Smoked turkey, egg and aged cheddar on whole wheat: it's what the McMuffin should have been

Every odd weekend, Cakes and I attempt to get up early enough to get ourselves an Egg McMuffin. I know. Don't even say it. I am what I am.

Luckily for us, we very nearly never make it up and out the door on time. Which leaves us to our own devices in the arena of the breakfast sandwich.

This weekend we hit upon a great, grown up version of the McMuffin. All courtesy of an impromptu shop-up at the local German deli that is a mere block and a half away from my house. All I had intended to get when I walked through the deli doors was a jar of amazing pickled green beans that I've never seen anywhere else. What I ended up with was three jars of the beans, a block of pistachio halva, a coconut-middle Ritter Sport, a block aged cheddar cheese, and a beautiful smoked turkey thigh. I really oughtn't to be allowed in a store like that unsupervised. Not if we want to have any retirement savings or be able to see our waistlines into next year.

It was the smoked turkey thigh that made the Mega McMuffin possible, that and the fresh whole wheat English muffins I'd also picked up. Picture it: toasted, soft whole wheat English muffins, topped with thick slices of aged cheddar cheese, smoked turkey and free range double-yolk eggs. I reckon we've eaten our last Maccas version.

Now I'm off to try to duplicate my mum's famous smoked turkey, onion and potato soup. Seriously good stuff. You really should try some smoked turkey next time you've got a recipe you'd normally use bacon or ham in. The smoked turkey is juicy, and the meat velvety, in a way that ham never is.

Comments

[Raspberry Sour]

This enticing German deli doesn't happen to be K&K on Whyte and 99st? It was always one of my favourite grocery stores in Edmonton, and I've never satisfactorily replaced it here in Toronto.

[Zarah Maria]

Oh my, that looks and sounds divine! McDonalds GO HOME!!:-)

[Lyn]

R.S. - It is indeed K&K. I love popping in there. I always find at least a half dozen things I've never seen before. (P.S. Welcome back to the blogosphere. We missed you.)

Zarah Maria, Indeed!

[clare eats]

Oh I agree,
This is MUCH better :)

[Raspberry Sour]

Miss Lyn, thank you, your lengthy memory is deeply flattering. I am most humbled.

I'm glad to hear you're enjoying K&K- I've been in Toronto for well over a year, and I'm still craving K&K, among others. Home is home.

[Don]

Mmm.. K&K.. I love their smoked fish (not just salmon)

Now I will have to go check out their smoked turkey.

In a totally unrelated FYI: I believe, if you happen to have a shot a deer that you can't take all the meat for, K&K will butcher it and donate it to various food charities in the City.

[Lyn]

Don,

Do check it out - a huge smoked thigh runs about 4 bucks and will do for several meals! Also - look for the Della Terra(SP?) brand "Drunken Green Beans" on the bottom shelf of the canned veg aisle near the sauerkraut. They are fantastic, esp. wrapped in a thin slice of good cured meat such as pepperoni!

[free dental care]

Wheat can be found in many forms: flour, couscous, bulgur, pasta, seitan or wheat gluten. There are an infinite variety of breads prepared from wheat, such as biscuits, cakes, etc.. However, remember that white wheat lost many of their properties during the refining process.