Worse Than a Hair Sandwich?

The other day at Mah Jongg my friend ordered a sandwich that sounded delicious, turkey and melted cheese, avocado with cranberry mayo and sprouts on grilled sunflower bread.  Not liking the texture of sprouts she asked the waiter to hold them off the sandwich.  Leaving off the only healthy part of the sandwich caused her a little guilt until all the other women spoke up that we too disliked sprouts.

To me the actual health benefits of such a minor player in a dish could be disputed so that part of the guilt should be relived.  There just is not much to sprouts except some annoying hair feeling in your mouth, so why add them?

In college I had a friend whose favorite bench-marking phrase was, “Is it worse than a hair sandwich?”   So clearly the inference is that anything resembling a hair sandwich is bad and that is what a sprouts sandwich feels like in my mouth.

I am certainly all for healthy food, but adding sprouts to a grilled cheese with turkey and avocado does not turn it into a health food option even if it is on sunflower bread.  Does eating the sprouts act as a balance to the rest of the dish?  If you want to eat a treat do as my friend did and make a real treat and own it.  Don’t accept the pacifying part you don’t like as a pardon for your indulgence.

One true honest to god decadence once in a blue moon is way better than pretending you are having something healthy all the time just because you throw a tomato or some lettuce on it.  So don’t be fooled by the existence of the sprouts and for goodness sake, there is no sin on not having them at all because quite frankly they might be worse than a hair sandwich.