Inspired by the most recent Is My Blog Burning?, but too hungry and rushed to actually create something with a spreadable base, I threw together the following, which I will not call tartines in respect for actual tartines.

Steak rub: a few shakes salt olive oil 3 squirts chinese mystery hot sauce

(sandwiches clockwise from left)

1

1 slice tuscan bread 1 tsp peach salsa 4 pieces steak 1 slice red onion

2

1 thin slice tuscan bread 1 baby mozzarella, sliced 1/4 tsp olive oil 4 pieces steak cracked black pepper

3

1 slice tuscan bread 4 pieces steak 1/2″ block of cheddar, shredded

Notes:

• The meat was too tough & dry (overcooked and a little bit too old).
• I really disliked the sweetness of the peach salsa at first, and thought it didn’t work well with the steak, but then the taste very quickly grew on me.
• Black pepper by itself would have been better than the hot sauce.
• The simplest one (cheddar & steak, #1) was the clear best of the three, although it was still too dry.
• The surprisingly acceptable $4 bottle of wine from the bulletproof liquor store next to work in Chinatown helped a lot.