Bizarre Bits Between Bread

[StudentChefEclipse]

Today, I was chatting with my mom, and she admitted to once having adored chow mein sandwiches. On hamburger buns, apparently. This from a woman who used to be amused by a fellow we knew who ate lasagna sandwiches on rye toast.

I once had a boyfriend who liked peanut butter and dill pickles, but I will admit that peanut butter at least is a sandwichy item. So are pickles for that matter. Together? Oy!

What's your secret sandwich?

Edited October 27, 2004 by StudentChefEclipse (log)

[fifi]

I haven't done this in years. It is a throwback to my childhood when my grandmother would fix this for me to shut me up. You take a really good soft white bread, preferably homemade by my Great Aunt Minnie. Trim the crusts and apply a generous slather of good butter to both pieces. Apply a liberal amount of sugar. Smush the two halves together to trap the sugar in the butter. I can feel the sweet crunch of the sugar now.

[patti]

When my husband was in college, sometimes he was too broke to have anything but jam sandwiches. Jam two pieces of bread together and eat!

[Holly Moore]

Popeye Fried Chicken skin between slices of supermarket white bread.

[Gifted Gourmet]

Thinly sliced sweet onions on white with Miracle Whip was a childhood favorite ... now I can't touch Miracle Whip!

[winesonoma]

My Father made stinky cheese i.e. blue and fried bologna sandwiches . I later made them grilled which were even better.

Edited October 27, 2004 by winesonoma (log)

[mighty quinn]

peanut butter (crunchy)lettuce (iceberg) onion (vidalia) and mayo (duke's) on white bread (merita) eaten only at the beach between 30 may and 1 sep.

[Misa]

Macaroni and cheese with cheetos, smooshed between cheap-on-sale-store-brand-white bread. I used to eat that all the time when I was a little girl.

[petite tête de chou]

Mustard, ketchup and mayo. Voila, a condiment sandwich.

Sometimes pickle chips, too.

[Mooshmouse]

I haven't done this in years. It is a throwback to my childhood when my grandmother would fix this for me to shut me up. You take a really good soft white bread, preferably homemade by my Great Aunt Minnie. Trim the crusts and apply a generous slather of good butter to both pieces. Apply a liberal amount of sugar. Smush the two halves together to trap the sugar in the butter. I can feel the sweet crunch of the sugar now. 

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Ooooh, sugar bread! Nostalgia... takes me right back to the Wonder Bread days before I converted my Mom to the joys of whole wheat, multigrain and light rye. We used to do the same thing except open faced in order to get a direct hit of sugar. Can also be served on white toast, except that the thick schmear of butter melts and it doesn't taste quite as good. Great. Now I wanna go and make me some. Does this mean I have to hit an all-night grocery store for some white bread?

My other secret sammich? Buttered bread, plain cream cheese and jam. Any kind of jam will do, but strawberry and blackcurrant are the faves.

Oh yeah. And mayonnaise sandwiches on white bread when I was a kid.

[mighty quinn]

hey- i use to have cream cheese and jelly on toast! cool!

[jackal10]

CHIP BUTTIES

(for our American cousins, French Fries with ketchup on white thickly buttered bread)

[lovebenton0]

My dad used to eat peanut butter/jelly/lettuce/cheese/mayo sandwiches. But then he had essentially no sense of taste or smell, so the texture was right for him.

I must confess to (Atkins folks close your ears and avert your eyes!) spaghetti and sauce on garlic bread.

And raisin/green apple/cream cheese on rye.

[curlywurlyfi]

CHIP BUTTIES

oh god yes. and, in a marvellous variation, the crisp [American = chip] butty. One slice buttered white bread, top with packet salt + vinegar flavour crisps, add second slice buttered white bread, press slightly with palm of hand to crush crisps + ensure they adhere to butter.

This healthy foodstuff comes to you from Scotland, the land (or should that be 'lard') that also gave you the deepfried Mars Bar.

[bleudauvergne]

When I was in high school, every day after soccer practice I used to make myself a sandwich on white bread with thick slabs of cheddar cheese, mayo, and lots of salt. Every once in a while I would add lettuce.

[Phish]

Nutella, melted ice cream and sprinkles on fluffy white bread.

....sometimes even Kaya (coconut jam) with a few slabs of cold butter on freshly toasted white bread.

Yummilicios!

[NulloModo]

When I was younger one of my sisters friend's introduced me to the joys of the popcorn sandwhich.

White bread, and store bought neon-orange cheese popcorn straight out of the bag with just enough mayo or melted cheese to hold it all together.

[Cusina]

heh, these are great... I was a camp counselor in college. We experimented with those pudgie pie makers (sandwich irons). http://www.firepies.com/irons.html

I remember some weird concoctions, canned peaches and jelly beans anyone? (ugh) My favorite though was marshmallow, banana and chocolate chips. Yum.

We also did those open faced sugar sandwiches, however, we got creative and tossed them on the griddle to fry like french toast making it a whole new delicious animal.

also, see my signature line. My dad must not have any taste buds left either.

Edited October 27, 2004 by Cusina (log)

[eunny jang]

None of you guys ever ate a leftover mushy sauced spaghetti and white bread sandwich?

Best eaten cold, in front of the fridge, with lots of black pepper. The only authentic way to do it is to pile a forkful of spaghetti on one piece of bread and fold it over - none of that fancy two-pieces stuff here.

[patti]

eunnyjang, my mother ate spaghetti sandwiches exactly as you describe. Other favorites of hers were cold potato salad sandwiches and cold rice dressing (dirty rice) sandwiches.

[reesek]

the leftover thanksgiving special? anyone?

the mashed potato & stuffing sandwich...my mom's gravy was repulsive so we never ate it - though i can see the general appeal of gravy. i used to add ambrosia* to mine for that hint of sweetness. side of sweet gherkins. eaten with hand still dripping with gherkin juice. like a wild carbohydrate-blissed animal.

(*and yes, it is divine. drained canned pineapple, tons of mandarin oranges, a bit of flaked coconut, mini marshmallows that bloat and foam by day 2 - bound together with a healthy dollop of sour cream)

[FistFullaRoux]

My mom likes potato salad sandwiches...

I've actually seen Emeril make the chow mein sandwiches - they are a specialty of a restaurant I can't recall at the moment.

[Ovenfrenzy]

When I was in high school I would thinly slice potatoes, carrots and onions, saute them in lots of butter, and make a sandwich with Muenster cheese on a hard roll with the vegetables. A lot of effort for a sandwich, but it tasted really good. Could never convince anyone else in my family of its merits, however.

[natasha1270]

fried bologna

Umm, fried Bologna! I was just reminiscing with a friend about fried bologna the other day. I used to love how it puffed up in the middle and the flat part got browned bits...of course, I'm talking oscar mayer here. And taking that little red ring of plastic off was like a treat.

Open-faced oven-grilled cheese with kraft singles that also puffed up and browned: crisp plastic cheese on the outside and melted on the inside.

2 other childhood faves: white bread, mayo & charles chips sandwiches and a McD hamburger that I would open up and stack a layer of french fries on and eat.

N.

[StudentChefEclipse]

I've actually seen Emeril make the chow mein sandwiches - they are a specialty of a restaurant I can't recall at the moment.

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Okay, I need to suppress this info from my mom. *laughs*