Best Sandwich Ever!

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What's YOUR best sandwich ever?

Me - Pastrami, russian dressing, provalone cheese and tortilini on toasted marble rye...time for lunch =)

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From the Roy's Place Menu:

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Two Polish sausages wrapped in bacon, with broiled provolone cheese, buried in cole slaw & Russian dressing on French bread

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Super white trashy here but I have always loved...

White bread slathered with Miracle Whip and a thick tomato slice fresh from the garden.

Either that or plain grilled cheese.

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Bahn Mi 1 from Bahn mi Bai le in Oklahoma city.

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This is the most perfect topic of all time.

My favorite sandwich is the classic Reuben. Take a thick piece of rye bread and toast it such that the outside becomes brown and slightly crispy, but when you bite into it your mouth sinks into soft, flavorful rye flavor without hurting the delicate roof of your mouth. Preferably, the bread should be of the swirly variety, because the deep brown and light tan hues of the bread will complement the colors of the ingredients.

Take slow cooked corned beef and cut it into thick slabs. Don't punk out by using that thin sliced stuff they sell at the deli. You should cook the corned beef yourself or go to a trusted shop to do it for you. While it's still warm, chop it up and mix it with a hefty amount of swiss cheese. Yes, I like to mix my corned beef and swiss cheese. I respect and enjoy a truly layered reuben, I just prefer the mix.

Once you have your corned beef / swiss cheese mixture on your thick piece of rye bread, put a large pile of tart saurkraut on top. This is very important -- you need to use suarkraut that hasn't been drained TOO well because without the cabbage/vinegar flavor, the sweetness of the corned beef won't be balanced properly with the saltiness of the swiss cheese, and you'll lose the entire delicate balance of the sandwich. Also, remember not to overdo it on the kraut. You need to let your sandwich breathe a bit. Some people prefer a 50/50 combination of corned beef and saurkraut; I like to go a bit heavier on the corned beef because I've already mixed it with the cheese.

Finally, drizzle a light -- a LIGHT -- addition of thousand island dressing to your masterpiece. Thousand island can be heavy and sticky, so you need to add just enough to break up the vinegar on the top of the saurkrat without making the sandwich messy or soggy. You know you've hit the perfect layer when, on your first bite, the saurkraut and thousand island pair off against the balancing rye and corned beef flavor, only to be kept in check by the stalwart swiss chese.

I like my reubens open face, but adding a second peice of thick, warm, slightly toasted rye bread never did anyone any harm. Make sure the whole project is thick enough that you need to actually pay attention when you open your mouth to eat it, but not so thick that you're unable to enjoy all the flavors at once in your mouth.

Finish that off with a pilsner urquell (or drink of choice) and voila. Heaven.

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Hmm best sandvich? PBJ toasted in one of those hot pie iron things. Nothing quite like nice warm PBJ goo with a crunchy outside... yummy.

But I am falling in love with a grilled feta and pepper jack sandwich.


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A simple grilled ham & cheese.

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Almond butter and cabbage.

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Turkey, Cranberry Sauce, Stuffing and Munster with Lettuce and Mayonnaise on Wheat, served hot.

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Chicken parm or a club.

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Seth wrote:
Reuben goodness

Don't forget to add Spicey Mustard. It gives a great kick to an already amazing sandwhich.

I will add on to the Reuben by saying that a well made rachel is a great alternative.

Coleslaw instead of saurkraut and turkey instead of cornbeaf.... mmmmmm.

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I'd say the Reuben is the best sandwich I get from a variety of restaurants. But my favorite specific sandwich would be from Quintons in Lawrence, KS.

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Bullion Cube wrote:
Me - Pastrami, russian dressing, provalone cheese and tortilini on toasted marble rye...time for lunch =)

Tortilini? the stuffed pasta? on a sandwich? Weird.

Then again, my favorite sandwich looks like this:

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The B.L.T. - Bacon, shredded Lamb fried in the bacon grease, and Turkey slices fried in the bacon-lamb grease, on a nice kaiser roll with some mayo. No vegetables allowed.

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For not too complicated, I'm a big fan of a cheesesteak with jalapeño peppers and bacon. (Real cheese, not whiz. *shudder*)

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Then again, my favorite sandwich looks like this: (tasty!)

Mmm. Primanti's. I favor the kolbassi w/cheese, myself. It's the first meat I ate after I spent a year being vegetarian. >_>

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Cold leftover Thanksgiving turkey, preferably dark meat, or white with a generous helping of dark. 60% whole wheat bread, lightly margarined (buttered is also good) and salted. Dressing optional, but to be used sparingly. Mmmm....

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A lot of Russian/Thousand Islands fans here it seems.

At work: New York bagel (sesame or poppyseed) lightly toasted, light vegetable cream cheese, sliced lox (smoked salmon), a couple of tomato slices, and a pinch of capers.

At home: Ukrainian or Latvian "black" pumpernickel bread, Sabra brand hummus, basturma, swiss cheese, Branston Pickles.

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Always a fan of the Reuben. Might have to try Seth's recipe/method.

Lately, I've been getting the Jimmy John's Vito or the McAlister's New Yorker.

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Hypatian wrote:
For not too complicated, I'm a big fan of a cheesesteak with jalapeño peppers and bacon. (Real cheese, not whiz. *shudder*)

You are obviously on the wrong side of Pennsylvania

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Location: Probably North of you.

I love many many sandwiches, so it's very hard to narrow it down. Seth, that Rueben sounds fantastic.

I'd say, just to throw something out there that no one else has probably tried:

(This is a breakfast sandwich)
Toast 2 Eggo waffles.
Apply a nice even coat of Butter or Margarine on both pieces
Spread a good coat of smooth Peanut Butter on both pieces (filling all of the waffle-holes about half way)
Put on a coat of Maple Syrup on the bottom piece
Place the second piece on top of the other and drizzle a light coat of Maple Syrup over that.
Eat it, and die happy.

This is obviously a "fork and knife" type sandwich, and if you enjoy all of these components in seperate situations, you should try this once.

Torq - I can certainly see myself whipping it out for a quick solo on commutes though.

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The one that Adam Sandler made in Spanglish.

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I spent a couple of years perfecting the art of sandwichery when I took sangers to work everyday for lunch. Here's my hard-won expertise, laid out in forum format:

Hearty wholegrain bread, medium/thick sliced. Must be hardy enough to withstand the fillings.

Spread one with honey mustard, the other with dijon or english mustard (depending on desired spicyness).

Stack 3-4 thinly sliced pieces of good quality meant. Ham, pastrami, or beef are all good options. Pick whatever works, except for turkey is the devil's sandwich meat and should be avoided at all cost. You can even do tinned tuna in a pinch, when mixed with a little bit of mayo and woucester sauce.

Thinly slice some cheese (no pre-sliced nonsense here!), preferably a sharp, hard cheese. Thick enough to taste, thin enough that you can't feel it when you bite through it. Layer onto the meat.

Tomato flesh shavings: halve and deseed a small firm tomato. Go for slightly under-ripe ahead of slightly overripe. Deseeding ensures that you don't get much juice leakage, which makes the bread wet. Slice the entire tomato into very thin shavings and layer these onto the cheese.

Fresh herbs: key ingredient - transcends a good sandwich into a great sandwich. Lay fresh basil leaves or small fronds of parsley into the sandwich. Other herbs are fine too, as long as there's no woody bits in there. I draw the line at rosemary though - leaves are too tough.

Spouts: key ingredient - invest in a sprouting kit and a couple of bags of seeds. Alfalfa is a good starting point, but the world's your mollusc, and you can go as crazy as you like, from mung beans to fenugreek and lentils. The point is, fresh sprouts add crunch to your sandwich, as well as moisture that doesn't appear until you bite into it, keeping your bread dry, but your mouthful juicy!

And finally, salad leaves of some kind. Lettuce, spinach, rocket, whatever.

Most importantly, cut the sandwich once and once only, diagonally. All other shapes of sandwich are morally and intellectually wrong.

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Kraint wrote:
The B.L.T. - Bacon, shredded Lamb fried in the bacon grease, and Turkey slices fried in the bacon-lamb grease, on a nice kaiser roll with some mayo. No vegetables allowed.

Now this is the sort of B.L.T. I can get on board with.

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Jonman wrote:
Most importantly, cut the sandwich once and once only, diagonally. All other shapes of sandwich are morally and intellectually wrong.
I assume you are making an exception for round ones, right?

Torq - I can certainly see myself whipping it out for a quick solo on commutes though.

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Reuben

- Pumpernickel bread
- Emmental cheese
- Sauerkraut
- Thousand island sauce
- Montreal smoked meat

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Our house limon and herb chicken topped off with slices of American cheese, two strips of hardwood smoked bacon, greenleaf lettuce, sliced tomato and purple onion, drizzled with buttermilk ranch dressing, all rolled in a soft white wrap bread.

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A white tortilla like wrap bread spread with Hellman’s mayo, rolled with honey roasted turkey breast, sliced Grannysmith apple, applewood smoked bacon, crisp leaf lettuce and purple onion.

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A white wrap bread spread with Hellmans mayo, rolled with plump BBQ popcorn chicken, sharp cheddar cheese, smoked bacon, greenleaf lettuce, red tomato and Bermuda onion, drizzled with more BBQ sauce.

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Aries wrote:
Jonman wrote:
Most importantly, cut the sandwich once and once only, diagonally. All other shapes of sandwich are morally and intellectually wrong.
I assume you are making an exception for round ones, right?

No. Anyone and everyone found cutting a round sandwich horizontally instead of diagonally should have their knives confiscated.

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Either a solid Cheesesteak + Black olives, Mushrooms, and sub in pepperjack cheese.(Got hooked on it set up like that from a deli in florida.)

A patty melt (Think grilled cheese + hamburger. On rye. Optimally with swiss cheese and mustard.)

Though kraint's BLT sounds REALLY good.

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I had a ruben (sic?) with corned beef on one side, pastrami on the other, on a toasted sourdough roll with mayonnaise, sauerkraut and mustard from a local deli. The thing must have weighed 1 lb, and I ate the whole damned thing. Awesome stuff.

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Chicken salad on croissant. Chicken breast with celery, ambrosia or royal gala apple, carrot and walnuts, all of it diced fine and stirred into a pre-mix of mayo, honey, dill, and a squeeze of lemon. Pile it high into the croissant, add some romaine or spring greens, and chow down.

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For those of you without a large vietnamese population in your city, here is the NYtimes breakdown on Bahn Mi.

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