Sloppy Joe v 2.0

Sloppy Joe: 2008 Edition

I'm not sure what's going on, whether I'm becoming less cheap, busier, or hungrier, but somehow my blog appears to be skewing towards the culinary, while drifting precipitously away from my bread-and-butter cheap bastardry. Never to fear, though - the above meal was free, courtesy of Sloppy Joe Ritacco himself. I had a freebie coming my way in exchange for having driven the GM home a few nights prior (he, possibly a cheaper bastard than I, has discarded his vehicle in the store's parking lot after the axle more or less seceded from the body of the car), and endeavored to use it wisely. Fortuitously, Joe just happened to be managing the next time I worked, and I deftly reminded him that almost nine months or more had elapsed since our last Sloppy Joe experience. Taken aback, he agreed that it was time to renew acquaintances with this ninth wonder of the world, and the above was our reward. For the sake of contrast, I have also posted below the original Sloppy Joe. The major differences between the two: sourdough toast replaced Texas Toast (a product of me trying to eat a little less unhealthy), onion rings taking the place of fries (so much for less unhealthy...), and salsa and mustard added to the cornucopia of dressings involved in one way or another (I'm fairly confident this is the ONLY Sloppy Joe to ever incorporate 1000 Island salad dressing).

The Original Sloppy Joe

The verdict: it's hard to top an original, but let that never stop people from trying. Maybe I'm biased because I had a salad and a shake before digging into the new edition, while the original was consumed on an empty stomach. A side-by-side comparison may yield substantially different results.

More random adventures of some sort soon...