August 30, 2006
The Fluffernutter:
Senator Jarrett Barrios wanted to ban it from school lunchrooms,
then Representative Kathi-Anne Reinstein lobbied to declare it the
state sandwich. Now the Beacon Hill tussle over the Fluffernutter
sandwich has landed the childhood classic on the lunch menu at
Grotto restaurant. ``I'm right down the street from the State House,
so the debate intrigued me," says chef Scott Herritt, a Midwesterner
who got his first taste of the famous peanut butter and Fluff
combination on a visit to cousins in Pennsylvania. Herritt, who
refused to take sides in the debate, lets his sandwich ($7) do the
talking. He makes his own fluff, really a type of marshmallow cream,
and adds caramelized bananas to the mix. On homemade bread with creamy
peanut butter, grilled until warm and gooey, it's the classy older
brother of the lunchroom Fluffernutter.
Grotto, 37 Bowdoin St., Boston,
617-227-3434, or www.grottorestaurant.com . -- CAITLIN O'NEIL
The Fluffernutter:
Senator Jarrett Barrios wanted to ban it from school lunchrooms,
then Representative Kathi-Anne Reinstein lobbied to declare it the
state sandwich. Now the Beacon Hill tussle over the Fluffernutter
sandwich has landed the childhood classic on the lunch menu at
Grotto restaurant. ``I'm right down the street from the State House,
so the debate intrigued me," says chef Scott Herritt, a Midwesterner
who got his first taste of the famous peanut butter and Fluff
combination on a visit to cousins in Pennsylvania. Herritt, who
refused to take sides in the debate, lets his sandwich ($7) do the
talking. He makes his own fluff, really a type of marshmallow cream,
and adds caramelized bananas to the mix. On homemade bread with creamy
peanut butter, grilled until warm and gooey, it's the classy older
brother of the lunchroom Fluffernutter.
Grotto, 37 Bowdoin St., Boston,
617-227-3434, or www.grottorestaurant.com . -- CAITLIN O'NEIL