Ultimate Sandwich Question
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Topic: Ultimate Sandwich Question
Posted By: KoS
Subject: Ultimate Sandwich Question
Date Posted: November 20 2008 at 01:12
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What constitutes a good sandwich? Can low quality bread ruin a sandwich? Or is the bread just the thing that holds the meat?  Hmmmmm, decisions, decisions. |
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: November 20 2008 at 02:48
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great question! after much thought on the subject for many years, I believe the bread is the key to a good sandwich. Of course the meat is crucial, but put fillet mignon between two pieces of cheap white bread and you have a disaster.. but put a plain burger on a fresh roll or or honey-wheat bun and you've got a good meal. |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: November 20 2008 at 04:32
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I think the poll answers the question - the secret of a good sandwich is those two ingredients - good meat, + good bread = good sandwich.
Then, I do not class the wafer-sliced processed meats purveyed by the likes of Subway as "good meat" - I was dismayed when an American collegue took me for "one of the best chicken sandwiches I'll ever eat" to discover it was made with this dry, tasteless sorry excuse for meat and the sandwich consisted mainly of lettuce - a chicken sandwich should be made with freshly roast chicken breast cut at least >| |< that thick from the bone and served with the barest hint of lettuce (I asked for a Chicken sandwich, not a Lettuce sandwich
 )What I don't need is all the garnish, sundry *packing* and other unnecessary accoutrement's that usually come with it - all I need is the appropriate condiment and that's it - less is more.  ------------- What? |
Posted By: Chris H
Date Posted: November 20 2008 at 06:07
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Well being the grandson of an Italian-American deli owner...the meat makes the sandwich. Don't get me wrong, the bread is important, but the right amount of pastrami with assorted fixins could be eaten off the floor (5 second rule) and still be a great tasting sandwich! ------------- Beauty will save the world. 
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Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: November 20 2008 at 06:45
Speaking as something of an auto-condimentor (more so even than Ridcully), may I heartily recommend the following: 
Combined fresh horseradish & English mustard - the perfect condiment for the perfect sandwich ------------- 
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Dean wrote:Posted By: Statutory-Mike
Date Posted: November 20 2008 at 07:40
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I'm gonna say bread, extremely hard question though. The bread is like the cell wall, it protects the goodness of the sandwich. I can't hold roast beef in my hand and it like a sandwich. But I can hold two pieces of bread together and eat it like a sandwich. ------------- 
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Posted By: aapatsos
Date Posted: November 20 2008 at 14:17
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easy question for me, as meat is not essential in my sandwich and I am generally obsessed with bread... I don't want to hear any comments about my weight   |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: November 20 2008 at 14:20
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Posted By: BroSpence
Date Posted: November 20 2008 at 20:17
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Oh I'm disappointed, I thought this would be a "best sandwich poll" in which case the winner is clearly the steak and cheese sandwich. And to answer the actual question its totally the meat. I've had plenty of sandwiches that featured average bread, and they were great because of the A++++ level of the meat.
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: November 20 2008 at 20:34
yes the Philly Cheesesteak is possibly the finest blend of beef, cheese, bread, onions and peppers ever devised, and more addictive than good cocaine near the top is hot pastrami (the moist fatty stuff, thin sliced or chopped), a BLT, and a good tuna salad |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: November 20 2008 at 21:21
you're killing me over here David  |
Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: November 20 2008 at 21:40
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Neither. The mayo, of course.
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Posted By: Jozef
Date Posted: November 20 2008 at 22:33
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The insides. I don't really care about the bread, I just take white all the time. It matters what's in the sandwich to me.
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Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: November 21 2008 at 08:43
| As a lifelong bread lover, I voted for 'bread' - though I would never downplay the importance of the filling (not necessarily meat). In Italy we tend not to use condiments in sandwiches, so the quality of the basic ingredients is essential. That said, I've seen many a sandwich utterly ruined by gummy, tasteless bread, so that the filling, however good, could not save it. |
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: November 21 2008 at 09:17
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there may be sandwich without meat, but no such thing as sandwich without bread |
Posted By: toolis
Date Posted: November 21 2008 at 09:28
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being a Greek barbarian.... MEEEAAAAAAAT!!! ------------- -music is like pornography... sometimes amateurs turn us on, even more... -sometimes you are the pigeon and sometimes you are the statue... |
Posted By: toolis
Date Posted: November 21 2008 at 09:30
true, but the poll question implies a meat sandwich... ------------- -music is like pornography... sometimes amateurs turn us on, even more... -sometimes you are the pigeon and sometimes you are the statue... |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: November 21 2008 at 13:53
Oddly enough whenever I go to the local Philly Cheese Steak chain I usually order the Italian Hoagie. |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: November 21 2008 at 13:54
Being a Greek barbarian, you must be talking about a Gyro. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: fusionfreak
Date Posted: November 21 2008 at 14:36
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I try to get rid of meat when feeding myself.Of course when I'm invited,I don't say anything if meat is served.Nevertheless filling is important so I generally go for organic vegetables and cheese(even if it's quite expensive) ------------- I was born in the land of Mahavishnu,not so far from Kobaia.I'm looking for the world of searchers with the help from crimson king |
Posted By: aapatsos
Date Posted: November 22 2008 at 07:33
English sandwiches don't include gyro...  |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: November 22 2008 at 08:22
Aaaagghhh, that just reminded me that the place near work where I could go to a good gyro for lunch, Athens Pizza House, closed a few months ago.  |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: November 22 2008 at 08:31
| Occasional meat sandwiched between two slices of daily bread... I may prefer the meat, but the bread is of chief importance... |
Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: November 22 2008 at 09:00
There's bread in sandwiches? 
My sandwiches usually consist of a piece of meat between two other pieces of meat. ------------- I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
Posted By: The Pessimist
Date Posted: December 04 2008 at 13:06
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Interesting question, but I think both matter. However, if the sandwich has no meat in it I don't consider it a real sandwich.
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: December 04 2008 at 13:21
Best answer. |
Posted By: Mikerinos
Date Posted: December 04 2008 at 13:21
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Since I don't eat meat, the answer for me is pretty obvious.
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Posted By: jammun
Date Posted: December 04 2008 at 18:20
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Almost mistaked this for an Ultimate Spinach poll |
Posted By: MovingPictures07
Date Posted: December 11 2008 at 17:41
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The meat is way more important, particularly because there is some meat I'd love to have on sandwiches and others I definitely wouldn't.
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: December 11 2008 at 18:19
| And it's vitally important that you don't let your meat loaf, ha ha ha. |
Posted By: June
Date Posted: December 11 2008 at 19:23
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The meat, of course. Ideally sun-dried tomato smoked turkey.
But the best sandwich in the world is at some little stand right outside of Burrough market in London: roasted turkey, stuffing and something red and sweet I think was lingonberry jam. I'd go back just to get one of those again...
Although I give a big A to Philly cheese and steak too.
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: February 12 2009 at 16:55
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Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: February 12 2009 at 16:59
I haven't tried any "bad" bread, so that's why I'm more headed to the meat answer, but if I had tasted a really awfull bread, then the answer is definitely bread and with no meat 
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Posted By: horsewithteeth11
Date Posted: February 12 2009 at 18:24
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I think Cacho pretty much stated what I was going to. The meat and other contents of the sandwich are what I care about the most.
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Posted By: TheCaptain
Date Posted: February 12 2009 at 19:15
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I submit that neither is important as there is a vessel for which to transport Vegemite. I've actually never had the stuff. I just like the name and the fact that it gets mentioned in a Men at Work song. ------------- Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal. |
Posted By: manofmystery
Date Posted: February 12 2009 at 23:07
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could be the fries -------------  Time always wins. |
Posted By: markosherrera
Date Posted: February 25 2009 at 23:07
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Bread without meat ,only with chicken breast ,lettuce ,onions ,tomato,ketchup,mayonnaise dijon,mustard,picante,cheese,ham,carrot,cabbage,peaunut butter all together
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Posted By: Pekka
Date Posted: February 25 2009 at 23:35
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I just realized a while ago that aside from pizzas I haven't eaten any meat at home since summer 2006. But I still enjoy my sandwiches as much as I used to. So bread it is.
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Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: February 26 2009 at 01:05
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I prefer a German "Butterbrot" to a sandwich. Just a slice of bread, some butter and (preferably) cheese on top, but marmalade, liverwurst or salami will also be fine. Since Germany has the largest variety of bread in the world (there are more than 300 different kinds of bread in Germany), a "Butterbrot" is more than just bread, butter and something on top here. Germany also has the largest variety of sausages and beer in the world, by the way. But please don't think German eating and drinking habits can be summed up with "bread, sausages and beer". The Earl of Sandwich may have invented the sandwich, but it became most popular in the USA, where it usually is an ersatz for proper lunch. And "proper lunch" for me means what Americans have for dinner - the warm meal of the day. In the evening just a few Butterbrote, please. You sleep better afterwards. -------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: February 26 2009 at 06:25
Why not? Add a cigarette afterwards & you have a balanced 4 course meal 
But maybe that's just me...  -------------
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Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: February 26 2009 at 07:38
I can live without a cigarette, but will take for 4th course what some people like to smoke a cigarette after, if you get my drift. ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |