Most Expensive Sandwich ... WHY?

OK ... I am sure many of you have seen this ... it was titled the Most Expensive Sandwich. It appeared in YAHOO on the web today. Supposedly it would sell for over $148.00 US. I have one question for the Chef ... First let me talk about the sandwich. Here is the description from the YAHOO site ... view the information directly here ...

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=1756&e=3&u=/060410/481/lth10404101133

What is claimed to be the world's most expensive sandwich goes on display at Selfridges Department Store in London, Monday April 10, 2006. Named the McDonald Sandwich, after it's creator, chef Scott McDonald, the ingredients are Wagyu beef, fresh lobe foie gras, black truffle mayonnaise, brie de meaux, rocket, red pepper and mustard confit, and English plum tomatoes, all packed into 24-hour fermented sour dough bread - and it sells for 85 pounds (US$ 148.33: euro 122.53) each.(AP Photo/Tom Hevezi

Look, I do not question the use of upper grade foods in cooking. In fact I would rather pay $4.00 or $5.00 for a tomato that is fresh grown rather than a typical grocery store tomato. But this grouping of items goes way too far. I expect that I could make the same (or even better) sandwich from the local Fresh Market here in Charlotte, NC ... Lets see ...

OK, here is what I will do ... I am going to go the store at Lunch and buy all the items for this sandwich for four people ... then I will tell you what I bought and hwo much I spent ... I bet I can make a sandwich that 99% of the public could NOT tell the difference between my sandwich and Scott McDonald's. I will go further (but I should not) and say that 99.9% of the people who could pay this much for a sandwich could NOT tell the difference.

So here is my question ... WHY? WHY? WHY? Would you make such a sandwich ... or maybe I know the answer ... now everyone knows who Scott McDonald is and no one knows ME!

I'll be back ... Mark