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Is it common to make big multi-topping sandwiches in the US?
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What people would do in this scenario is eat the sandwich with cheese, then make another one with turkey. I for one prefer the method of making a pile.
SpoonyBard
Banned
Well, I'd say pickled cucumber is one of the most usual filling in a homemade sandwich around this particular part of Europe. Along with a slice of tomato or fresh cucumber. In my humble opinion picked cucumber works especially well with dark rye bread. I think the problem with these generalisations is that about every European country has its own sandwich culture, while America is homogenised by comparison. And of course fat and stupid, but that has been established so many times that we hardly need to mention it again.
lol, love it
Pristine_Condition
Member
WAAAAAY too simplistic view of American sandwich culture. The USA has both. It has unique/specialty/ethnic sandwiches most identifiable with a particular region/state/city AND the USA also has standard sandwiches you can get just about anywhere and they are pretty much the same everywhere. A club sandwich is pretty much a club sandwich whether you get it at a deli in New York, a bistro in California, or on a golf course in Lincoln, Nebraska. But you're going to be hard-pressed to find a lake trout sandwich outside of Maryland, or a chicken fried steak sandwich outside of Texas or Oklahoma.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Funny you should mention the Club, since that'll actually vary wildly depending on which coast you're on. California Club vs. Standard Club.
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
My sandwiches usually consist of several slices of thin sliced ham or turkey, lettuce, and mayo.
Royal_Flush
Member
I would cut a second slice of bread and put the turkey breast on there. So now I have two separate "sandwiches", one with cheese, one with turkey.
Pristine_Condition
Member
Nah. Most of the time when you order just a "club" in California, you get a standard club sandwich. If it's a California club you're after, it will likely be listed as such on the menu, or you'll ask for a California club. It's really just an avocado or no avocado thing most of the time anyway.
internetwolf
Banned
damn we should have a gaf sandwich day where we all make sandwiches
ElectricBlanketFire
Member
This is actually a great idea.
I'd put a slice on it yeah (or two if I'm hungry).
Not a couple dozens like I've seen in this thread. Less is more.
TheBryanJZX90
Member
Oh, this threads still alive. I didn't think to photograph my breakfast this morning, but here's a picture of what I ate. May even be from the same Deli.
Two eggs fried, bacon, cheese, with salt and pepper on a Kiser roll. Otherwise known as a bacon egg and cheese, or in the NY Metropolitan area an egg sandwich.
Two eggs fried, bacon, cheese, with salt and pepper on a Kiser roll. Otherwise known as a bacon egg and cheese, or in the NY Metropolitan area an egg sandwich.
Usually any meat I have at home is for consumption in an actual meal, not a snack sandwich, but if I did have sandwich condiment meat I would choose between it and the cheese or put each on a separate sandwich.
Oh, this threads still alive. I didn't think to photograph my breakfast this morning, but here's a picture of what I ate. May even be from the same Deli.
Two eggs fried, bacon, cheese, with salt and pepper on a Kiser roll. Otherwise known as a bacon egg and cheese, or in the NY Metropolitan area an egg sandwich.
Looks like way too many calories for a breakfast that you would eat every day. Bacon for breakfast really can't be healthy (I know the Brits do it too).
Butts-a-plenty
Banned
Lunch today. Onion, mustard, provolone, turkey, lettuce, avocado, tomato on wheat. Served with BBQ chips and a dill pickle spear.
Plenty of people do eat it regularly, but for me that's a weekend breakfast. Most mornings I have maybe a bowl of cereal, if that. Honestly I think I skip breakfast more then I eat it.
No better hangover food either.
Gouty
Bloodborne is shit
That isn't two separate sandwiches, you're just eating ingredients.
You cant eat flour, then an egg, some sugar and then wash it down with oil and say you ate a cake.
mmazurkiewicz
Member
99% of the american sandwiches posted here are purchased.
100% of the euro sandwiches posted here are home made.
100% of the euro sandwiches posted here are home made.
charlequin
Banned
It's really not. Best case is you have one of these new fancy olive oil margarines or something and you're about even before you count the added vitamins. Worst case is cheap industrial margarine that still has meaningful trans fats. Either way it tastes disgusting. The general consensus at this point is that saturated fat on its own isn't really bad for you.
In general there are some weird ideas about sandwich health in this thread. For most of these sandwiches the bread us the most unhealthy part!
butzopower
proud of his butz
Which shows how high America's sandwich game is. We have so many ways and places to get sandwiches, we don't even think about making them ourselves. It's like you sneaking drinks in and we over here with bottle service. Might as well just upgrade strugglewich to just struggling.
SpoonyBard
Banned
I wouldn't call them fancy, they are pretty much the norm in brand name stuff and have zero trans fat unlike butter, which has 3.3 grams per 100 grams. And while saturated by itself may not be as bad for you as it was thought some time ago, pretty much everyone agrees that unsaturated is still better for you. So stop struggling with that disgusting butter and get some quality margarine.
Edit: while refined wheat bread is pretty bad for you, at least some other grains are actually good. Unfortunately wheat is added to most bread, but at least you can get some that are 100% rye or oat.
There is nothing fancy about olive oil margarines. I just checked mine and it's made with vegetable oil and olive oil and it costs less than 1.50.
Why would I go and buy a sandwich for 4 for one lunch when I can buy a loaf of bread, pack of ham and a pack of cheese for about the same and can get 3 lunches out of it. Both would fill me up but I make a saving.
Just peanut butter? Yeah, it's too dry and tacky. Add some jelly in there though, and that's a solid sandwich.
Captain Tuttle
Member
A "rich tea biscuit"?
All that requires is to be grilled and some Hp sauce with a nice hot cuppa and you got a nice lunch.
My lunch 6 days a week consist of 2 slices of bread, margarine and two slices of ham for one sandwich and other 2 slices of bread, margarine with 2 slices of cheese. I also have a yogurt, tea and something sweet like a rich tea biscuit. That will keep be going until dinner 6 or so hours later.
That makes me ill just looking at it. That's not a sandwich it's a freak of nature.
Man, you're living the dream
I've only read the first couple of pages of this thread so far but I'm in tears. Funniest thread I've seen in perhaps weeks. The culture clash is real! LOL
Related, considering I'm in NYC visitng family, this thread is also making me want to stop by Katz's. I haven't been there in ages. I've also got some sandwich places in the Midwest I need to keep my eye on
Related, considering I'm in NYC visitng family, this thread is also making me want to stop by Katz's. I haven't been there in ages. I've also got some sandwich places in the Midwest I need to keep my eye on
Jazzy Network
Member
Im hammering for a tuna melt right now.
Cutting down on calories without cutting out biscuits.
SpoonyBard
Banned
read wiki article on crisp sandwich, which included this picture:
Europe, pls explain
I think that's England. You can have them.
Jezbollah
Member
If that is peanut butter on the other slice, it isnt England
If it is English, then the fuckwit who made it can consider himself stateless
Oh, this threads still alive. I didn't think to photograph my breakfast this morning, but here's a picture of what I ate. May even be from the same Deli.
Two eggs fried, bacon, cheese, with salt and pepper on a Kiser roll. Otherwise known as a bacon egg and cheese, or in the NY Metropolitan area an egg sandwich.
Phwoar, bacon, eggs AND cheese on a roll. How exotic! We should call it a bacon and egg roll with cheese or something...
I'm supposed to post exotic? Compared to what, bread butter and cheese? I figured we may as well just make this thread be about tasty sandwich pictures between bafflement over cultural differences.
read wiki article on crisp sandwich, which included this picture:
Europe, pls explain
I don't know what that is.
It looks like something a pregnant woman would eat.
Zen_Arcade
Banned
This looks like someone checked their fridge at 2am, realized they can't get to a grocery store and threw together whatever was laying around the kitchen.read wiki article on crisp sandwich, which included this picture:
Europe, pls explain
read wiki article on crisp sandwich, which included this picture:
Europe, pls explain
UK, not Europe.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
SMH @ chips as a side for lunch
Lunch today. Onion, mustard, provolone, turkey, lettuce, avocado, tomato on wheat. Served with BBQ chips and a dill pickle spear.
(Though pickles can go to hell too)
Ugh no. That's a myth.Actually, breakfast is the most important meal
What in the holy fuck....read wiki article on crisp sandwich, which included this picture:
Europe, pls explain
charlequin
Banned
The "sandwiches" posted here before have been passable because they aren't actually sandwiches.read wiki article on crisp sandwich, which included this picture:
Europe, pls explain
This, however, is an affront to all sandwiches.
Edit: My most recent American sandwich was a turkey melt made with some leftover Christmas turkey and Havarti cheese.
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butzopower
proud of his butz
I think they're just making fun of the super obvious name for that sandwich and not the sandwich itself. That sandwich looks real good and I'm gonna seek something like that out for breakfast tomorrow. I'm currently in London, anyone have good sandwich suggestions? I still haven't tried the weird salt beef bagel thing, sort of a sandwich I guess?
Shadax the wizard
Member
Lunch today. Onion, mustard, provolone, turkey, lettuce, avocado, tomato on wheat. Served with BBQ chips and a dill pickle spear.
The sandwich looks good and all but why would one eat chips with it?
butzopower
proud of his butz
read wiki article on crisp sandwich, which included this picture:
Europe, pls explain
Not the sandwich GAF deserves, but the one GAF needs.
Unite all nations of sandwich-GAF and agree that any country that would accept this as a sandwich, or even food really, is just truly fucked up and backwards.
There's a chain of shops called Eat! that do a similar breakfast sandwich as that guy posted.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
Because America.