Let’s play a game, shall we?
The Funky Kitchen has opened up a deli/sandwich shoppe. (Wouldn’t that be fun?) Say you were one of my regular customers, someone who could come in and say, “Hi Dana, I’ll have the regular please,” and I would be able to tell what it was.
What would your regular have on it? What would it be on? I ask because people’s answers vary so much, and due to the extremely adaptable nature of a sandwich, there are a lot of interesting ideas out there. If there was a signature sandwich with your name on it, a perfect sandwich for you, what would it be?
The Dana
(Sopressata sandwich on an English muffin, with all the right fixings)
Start with an English Muffin, vaguely toasted. I really like the size of English muffins for a sandwich, and also the spongy texture. I’m not known to be the greatest advocate of toasted bread, but a lightly toasted English muffin is perfect for the Dana sandwich. The little bit of crunch adds to the texture.
To the bottom side of the sandwich (depicted at the left) add a little bit of mustard, and to the top side (depicted at right) some mayonnaise.
To the bottom of the sandwich: a few slices of sopressata. Sopressata is my favorite deli meat by a fair measure. To the top of the sandwich: 2 or 3 layered pieces of romaine lettuce. I love the crunch of romaine, and the slight bitter flavor it has.
Atop the sopressata: a few shavings of old cheddar cheese. Atop the lettuce: A slice of tomato with black pepper cracked over top.
Stack the sandwich parts together, and voila! My most favorite sandwich. If you don’t have English muffins available, or are looking to have a larger sandwich, rye bread would be a close second choice for me.
Mr’s signature sandwich seems to be a riff on a club sandwich, and is much more gargantuan than mine. From the bottom, he has: toasted white bread, mayo, pepperjack cheese, bacon, chicken, toasted white bread, kolbassa (coarse garlic sausage), lettuce, tomato, cheddar cheese, more bacon and a third slice of toasted bread. Quite a sandwich! Maybe that’s what I should make next.
I’m looking for interesting ideas for what to put between slices of bread; what would your perfect sandwich be?
This time last year: Spaghetti with Spicy Italian Sausage, Roasted Acorn Squash and Labneh
I like sandwiches, I eat them all the time … Has to start with the grainy kinds of bread Mr. hates – and then it can be anything – Peanut butter and fresh sliced pineapple is one of my favorites. A really good egg salad with a bit of homemade relish on toasted bread with crispy lettuce. Love sandwiches!
Peanut butter and pineapple sounds so very yummy!
Particulate matter in my bread makes me sad. Humans have had grindstone technology for thousands of years.
I would have 2 sandwitches. The first is the Cheryl, its brown bread, peanut butter and bananas all warmed up on a panini press. The second is the Ann. Its multi grain with chicken, bree cheese, red pepper jelly and mayo, again grilled up on a panini press. The first is for when I feel all of 7 and a half and the second if for the adult side of me.
Gotta say that my favourite sandwich, even though its terrible for me, is Icelandic brown bread, crunchy peanut butter (though smooth will do) and bacon. Keeps you going through anything.
A healthier one would be ancient grains bread, horseradish, roast beef, old cheddar, lettuce and alfalfa sprouts and all topped off with chipolte tabasco.
Peanut butter seems to be a running theme…. hm?
Alfalfa sprouts are so good in sandwiches! YUM!
Toasted whole wheat bread. Mayonnaise. Fresh tomatoes from somebody’s garden. Old Cheddar cheese. Avocado. I don’t know if it qualifies as “regular” but it’s as recurring as the calendar: if a summer went by and I didn’t have this sandwich at least once it would feel like missing Christmas. Thank goodness there are tasty tomatoes available now commercially so I can even satisfy the craving at any time of year. (In the days of my giddy youth I sometimes drizzled a little Italian salad dressing on the avocado slices but the bottled stuff “tain’t natural” and it’s not necessary.)
Start with crusty bread lightly butter and toast, fill with pulled pork and tangy bbq sauce. Top with some shredded cheddar cheese and toast until golden.
I was hoping someone would come out with pulled pork. It’s difficult to beat.