Warning!! Very minor spoiler for last night's The Sopranos.

On last night's Sopranos, Carmella made sandwiches she called Lincoln Logs.
She spread some white stuff onto split sausages that may have been hotdogs.
I thought at first it was mayo, but then she put a container of what I'm
pretty sure was whipped cream cheese in the refrigerator. I suppose it
could have been anything in the container, but Carmella doesn't strike me as
the sort of woman who reuses old cream cheese containers.

The sandwich was served on sliced bread, which was wrapped around the
sausage/whatever filling concoction.

Anyone ever heard of or had a sandwich like that before? It struck me as a
fairly disgusting concoction, and yet Carmella Soprano always seems to be a
pretty good cook. Tony's always rooting around the frig looking for
leftover baked ziti or bracciole or something.

Anny

Anny Middon wrote:
Warning!! Very minor spoiler for last night's The Sopranos.

On last night's Sopranos, Carmella made sandwiches she called Lincoln
Logs. She spread some white stuff onto split sausages that may have
been hotdogs. I thought at first it was mayo, but then she put a
container of what I'm pretty sure was whipped cream cheese in the
refrigerator. I suppose it could have been anything in the
container, but Carmella doesn't strike me as the sort of woman who
reuses old cream cheese containers.

The sandwich was served on sliced bread, which was wrapped around the
sausage/whatever filling concoction.

Anyone ever heard of or had a sandwich like that before? It struck
me as a fairly disgusting concoction, and yet Carmella Soprano always
seems to be a pretty good cook. Tony's always rooting around the
frig looking for leftover baked ziti or bracciole or something.

Anny

I thought the sandwiches looked absolutely disgusting myself. And my
husband, who will eat darn near ANYTHING also grimaced. It did look like a
hotdog split down the center with white goop on it. I was wondering if it
was ricotta and then nixed that idea because it didn't seem like it would
fit. Then I wondered if it could be some sort of horseradish sauce? Maybe
a spicy Italian sausage? That's the best I can think of.

kili

In article ,
says...

Carmella Soprano always seems to be a
pretty good cook



Please borrow a dictionary and look up "fiction."


--
Peter Aitken

Anny Middon wrote:

Warning!! Very minor spoiler for last night's The Sopranos.

On last night's Sopranos, Carmella made sandwiches she called Lincoln
Logs. She spread some white stuff onto split sausages that may have
been hotdogs. I thought at first it was mayo, but then she put a
container of what I'm pretty sure was whipped cream cheese in the
refrigerator. I suppose it could have been anything in the
container, but Carmella doesn't strike me as the sort of woman who
reuses old cream cheese containers.

The sandwich was served on sliced bread, which was wrapped around the
sausage/whatever filling concoction.

It puzzled me, too. I looked up Lincoln Logs and I found everything
from chicken croquettes to desserts made from mayple syrup and peanut
butter. I thought Lincoln Logs was a Boy/Girl Scouts treat.

Becca

"Peter A" wrote

says...

Carmella Soprano always seems to be a
pretty good cook

Please borrow a dictionary and look up "fiction."

Why? Characters have bios that the writers follow, and if she's
a good cook that's what would be noted.

nancy

"Peter A" wrote in message
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In article ,
says...

Carmella Soprano always seems to be a
pretty good cook



Please borrow a dictionary and look up "fiction."

Huh? I'm totally at a loss with this one.

Yes, Carmella Soprano is a fictional character. But The Sopranos seems to
be better than most television dramas at being internally consistent within
their fictional world. It's somewhat out of character for her to make
something disgusting unless it's a family (as opposed of course to Family)
tradition kind of thing. Which under the fictional circumstances of the
episode did make sense.

But the question still remains -- are Lincoln Log sandwiches something that
others have had? Perhaps it's an item local to New Jersey.

BTW, you may be interested in this:

http://www.amazon.com/Sopranos-Famil...9764542&sr=1-1
or
http://tinyurl.com/33er3g

Anny

I have the episode on DVR - it's Philadelphia Cream Cheese. Sausage
and Cream Cheese is actually really good. We usually use hard salami,
but any sort of cured meat is good with it. It's most common on a
bagel or french bread.

Desirea
The Steeping Pot
www.SteepingPot.com

"kilikini" wrote in message
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I thought the sandwiches looked absolutely disgusting myself. And my
husband, who will eat darn near ANYTHING also grimaced. It did look like
a
hotdog split down the center with white goop on it. I was wondering if it
was ricotta and then nixed that idea because it didn't seem like it would
fit. Then I wondered if it could be some sort of horseradish sauce?
Maybe
a spicy Italian sausage? That's the best I can think of.

I wondered whether it was some kind of spicy sausage, but it seemed like it
was served cold. At least it couldn't have been much warmer than room
temperature when Tony started scarfing one down. Plus I thought if it was
hot it would have likely melted whatever that white stuff was.

I suppose this is doomed to be another Sopranos' mystery.

OK -- spoiler space --

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Maybe AJ took a good look at the Lincoln Logs and decided that if this is
the best life has to offer, may as well off himself.

Anny

Becca wrote:
Anny Middon wrote:

The sandwich was served on sliced bread, which was wrapped around the
sausage/whatever filling concoction.

It puzzled me, too. I looked up Lincoln Logs and I found everything
from chicken croquettes to desserts made from mayple syrup and peanut
butter. I thought Lincoln Logs was a Boy/Girl Scouts treat.

Becca

I always thought they were toys for building miniature log cabins

In article ,
says...

"Peter A" wrote

says...

Carmella Soprano always seems to be a
pretty good cook

Please borrow a dictionary and look up "fiction."

Why? Characters have bios that the writers follow, and if she's
a good cook that's what would be noted.

nancy



Because it is a made-up bio and any cooking skills in the bio are also
made up.

Also, do not forget corporate greed. There has already been at least one
Sopranos cookbook, and I would not put it past the corporate money-
grubbers to add elements to the plot that would increase profits from
such spin-offs. They know that there are plenty noodle-heads and
treacle-brains to fall for such tripe.


--
Peter Aitken

In article ,
says...
Please borrow a dictionary and look up "fiction."

Huh? I'm totally at a loss with this one.

Yes, Carmella Soprano is a fictional character. But The Sopranos seems to
be better than most television dramas at being internally consistent within
their fictional world. It's somewhat out of character for her to make
something disgusting unless it's a family (as opposed of course to Family)
tradition kind of thing. Which under the fictional circumstances of the
episode did make sense


Perhaps you are right. Obviously, you and others follow and are involved
in the Sopranos a lot more than I. Although I really like the show, it
is just a TV show to me and nothing more.


--
Peter Aitken

"Peter A" wrote

says...

"Peter A" wrote

says...

Carmella Soprano always seems to be a
pretty good cook

Please borrow a dictionary and look up "fiction."

Why? Characters have bios that the writers follow, and if she's
a good cook that's what would be noted.

Because it is a made-up bio and any cooking skills in the bio are also
made up.

Yes, but they are usually consistant. The writers are supposed to know
the character. I'm sure the actress does.

nancy

"Nancy Young" wrote in
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"Peter A" wrote

says...

"Peter A" wrote

says...

Carmella Soprano always seems to be a
pretty good cook

Please borrow a dictionary and look up "fiction."

Why? Characters have bios that the writers follow, and if she's
a good cook that's what would be noted.

Because it is a made-up bio and any cooking skills in the bio are also
made up.

Yes, but they are usually consistant. The writers are supposed to know
the character. I'm sure the actress does.

nancy



How do you get to know a fictional character...It ain't like you can go
for lunch with them.

--

The house of the burning beet-Alan

It'll be a sunny day in August, when the Moon will shine that night-
Elbonian Folklore

hahabogus wrote:
"Nancy Young" wrote in
:


"Peter A" wrote

says...

"Peter A" wrote

says...

Carmella Soprano always seems to be a
pretty good cook

Please borrow a dictionary and look up "fiction."

Why? Characters have bios that the writers follow, and if she's
a good cook that's what would be noted.

Because it is a made-up bio and any cooking skills in the bio are
also made up.

Yes, but they are usually consistant. The writers are supposed to
know the character. I'm sure the actress does.

nancy



How do you get to know a fictional character...It ain't like you can
go for lunch with them.

For all you know I'm a fictional character But I've "cooked" with many
of you!

In article ,
says...

Please borrow a dictionary and look up "fiction."

Why? Characters have bios that the writers follow, and if she's
a good cook that's what would be noted.

Because it is a made-up bio and any cooking skills in the bio are also
made up.

Yes, but they are usually consistant. The writers are supposed to know
the character. I'm sure the actress does.

nancy



What's important for a TV show is that things LOOK good, not that they
actually BE good. My guess is that this cooking scene was carefully
planned to catch people's attention and generate discussion that would
generate more viewers for the show. Or, it was an inside joke, "let's
pull a fast one on the viewers, we'll show a horrid recipe and they'll
be moaning and groaning about it for weeks."


--
Peter Aitken