While I was on the East Coast last week, my friend Carole had the pleasure of enjoying a Bacon Sloppy Joe at Matt’s Big Breakfast in Phoenix. I asked her to tell me about it so I could enjoy the sandwich vicariously through her. And now I share it with you so that you may enjoy it as well:
“The other day, I had the lunch special at Matt’s Big Breakfast. Up to then, I’d only eaten there once for lunch and that one time I ordered breakfast (Matt’s is my favorite breakfast spot in the Valley).
I was working at home for the day when I got your email telling me the lunch special was BACON Sloppy Joes at Matt’s. I jumped at the opportunity to run right over and see what that was all about.
I must admit that the last time I had a Sloppy Joe was probably in the 5th grade in a school cafeteria, so I can’t say I knew what to expect. But what I got was this great mixture of Sloppy Joe mix (a slightly sweet tomato-based sauce) with onions and celery, and the crowning glory was the bacon (little pieces of bacon… lots of yummy bacon). A glorious combination really!
Needless to say, a sandwich overflowing as this one was ended up coming home with me… on my t-shirt. But all in all, the extra stain treatment in the laundry was totally worth it! My only regret is that in my haste to get there before they closed, I totally forgot my camera. So I didn’t get a shot of the sandwich that further proved that bacon makes everything taste better!”