bleak refrigerator yields old school treat

The beginning of the month is rent time, which means, living takes priority over food. As such, sniffing around for a mid afternoon snack is a far more challenging task than usual. My list of choices was limited to dry cereal, a wilted tomato, brown lettuce, some American cheese singles, and the butts of the bread. Cheese and bread are always good choices, and I consider myself lucky that they're still hanging out in my kitchen on April 2nd (rare).

I remembered a "bedtime snack" my dad used to make me when I was little. I basically rotated between smooshed cheese animals and strawberry cream cheese sandwiches with no crust. So today, I decided to make a smooshed cheese animal.

Begin with the simplest of ingredients. A single slice of bread - your choice whether you de-crust or not - and a single slice of cheese. Growing up we were straight up a Kraft family, but we've been rocking the Lucerne brand around here lately. Side note: they taste the same. Place the cheese atop the bread, and begin to roll. Smoosh and roll. Smoosh and roll. Until a cheesy bready cigar has been made.

You can use toothpicks to make a bunch of different animals once you have the tootsie roll body, but I personally opt for the deer. Or in this case, cockroach. It might have to do with the teeth cleaning toothpicks we have, but I remember these little animals being way more endearing, fascinating, delicious when I was five, but at this point I think I'm just going to grill him and eat him melty instead.