My cousin Bill (who is about 5 months older than I am) and I have been reminiscing about our youth, skiing in the Sierras. Our families grew up skiing at Sugar Bowl -- our fathers, brothers, jointly purchased a condo there. That was back in the day when there was no direct car access--you parked the vehicle and took the Magic Carpet into the resort.
Oh, my, how we prayed for a big windstorm to come up Sunday at noon, so the Carpet would shut down and we could stay another day. I am not sure it ever happened, neither is Bill, but it must have happened at least once for us to be so prayerful.
The lunchtime drill was this: leave the skis at the base of the lift. Walk back to the condo (Snow White 6, Ditz Central) -- usually in the company of a gaggle of friends. I remember as many as 25 kids invading--the nine cousins, plus a friend or two each. Clomp down the entry hallway and remove boots at the long bench outside.
Begin the mass production of Ditz Denver Sandwiches:
Ingredients:
- Thomas English Muffins, Fork Split.
- Butter, room temperature
- Whole dill pickles, thinly sliced longwise, rather thin
- Packaged sliced ham (the square, pre-sliced lunchmeat kind)
- Longhorn cheddar cheese rather thin (it comes in bricks, not rounds)
Assembly instructions:
- Broil the Engish muffins
- Butter the English muffins
- Stack the dill pickles, ham, and cheese on the English muffins
- Broil again, until the cheese is bubbly
- Serve
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