our mountain breakfast sandwich

Gruezi! I'm lucky to live only a few miles from this place - but it is worth the trip. Good food, nice hot stove, a neat boutique and provisions - ie -candy, pastries, local cheese, wine and so on..http://www.warrenstore.com/ This is where we discovered the "ruetzler' breakfast sandwich. Here is my version which the kids wolfed down in under a nano second:

Basically, an english muffin toasted with melted ham, cheese, fried egg and tomatoes. I put mayo on the muffins but if I were making it for myself I would spice it up a bit and try some chipotle mayo - I used emmenthal and gruyere and next time I will serve it with the German barrel pickles. It's not open face but it takes a better picture that way.. I am not sure what the history of the sandwich is but I imagine it was introduced to us by someone with the name Ruetzli - which sounds Swiss German to me. It's not that far removed from the kaseschnitte mit ei or croute au fromage a l'oeuf which is also a staple in our household.

January 19, 2013 Saturday morning walk: First stop, the Warren Store, for a Ruetzler breakfast sandwich. Armed with a full belly, Daisy and I set out around the Sugarbush snow making pond - with George. It was slow going around the far side of the pond - snowshoes would have helped, but George bounded along happily with us in tow. No nudies out today. Safe from them I think for another few months! Stopped on the way home to pick up some english muffins so that we can make our own ruetzlers this weekend.

Later, with machine still on the blink, I hand-stitched a leather necklace pouch. I know it's supposed to be cool to hand-stitch everything these days but I feel that the art of machine stitching is as much an accomplishment and I for one, love the look. So, I am waiting for a new part and will be making a more polished version once my Bull is mended.