Kevin's Kitchen is sponsored by Raycon Go to http://buyraycon.com/defunctland to save 15% today. What's better than the smell of delicious food on a warm summer day in this modern American kitchen is where we find our subject. This is Kevin. Kevin is a documentarian. A documentarian, captures life and constructs stories about important topics such as injustice, crime and roller coasters. He does not show his face, but he will show his hands. If we look closely at Kevin's hands, we can see that he is not just a documentarian, but he is also a baker like bed sheets from a roadside motel. Kevin's hands are splattered with the hauntings of years of mistakes. This mark was when Kevin burned his finger, attempting to remove a hot tray of cookies from his oven. This mark is from when Kevin overreacted to burning his finger on the oven, dropped the hot tray of cookies and instinctively went to catch the tray with his bare hand. Needless to say, Kevin has years of experience in the kitchen, and today, for the first time, he will combine his passions and embark on a historical culinary adventure. Today, Kevin is going to learn the history of and concoct his own sandwich. Kevin: Wait a sec. You read that wrong. Announcer: Sorry. Kevin: You read it wrong. Do it one more time. Announcer: OK? Today Kevin is going to learn the history of and concoct his own... Handwich? What is a Handwich? Kevin: I'll show you. **80's style music** Around 1986, a new food item debuted in Walt Disney World named The Handwich. The Handwich was shaped like an ice cream cone. But instead of a waffle cone, it featured a cone shaped sub roll. And instead of ice cream, it had fillings. These included such delicacies as ham and cheese, whole barbecued chicken, roast beef and cheddar and even tuna salad. The sandwich was billed as the sandwich of the future because of this, the hand which was sold at Epcot, the Land Pavilion's Farmers Market Food Court, as well as the space bar in Tomorrowland. It was also served in Adventureland. At some point. Wherever it was, it was billed as Disney's newest attraction, implying that you can ride the Handwich when in reality The Handwich rides you. The official poster for the Handwhich boasted that it was not just futuristic but revolutionary. The quote, "first sandwich you can hold in one hand." The poster also stated that it was "Disneylicious!" and that those that consumed it were playing a part in the history of baking. Despite the heavy marketing effort, the hand which was discontinued sometime in the mid 90s, leaving behind more questions than answers. Luckily, those questions will linger and the good people at RetroWDW would spark interest in the Handwich during the retro magic event in 2019, hear historian Brian Myles give a keynote speech on the Handwich, which was coded somewhat like a military briefing. Miles conducted an interview with former Imagineer Peggy Fariss, who had the inside scoop on the Handwich, and you'll never guess who was responsible for its creation. Peggy Fariss: Back at Imagineering, Michael Eisner challenged us to think about fun food. So that was the big idea. In a surprising twist, Eisner pushed for fun food, in part because when he was a young man, he visited the 1964 New York World's Fair, at which Disney famously contributed four groundbreaking attractions. While there, a young Eisner tried some of the fair's unique food offerings, including Belgium waffles. Over two decades later, Eisner was the CEO of the Walt Disney Company, and he challenged the company's Imagineer to concoct a unique culinary creation for the Disney parks. During a daylong brainstorming session, Imagineer and food operations specialists designed dozens of dishes, but one stood out from the fray, a cone shaped sandwich named the Castle Cone. The original fillings included shu shrimp and mixed berries. Eisner approved the idea and the Castle Cone was born. However, the name was changed by the Walt Disney World marketing team, and it was officially released as the Handwich sometime around 1986. With more consumer and operations friendly fillings. Host: Keith I've been dying to know what is a Handwhich? Keith: It's a sub kind of roll so that you can stuff the meats inside and eat it actually like a cone. As aforementioned, the sandwich was filled with ham and cheese, pulled barbecue chicken, roast beef and cheddar and tuna salad. But these were just a few of the variations. There was also chicken salad, ambrosia salad, seafood salad, and taco beef. When Disney MGM Studios opened in 1989, a unique Handwich was created for the park with a Cobb salad filling. Unfortunately, the Handwich was not the success that Eisner had hoped for. In 1990, the Orlando Sentinel reported that, quote, The last we checked, the Handwich had not exactly gripped the imagination of a hungry America, let alone Orlando, let alone anyone but Michael Eisner. Retro WWE retro magic event was held at the Ballroom of the Americas at the contemporary resort. And immediately after Brian's presentation, attendees were treated to a lunch of the future of the past with a Handwich buffet. This would not be the only reappearance of the Handwich after its discontinuation in the mid 90s. In 2012, Carsland opened at Disney California Adventure Theme Park in the cozy Cone Motel. Quick service spot served Handwhich style bread cones, although they were not officially Handwiches. Flavors included Chicken Verde and Chili Cone Queso and for breakfast bacon scramble. In 2013, Disney's Hollywood Studios, Min and Bill's Dockside Diner Quick Service Stand serve their own sandwich cones. But these were quickly discontinued. In 2014, another sandwich cone could be found, again at Disney's Hollywood studios. This time, fillings included a macaroni and cheese with bacon topping cone and a Fiesta Chili Cheese Cone. In 2017, during Epcot's 35th anniversary celebration, a retro Handwich was created, this time with a new mac and cheese with cheeseburger filling. While distinct from the original sandwich, this was the most intentional of the sandwich revivals. explicitly referencing the dishes predecessor. All of this is to say the sandwich is replicable, which means... Announcer: Kevin, wait. You're not really going to recreate one of the Handwiches, are you? Kevin: No, Announcer Man, I'm going to recreate three of the Handwiches, Announcer: Three Handwiches? That is a journey from which you cannot return. Unsuccessful. Come up just one Handwich short and you will be lost to time, just like the Handwich itself. Are you sure about this? Kevin: It'll be fine. now let's make some Handwiches. Announcer: Mouthwatering meals, delectable dishes, tasty treats. No matter how scrumptious they, like everything will be lost to time. But unlike most of us, some will be remembered and unlike all of us, some will be resurrected. This is DefunctPan, where the dishes of the past, return to the plate. And now your host, Kevin Perjurer, will show us how to create an old fashioned Handwich. Kevin: It's true. The sandwich of the future of the past is of the present once again, because today we will be creating an old fashioned barbecue chicken Handwich. Let's start with our delicious, slow cooked barbecue chicken. First, we make our sauce with a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar, followed by a tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce, a fourth cup of brown sugar and a tablespoon of olive oil. I appealed and grated an onion, and we are going to put both the onion and the juice into our bowl. Finally, let's add two cups of barbecue sauce. The only barbecue sauce you'll ever need. And the best barbecue sauce in the world is Joe's Kansas City barbecue sauce. I'm going to add the whole bottle to our bowl and now we mix. Next, we place three pounds of chicken breast into our slow cooker. After we wash our hands, we season this quick spice mix that I created contains salt, pepper, paprika, cayenne pepper and garlic powder. We can now pour our sauce over our seasoned chicken and once again we mix. Let's place the lid on our slow cooker and cook on low heat for seven hours or high heat for four hours . About two hours before our chicken is done cooking, we can begin making our Handwich cones start by warming up a cup of milk in the microwave until warm but not hot. We can then add a teaspoon of sugar, then seven grams of active dry yeast. And yet again we mix. We're going to allow our yeast activate to the side for around five to ten minutes. In the meantime, we will create our flour mixture in this bowl. We have four cups of all purpose flour and we are going to add in three tablespoons of castor sugar and two teaspoons of salt. And then we mix. We're going to make a well in the center of our mixture. Inside we will place two eggs and our activated yeast mixture. We can now take a hand mixer and we mix with with the dough. After these are combined, we take a fourth cup of soft or slightly melted butter and add it to our dough. We now mix for around six to seven minutes. We know police are somewhat sticky dough onto a floured surface to form it into a ball. Once we have done this, we can place it into a greased bowl. Cover it completely and allow it to sit in a slightly warm spot for one hour to rise. While that is rising, we can create our cone molds. We will be using printer paper and tin foil to create these. These will be going in the oven. But do not worry, the paper will not catch fire. There's actually a great book about this which states the auto ignition point, a paper write in its title. It is called 1984. We will only be baking at 400 degrees. So we are well under this mark. First we take two pieces of printer paper and we lay the landscape in front of us. We take the bottom left corner and create a small fold-in like this. That right there is about right. We can now use this fold to roll our cone, making sure to keep the point at the bottom as tight as possible. We continue to hold that together as we place a piece of tinfoil on our workspace, start at one of the corners and wrap your cone in the tin foil. Do not worry about this excess because we are going to just fold that into the top of our cone. And there you have it. We will have enough dough for eight Handwiches, but I will only be baking two one for me and one for you. So once we have finished with our cone molds, we can place them to the side. Once our dough has risen, now comes the fun part. We're going to divide our dough into eight equal pieces and cover again with our plastic to prevent any of them from drying out. One by one, We are going to take one of these pieces and roll it out. We want to end up with a long tube around three feet long. Once we have this, we can take one of our molds and starting from the bottom spiral, our dough up the cone. Now, that's looking like a Handwich. Once we have done this, we gently press our dough into the cone and pinch the tip. We now place these on a greased baking sheet as our oven preheats to four hundred degrees. We are going to give our Handwich, cones a light egg wash. Once our cones are prepared, we can place them in our oven for around 12 minutes while those are cooking. Our chicken should be just about done. That smells absolutely delicious. With two forks we shred the chicken and as we do this, we mix. We're going to drain only the chicken we will be filling as we don't want our sandwiches to be too soggy. Once we pull our cones out of the oven and allow them to cool, we can remove the mold and admire our work. Now we take our chicken and fill our Handwich cones. And voila, a beautiful barbecued chicken Handwhich I must now take a bite. Mm mmm. Absolutely wonderful. I could eat the whole thing, but I'm going to save my appetite because we have two more Handwiches to make. Announcer: Kevin, wait. There's still time to turn back. Just one is enough. If anything goes wrong and you don't complete all three, you could get stuck in historical limbo. Kevin: Nothing can stop me from making more Handwiches. Onward. Announcer: What's cooking in America? Let's find out in "Defunct Kitchen". And now, welcome your host, Kevin Perjurer. Kevin: Hey, everyone, my name is Kevin Perjurer and I make defunct meals. Today, we are going to be making something from long ago. It's an old Disney Parks favorite. You might have guessed it already. It is the Handwhich this one is actually a viewer submission. So let's hear from Scott. Kevin: Scott, thank you so much for writing in. The Handwich is not only a forgotten food item, it is the perfect meal for many occasions. Let's say you have a daughter, she's a sweetheart, but she's a bit of an arsonist. Her principal is coming over to discuss her expulsion. And you have to cook something spectacular or he will expel your daughter and she will never be able to achieve the dreams that you projected onto her. With these life altering stakes, why not make a delicious Handwich? And I'll show you how. We're going to start with four strips of bacon chopped up and we're going to place these on a wire rack and we're going to rest that on top of a drip pan lined with tinfoil. Once you have those on the wire rack, you can place it in a 400 degree oven for around twenty minutes, but make sure to watch it. After you've washed your hands, we can open our dough. Now, I'm going to take advantage of the store for this one. This is French bread dough and we're just going to give it a little karate chop. Hiyah. And now we're just going to open it up and we're going to split it in half just like that. And two equal parts for our two Handwich cones We're going to wrap these around one of these cones. Now, what this is, it's just printer paper wrapped in tin foil. Now we have a tutorial on our website, and you can just go to that link right there. And once you made two of these, we can get rollin'. So let's grab one of our dough. And just like we're starting a campfire, we just go to town. We want to make this around three feet long. And once we've done that, you can take your tinfoil cone and you just wrap it around the very tip and then you spiral it on. You just keep wrapping all the way to the top just like that. Look at that. Now we take our greased baking sheet and we put our Handwich on and we do this again with our second Handwich and once we've got that, we can put that one on right next to it and we can put this in our oven, 400 degrees even while the bacon is cooking just right under there. Now, while we got that cooking, I want to tell you about an incredible product. These are the Raycon Everyday e25 earbuds, and they're today's sponsor. These earbuds are the real deal, the Bluetooth pairing, the seamless. It's incredibly responsive. And with six hours of play time, you can do everything from commute to work to exercise on a single charge. Now, I love to wear these while I'm in the kitchen because they fit perfectly in my ear and never fall out into my batter . So I'm always focused on my music and my cooking. I can even dance with these while baking and they don't fall out. And the bass on these things is great. Here's the best part. This charging case is so compact they can comfortably slide right into my pocket. Now for our viewers, if you go to buyraycon.com/defunctland or click the link in the description, now you will get 15 percent off your order. That's buyraycon.com/defunctland To save 15 percent. Now I'm getting so invested in this music. I almost forgot that I got stuff in the oven. I got to go check on it. Now, take a look at this crispy bacon. It is beautiful and ready for our salad. Give me some for the bacon. Oh yeah. We're now going to make our dressing. We're going to start with a third cup of red wine vinegar and then we're going to add two thirds of extra virgin olive oil, a tablespoon of Dijon mustard and of course, salt and pepper. Close that up and now we mix. All right. Please stop clapping, it freaks me out when I'm using the knife. God, I'm tired. OK, so we're going to take our lettuce and put it into a salad spinner, and you will never guess what that does, but I bet you'll clap anyways. All right, let's try to keep it at a mezzo forte, Kevin's got a headache. Let's go ahead and speedrun the salad. Bacon, cherry tomatoes. Roquefort, egg, doesn't matter how you slice it, it'll still taste terrible. I'm going to open up an avocado and take out its pit, boom. Magic disappeared. No idea where that went. Sliced up some turkey I got from the deli. And don't forget to throw a little piece of turkey over your shoulder for good luck. And we mix. And look what just came out of the oven. One of them's a little messed up, but that doesn't matter. We're going to keep on truckin. Let's go ahead and add our dressing to our salad and then fill these cones. Now, I can not wait to try this, so I'm not gonna. Let's take a bow. Oh, that is delicious. That's two beautiful Handwich cones. And you know what this pairs great with? Raycon Everyday e25 ear buds I know that these might have looked complicated, but do not be afraid of these. The Handwiches can smell fear and if they smell it, they will become spicier. And check this out, we did that in under five TV minutes, which is roughly thirteen hours. I hope you enjoyed today's episode. Now I've got to go make another sandwich or I might be lost to... That's not good. Owww, uh. Where am I? Mr. Announcer man? Hello? Studio audience? Anyone? Here we go. What? Wait a second. I know what this is, limbo. I've got to make that third Handwich. I've got to find a kitchen. Fridge, yes. Empty. No. I cannot be stuck here forever. There's got to be something around here somewhere. Come on. Oh. Oh no. Wait, keys, I've got it. Just one more. That's all I need. Announcer: I told you, Kevin, you must create all three or you will be lost to time. Kevin: I will Announcer Man, I promise. Rob: The Handwich was meant to die. Let it stay dead. Kevin: I have to bring it back once more. Announcer: Three, Handwiches. That's impossible. You'll never do it. Rob: I guess everyone was right when they called you Two-Handwich Kevin. Announcer: I never believed in you. I'm going to prove you all wrong. I just need one more Handwich. The Voice of All that is Beautiful: Kevin, take my hand. Take my Handwich. Dog: Bark Kevin: Biscuits? I'm so clos---Aaah Arby's: Thank you for choosing Arby's, place your order when ready. Kevin: Could I get three beef and cheddar sandwiches without the buns? Arby's: So if you don't want it on the side, just put in the bowl. Kevin: Yeah. Arby's: So I've got three beef and cheddar classics it's all in the same bowl with the cheese in the sauce in the bowl as well. That's right. Kevin: And some mozzarella sticks, please. Arby's: Sure. You want four or six? Kevin: Six. **EPIC MUSIC** The voices echoing in Kevin's fractured mind: Handwich.
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Are normal sandwiches not sufficiently handheld? I thought that was kind of the point.
defunctland is the goat
You mean a burrito?
I see the problem, they're gross and the name is bad.
I could go for a handwich...
So a wrap?
I prefer my wearable feedbags, you don't even need hands at all!
A local chain sells sandwiches in bread that was baked in tin cans, making effectively the same idea. They are fantastic.
Jeez, 23 minutes talking about handwiches.