Favourite Sandwich

[Chris]

I have a problem when something called a sandwich would obviously be better were the contents served on a plate with a couple of slices of bread and a bowl of mayo on the side. Why on Earth stack a sandwich with that which it cannot contain and shall inevitably result in laundry.

The mayo video above is a case in point as is a croq monsieur:

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Is it still a sandwich if you have to use cutlery?

I just left the gym and this is the first thing I see.

Sweet jebus.

 

[TeeDee]

What about sandwich type things from further afield ? Wraps seem to fit the basic Sandwich criteria and I know there are some interesting middle eastern ingredients.

 

[Nice65]

Apart from the usual suspects, my top three would have to be 1. rare roast venison on fresh crusty white with cranberry jelly & a schmear of cream cheese.
2. Amalfi lemon sliced very thinly with skin intact on fresh buttered dark treacly wholemeal bread, also cut thin.
3. Sliced banana and Old Gouda ( black wax ) cheese on buttered malted light rye bread with caraway.

“You were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar…”

 

[TeeDee]

I have come to a realization that I think nearly all meat tastes better when served cold ( after cooking ) as opposed to hot/warm/luke warm.

Chicken wings , Sausages , Beef . Pork Pie , Chicken pie - all taste better served cold when the fat has solidified - Heat just seems to take away from being able to get an idea of real flavour

So Maybe I do need to give that stone cold burger a chance.

 

[Pattree]

Nooooooooooo. Surely not bacon!!!!!!

Edited to add:
Where is a Forest Knight when You need one!

 

[Toddy]

I have a friend who makes venison lorne sausage....that's the square Scottish sausage that's just ideal for a piece. He says it lacks fat though so Shuggie adds the fat cut from Pope's eye steak to his mixture.

I might be vegetarian, but my Husband isn't and I feel guilty that he doesn't get meat as often as I think he might enjoy. So, I barter with my friend, he hunts through the year, and I know that he's getting the best of stuff.

Husband says that hot or cold venison lorne, closely followed by pigeon breast burgers, are the best things on a sandwich

 

[HillBill]

I have come to a realization that I think nearly all meat tastes better when served cold ( after cooking ) as opposed to hot/warm/luke warm.

Chicken wings , Sausages , Beef . Pork Pie , Chicken pie - all taste better served cold when the fat has solidified - Heat just seems to take away from being able to get an idea of real flavour

So Maybe I do need to give that stone cold burger a chance.

Lamb is an exception to that for me. Love it hot, not a fan cold.

 

[Pattree]

Deleted double post.

 

[Chris]

Chicken wings are better hot, in my opinion. And steak. As the fat contains a lot of the flavour, surely the fat when rendered makes this more ‘mobile’ and helps disperse the flavour?

 

[Pattree]

What about sandwich type things from further afield ? Wraps seem to fit the basic Sandwich criteria and I know there are some interesting middle eastern ingredients.

This is getting a bit random (as stated in the OP.
Are you including samosas?

Ethiopian traditional meals are communal. Food is placed in heaps into a huge plate. Each diner has several rolls of injara, local bread that resembles a grey bath mat but I love it. Everyone picks up food with their injara. Women with the most elaborate manicures manage to stay completely clean. The farengi (foreign visitor aka me) gets covered in very spicy sauce!

However we are getting to the point that by the definition of this thread:

A sandwich is an occurrence that results from bread being placed in line of sight with any other nutrient.

 

[TeeDee]

Where do sandwiches stop and burgers start?

This is getting a bit random (as stated in the OP.
Are you including samosas?

Ethiopian traditional meals are communal. Food is placed in heaps into a huge plate. Each diner has several rolls of injara, local bread that resembles a grey bath mat but I love it. Everyone picks up food with their injara. Women with the most elaborate manicures manage to stay completely clean. The farengi (foreign visitor aka me) gets covered in very spicy sauce!

However we are getting to the point that by the definition of this thread:

A sandwich is an occurrence that results from bread being placed in line of sight with any other nutrient.

Take some accountability.

Only went weird and off track when you started going rogue conflating Sandwich's and Burgers.

 

[Pattree]

OK but you concurred

Reasonable question.

I want to say ( until someone points out the exception ) that maybe its a cold vs hot meat thing ? But then Cubanos and Reubens are served hot - but thats unprocessed meat. So maybe a "burger" is minced processed meat served hot.???

 

[TeeDee]

Cheap crabsticks, cut in chunks, Mix some tommy-K with Mayo , hint of cayenne cover the the surimi sawdust with it - place in some bread - slices or baguette.

Now - close your eyes , take a bite and hey presto!!! Faux Lobster sarnie!

 

[gibson 175]

Cheap crabsticks, cut in chunks, Mix some tommy-K with Mayo , hint of cayenne cover the the surimi sawdust with it - place in some bread - slices or baguette.

Now - close your eyes , take a bite and hey presto!!! Faux Lobster sarnie!

 

[The Frightful]

Cheap crabsticks, cut in chunks, Mix some tommy-K with Mayo , hint of cayenne cover the the surimi sawdust with it - place in some bread - slices or baguette.

Now - close your eyes , take a bite and hey presto!!! Faux Lobster sarnie!

I do the same with whole sticks, luverly

 

[The Frightful]

Crusty white uncut BUTTERED, bacon, sautéed mushrooms with a touch of HP

Sausage with salad cream I realise it sounds wrong but honestly, mmmmmm

Crunchy fish fingers and salad cream

 

[Toddy]

I don't know why, but salad cream on a piece of bread just works so well
Even on cheap 'blown polystyrene' type bread, it works.

Maybe it's just a cheap quick and easy alternative to the olive oil and balsamic vinegar ?

But then, HP sauce on bread works too. I don't think ketchup does. Though I do like the sundried tomatoes in oil on a piece

 

[Pattree]

@Toddy
I had forgotten about “pieces” since I worked in Argyle in the sixties.
Some of the guys had nothing for lunch except huge “jeely pieces”.

I sometimes like jam on my bread but it’s a long way from my favourite!

 

[gg012]

Homemade wholemeal sourdough, very strong cheddar, English mustard, red onion and a bit of mayo. Yum

 

[TeeDee]

I don't know why, but salad cream on a piece of bread just works so well
Even on cheap 'blown polystyrene' type bread, it works.

Maybe it's just a cheap quick and easy alternative to the olive oil and balsamic vinegar ?

But then, HP sauce on bread works too. I don't think ketchup does. Though I do like the sundried tomatoes in oil on a piece

Bread - buttered to a micron or two. Then rake some grooves in the butter with fork tines and splash on Worchestshireshires sauce.