 10 minutes

·         Cook time – 10 minutes

Ingredients:

·         Gin

·         Corn tortilla chips

·         Sunflower seeds

·         Pop-Rocks

Instructions:

·         Pour a generous portion of Gin into your Nalgene (approximately 4 jiggers)

·         Crush up some tortilla chips, shell some sunflower seeds and add both to the Nalgene (Editors note: Everyone knows the easiest way to shell sunflower seeds is with your teeth. Feel free to spit the shell into the drink too for added salty goodness!)

·         Shake vigorously (no stirring here!) for a few minutes, and then set on the hood of the car to warm (approximately 10 minutes)

·         Serve alongside another packet  of pop-rocks (be sure not to mix in the same container – you want the explosion to happen IN your stomach, not in the Nalgene)