The perfect sandwich

Acquiescence · 16-09-2019 10:55pm

I am partial to a slice of ham on a well buttered slice of batch loaf, rolled up, folded and eaten in one bite.

It's an intermediary sandwich eaten to give you strength to continue making the main sandwich.

We're not playing checkers anymore Dorethy

dxhound2005 · 16-09-2019 11:03pm

TheTorment wrote: »

2 slices of Heavily buttered bread.
A slice of hot lasagne between them.

Sounds gross but my God it's a game changer!

That reminds me. Years ago I used to make sandwiches with the left over mince from spaghetti bolognese. Warm, but now hot enough to melt the butter too quickly.

Raconteuse · 16-09-2019 11:22pm

I don't put butter in a sandwich. Butter is only for toast or brown soda bread imo.

Spiced or salted (why is it called "corned"?) beef, brie, horseradish, rocket.

AulWan · 16-09-2019 11:24pm

dxhound2005 wrote: »

For when the crash comes. The cheapest meal, as described on the BBC. A toast sandwich, not to be confused with a toasted sandwich.

A slice of toast with a bit of salt and pepper, between two slices of buttered bread.

O'Briens used to do a 3 slice sandwich with stuffed chicken on one side, coleslaw on the other, seperated by a slice of toast that had been dipped in gravy. yum.

Wayne Jarvis · 16-09-2019 11:28pm

Raconteuse wrote: »

Spiced or salted (why is it called "corned"?) beef.

It’s beef treated with rock salt, corns are a slang term for the size of the salt granules. Attached to this post is a gif of me looking smug for knowing this useless piece of information.

16-09-2019 11:29pm

osarusan wrote: »

Can't agree with people who go for the softest bread.

If the sandwich requires any kind of grip at all, you need something with a bit of body and spring, not something that sinks under the pressure and becomes a thin doughy strip.

Says the oddball who thinks mashed avocado has any place in any sandwich, let alone one with chicken and bacon.

Get up out of that you hipster.

16-09-2019 11:35pm

cannotlogin wrote: »

Chicken & Grape.....this https://www.donnybrookfair.ie/chicken-black-grape-sandwich but with better bread.

Failing that white loaf, butter (a scrapping of the fake stuff*) & king cheese and onion.

*Controversial but I hate real butter as it over powers the rest of the sandwich!

Chicken and grape?

WTF has gone wrong with you people?

Chicken and grape. Between yourself and Osarusan, I’m starting to wonder where it all went wrong. Meat with avocado or grapes. Why would you combine that with or without the bread wrapping?

Jesus. The pair of you would eat used nappies (howaya bimbo) if someone in a plaid shirt with a beard would charge you a tenner for it.

Vita nova · 16-09-2019 11:47pm

Fried cheese sandwiches are delicious and far tastier than toasted sandwiches IMO. Best if you use mature cheddar and fry the sandwich in plenty of butter.

I think Americans call them grilled cheese sandwiches but they may be buttered on the outside and then grilled, or else grilled has a different meaning in the US.

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Raconteuse · 16-09-2019 11:54pm

This is a lovin' thread, not a fightin' thread (many unpalatable suggestions here for sure, but each to their own).

Avocado is just a common foodstuff and makes a delicious addition to grainy bread in the opinion of many who aren't interested in hipster whatever.

Guy Person, excellent piece of info - not useless at all. Thank you.

16-09-2019 11:56pm

Vita nova wrote: »

Fried cheese sandwiches are delicious and far tastier than toasted sandwiches IMO. Best if you use mature cheddar and fry the sandwich in plenty of butter.

I think Americans call them grilled cheese sandwiches but they may be buttered on the outside and then grilled, or else grilled has a different meaning in the US.

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Dijon mustard and a skim of mayonnaise on each side of the cheese for the win.

16-09-2019 11:57pm

Vita nova wrote: »

Fried cheese sandwiches are delicious and far tastier than toasted sandwiches IMO. Best if you use mature cheddar and fry the sandwich in plenty of butter.

I think Americans call them grilled cheese sandwiches but they may be buttered on the outside and then grilled, or else grilled has a different meaning in the US.

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They use a griddle pan, and call it a grill. I've had many an American style grilled cheese (and ham and chicken!) and it is absolutely my favorite way of making it. Yum.

17-09-2019 12:00am

Raconteuse wrote: »

This is a lovin' thread, not a fightin' thread (many unpalatable suggestions here for sure, but each to their own).

Avocado is just a common foodstuff and makes a delicious addition to grainy bread in the opinion of many who aren't interested in hipster whatever.

Avocado is not a common foodstuff. Show me any shop in Ireland selling locally grown avocados and I’ll dip my hat in mashed avocados and eat it in a sandwich.

It’s food for posers and hipsters.

Raconteuse · 17-09-2019 12:05am

Supermarkets - large or small - and bigger Centras/Spars: you'll find avocados.

Been eating it since long long before this hipster thing that I don't give a sh1t about.

Extremely healthy food, and guacamole is delicious.

Junkyard Tom · 17-09-2019 12:15am

A reverse crisp sandwich - butter both sides of a slice of bread and use it as a filling for crisps, messy as hell but very avante garde.

El Tarangu · 17-09-2019 8:29am

JayZeus wrote: »

Avocado is not a common foodstuff. Show me any shop in Ireland selling locally grown avocados and I’ll dip my hat in mashed avocados and eat it in a sandwich.

The flour used in the bread stocked in Irish shops isn't grown locally, either, but that doesn't stop boardsies using it in delicious sandwiches.

ToxicPaddy · 17-09-2019 8:39am

Raconteuse wrote: »

Supermarkets - large or small - and bigger Centras/Spars: you'll find avocados.

Been eating it since long long before this hipster thing that I don't give a sh1t about.

Extremely healthy food, and guacamole is delicious.

I agree, don't like the consistency of Avocados on their own, but mashed up, mixed with a spoonful of natural yoghurt and a splash of lime juice and its a delicious dip.

YFlyer · 17-09-2019 8:46am

You don't go too wrong with the Ploughman sandwich.

mariaalice · 17-09-2019 9:58am

Has to be BLT lots of rashers, crispy cold but not too cold lettuce, juicy tomato batch bread nicely toasted.

Corvo · 17-09-2019 11:04am

Fresh bread, butter, crispy smoked rashers and a runny egg.

Don't even @ me. I'll lash out!

Lucyfur · 17-09-2019 1:50pm

Good jesus I love sandwiches.

White bread, butter, mayo, cheddar, red onion, tomato. Salt and white pepper on the tomato. And salt and vinegar tayto.

The Christmas night sandwich is my favourite meal of the year. Poppy seeded crusty bread, butter, small but of turkey, plenty of ham and stuffing and some sprouts. The sprouts must be sliced thinly andstir fried with a bit of onion and sesame seeds.

chrissb8 · 17-09-2019 1:56pm

Sliced pan bread is for people who don't know how to enjoy life.

Filmer Paradise · 17-09-2019 2:15pm

Lucyfur wrote: »

Good jesus I love sandwiches.

White bread, butter, mayo, cheddar, red onion, tomato. Salt and white pepper on the tomato. And salt and vinegar tayto.

The Christmas night sandwich is my favourite meal of the year. Poppy seeded crusty bread, butter, small but of turkey, plenty of ham and stuffing and some sprouts. The sprouts must be sliced thinly andstir fried with a bit of onion and sesame seeds.

You were going well there..... and then you mentioned Sprouts!ðŸ˜®

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo · 17-09-2019 2:24pm

The perfect sandwich depends on your mood and the time of day. But fresh bread and proper butter are the essential groundwork for having one.

If it was a last meal/sandwich type of situation I'd go with grilled Turkey, Pastrami, mozzarella cheese, a 2nd stronger cheese, rocket, some diced peppers, tomato, potato salad, garlic mayo, a little hot sauce with cheese and onion crisps.

But if going for something quick it'd be 1 meat, 1 cheese, 1 salad, 1 sauce.

Snow Garden · 17-09-2019 2:27pm

JayZeus wrote: »

Avocado is not a common foodstuff. Show me any shop in Ireland selling locally grown avocados and I’ll dip my hat in mashed avocados and eat it in a sandwich.

It’s food for posers and hipsters.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/aug/12/hispters-handle-unpalatable-truth-avocado-toast

Can hipsters stomach the unpalatable truth about avocado toast?

BeepBeep67 · 17-09-2019 2:32pm

Has anyone mentioned the 2 slices of buttered batch, 6 fish fingers with hollandaise and a bucket of tea?

igCorcaigh · 17-09-2019 3:02pm

https://twitter.com/DylanTeeBH/status/1173584657474043904?s=19

igCorcaigh · 17-09-2019 3:03pm

BeepBeep67 wrote: »

Has anyone mentioned the 2 slices of buttered batch, 6 fish fingers with hollandaise and a bucket of tea?

This, but with bearnaise

gozunda · 17-09-2019 3:40pm

igCorcaigh wrote: »

This, but with bearnaise

Chrxst we've lost the run of ourselves with hollandaise, bearnaise sauce and the like :pac:

What's wrong with red or brown sauce...

marcbrophy · 17-09-2019 3:45pm

BeepBeep67 wrote: »

Has anyone mentioned the 2 slices of buttered batch, 6 fish fingers with hollandaise and a bucket of tea?

Sounds amazing!
At 36, I only recently discovered that I like hollandaise.
All those wasted times I could have ordered the eggs Benedict

Steve F · 17-09-2019 3:53pm

Guy Person wrote: »

White bread, butter and King crisps. Walkers Ready Salted Anything else is just notions.

FYP

Steve F · 17-09-2019 3:54pm

BeepBeep67 wrote: »

Has anyone mentioned the 2 slices of buttered batch, 6 fish fingers with hollandaise and a bucket of tea?

Tae!

MetzgerMeister · 17-09-2019 4:27pm

BeepBeep67 wrote: »

Has anyone mentioned the 2 slices of buttered batch, 6 fish fingers with hollandaise and a bucket of tea?

Don't hate me but add cripsy bacon to this and it's immense!!!

tayto lover · 17-09-2019 4:42pm

Another fav of mine is ham, cheese, iceberg lettuce, tomato, red onion and a little coleslaw on thick granary bread.

gozunda · 18-01-2020 3:00pm

Few years ago had myself a BAT sandwich whilst visiting Spain - but not the flying type rather the Spanish equivalent of Bacon, Lettuce and Tomato.

Rustic type bread with Spanish Bacon, locally grown Avocados and Tomatoes

Just thinking about it is making me hungry

Ryath · 18-01-2020 3:28pm

A proper Double Decker Toasted Club Sandwich on Johnson Mooney and O'Briens Doorstep bread, Real chicken breast pieces, Crispy Bacon, Egg, Lettuce, Tomato and red onion. I'm hungry now after writing that will have to go shopping for ingredients later!

Bobblehats · 18-01-2020 3:31pm

Crisp iceberg lettuce cool mayo and cucumber offset by hot habanero spicy meatballs and molten cheese. It’s the thunberg melt

the beer revolu · 18-01-2020 3:44pm

Just had epic sandwiches for lunch with my mum.
White bread (proper, traditional white burnt top pan), freshly roast chicken(still warm), butterhead lettuce, Rebel Chilli barrel aged hotsauce, bit of mayonnaise.

Capt'n Midnight · 18-01-2020 3:52pm

The shape of a sandwich is important

some people think triangles taste better, others think you should trim the edges

they are wrong

the best shape is circular

some unleavened bread covered in special tomato sauce and topped with four types of cheese, stick it in wood fired oven until its ready

serve with copious quantities of beer

but if you can't wait then a sandwich is good

fresh batch loaf with crusty edges and make a chip butty with proper chipper chips

Capt'n Midnight · 18-01-2020 3:53pm

dxhound2005 wrote: »

Clean out your toaster.

That's what the crumb tray is for.

MadYaker · 18-01-2020 3:57pm

At Electric Picnic a few years ago I got a sandwich on sour dough toasted bread, smoked duck fillet thinly sliced with a horseradish and tomato relish and some sort of smoked cheese as well. I think there some strange type of red lettuce on it too. Hands down one of the best sandwiches that has ever passed my lips. I still remember it. That place doesn't have a stall at the festival anymore unfortunately.

Peatys · 18-01-2020 7:40pm

MadYaker wrote: »

At Electric Picnic a few years ago I got a sandwich on sour dough toasted bread, smoked duck fillet thinly sliced with a horseradish and tomato relish and some sort of smoked cheese as well. I think there some strange type of red lettuce on it too. Hands down one of the best sandwiches that has ever passed my lips. I still remember it. That place doesn't have a stall at the festival anymore unfortunately.

Drugs are an excellent aperitif

Neames · 18-01-2020 8:02pm

BDI wrote: »

Twins

Friend of mine had sex with twins.

How do you tell them apart? I asked.

Well Barbie has a small tattoo and Brian has a moustache.

JohnnyFlash · 18-01-2020 8:11pm

Two slices of heavily buttered toast with 8 cheap sausages and a load of brown sauce.

Yamanoto · 18-01-2020 8:18pm

Slice pan bread with a lasagne filling.

The lasagndwich.

LirW · 18-01-2020 8:24pm

Grilled cheese all day long. Extra nice with a little bit of berries or berry jam in it.

bitofabind · 18-01-2020 8:32pm

Lightly toasted multi-seed bread, mayo, roast chicken fresh out of the oven, avocado, streaky bacon, plum tomatoes with a side of hunky dorys and a big glass of cold orange juice.

I'm so turned on.

Junkyard Tom · 18-01-2020 9:08pm

A sandwich is supposed to be uncomplicated, handheld, and convenient -- not some culinary farce that requires a selection of cutlery and protective wear to consume.

Harry Palmr · 18-01-2020 9:49pm

Stilton and crisp bacon with mustard leaf greens

MadYaker · 18-01-2020 9:49pm

Peatys wrote: »

Drugs are an excellent aperitif

Took me a while to get the words out alright

18-01-2020 9:49pm

No salad, it’s all good from there.

The perfect sandwich

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