"It's as if a standard sour cream and onion chip took a trip down the condiment aisle"

Lay's Wavy Cuban Sandwich (Limited Time Flavor) - Walmart

In college, I worked at Panera Bread, and it was awesome. Mainly because of our epic work-family, (imagine a soup and sandwich version of Empire Records), but the food was pretty great too. I still eat there today, (which is something I can't say for another food-related job I had as a teen). Panera will always hold a special place in my heart, and my stomach. I like to recreate stuff in my kitchen all the time. Especially the older discontinued stuff, like their Cuban chicken panini. 

Americanized as it was, it was my first experience with the sandwich, and I loved it. The Panera take had focaccia bread, sweet and spicy pickle chips (closest I have found are the horse radish pickle chips from Aldi),  ham, chicken, tomato-based-whole-grain-mustard, chipotle mayo and swiss cheese, all toasted in the panini press. It is a pretty far cry from a legit Cuban sandwich, but I didn't know that back then. 

A legit Cuban has: ham, roasted pork (not chicken), salami, swiss cheese, mustard and pickles. Which looks like what this chip flavor is based on. The real deal. So, which take will taste more legit? My bastardized Panera sandwich of choice, or these chips? 

German Style Prosciutto - Aldi: Cherry Hill, NJ

German Style Prosciutto - Aldi: Cherry Hill, NJ

I never realized how much I enjoy savory foods and snacks until I started blogging about food. The majority of the items I find and review are sweets, so when I find something savory, it's a real treat. (Kind of the opposite of what it's supposed to be, huh? First world food blogger problems.)

This item, as well as a bunch of Italian themed food products, had been offered at Aldi recently, and since I am (mostly) Italian and Hungarian (not a joke, I actually am), I thought I should check a few of them out. This prosciutto says it's German style, but we're going to lump it in with the Italian foods anyway.