Posted on 08/02/2010 5:39:38 PM PDT by JoeProBono
NEW YORK, - A New York man says he took a page from drug dealers to sell his perfectly legal product -- grilled cheese sandwiches -- on street corners.
The man, who asked to be identified only as Ronnie, said he takes orders from customers via text messages, cooks the grilled cheese sandwiches at his brother's apartment and makes deliveries on street corners, the New York Post reported Monday.
"I feel like a drug dealer because I'm handing people a paper bag and they're handing me cash," Ronnie said.
He said the sandwiches range in price from $5 to $7, depending on the types of bread and cheese and the addition of extras such as jalapenos and bacon.
Ronnie said his business model has been so successful he is cooking about 40 sandwiches per day.
"I'm worried that I'm getting too busy. I'm instituting a friends and friends-of-friends policy," he said. "I kind of want to quit, it's getting too big, but I want to feed these people."
"It's not cool with the Department of Health," he said. "I don't know how much longer I want to do it because I'm living in fear. It would be such a stupid thing to get in trouble for."
LOL!
All warm and cozy while getting a DWI on the way to work!
Dang ... Mongo hungry now...
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I usually don't butter the bread at all.
I usually melt a small pat in the pan, with a few shaves of fresh garlic, and grill each side the same way.
It is really an art-form, when you think about it.
"I feel like a drug dealer because I'm handing people a paper bag and they're handing me cash," Ronnie said.
"It's not cool with the Department of Health," he said. "I don't know how much longer I want to do it because I'm living in fear. It would be such a stupid thing to get in trouble for."
"Ronnie," huh? How about scumbag calorie-pusher? How about child transfat predator? You should never have talked with the press, "Ronnie" - it's only a matter of time now. Not even the mob pimps grilled cheese right in front of the First Lady Gardener and the the Department of Health. You goin' down, bro.
I’ve gotten fatter just viewing this thread...
Please add me to your grilled cheese ping list.
There have been days when I would have cheerfully handed over a five spot for a yummy gooey crispity grilled cheese delivered to my desk.
Another five if it comes with a bowl of tomato basil soup.
Keep this guy busy, NYC FRiends!
LOL
He’s only taking it to the street corner, not to your desk.
I’d go hungry first and get on the scale the next day feeling very impressed with myself.
I'd eat the samich and burn off the calories by throwing the scale out the window.
It’s been years - must make one of those sandwiches...
I see your point ... but my office had hermetically-sealed tornado-proof windows, anyway.
Isn’t it funny how certain things just ‘go together’? I’m in Texas and you are in a ‘far away’ state and yet we are familiar with the same combination.
Imagine the calories it would burn bouncing your desk off that window!
I always had chocolate milk with mine because I ate it pretty regular at grandma’s house.
LOL!
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