Torrisi Turkey, Part 2
Surely just a turkey sandwich could be replicable, right? Try your best to copy the ingredients, get the good stuff, and voila–you’ll be a copy cat in no time. What I discovered in this exercise, and I should have known better after gobbling them up 3 different times, is that when it comes to Torrisi Italian Specialities, it’s never JUST a turkey sandwich. Or JUST chicken parm. Or JUST anything. It’s simple, yes. Ingredient lists are likely short in this operation, but I think it’s the details and intangibles that might make this sandwich so good–the TLC in the technique–maybe it’s just that euphoria you get because “someone else made it for you.” All of that being said, my copy was very good. If you can’t get to Torrisi to try their turkey sandwich, by all means, make this at home. But if you can get there, please do. And do so soon. It’s espcially good timing as they’ve just opened a new spot next door, appropriately called PARM. Parm’s menu looks AH-mazing. You can …