Awesome, simple sandwiches

[Crown Prince of Irony]

I just finshed a very delicious turkey, cream cheese, and lingonberry jam sandwich , on a bakery hoagie that took me all of 1 minute to make.

As I sit here licking my fingers, I'm reminded of a trip to Spain I took a few years ago, and the ubiquitous ham sandwiches they had all over the place - a simple baguette, with some type of delicious cured ham and a slice of some kind of mellow, white cheese. They had them all over the place - at airports, at cafes, in the hotel banquet. And they were universally yummy wherever I got them.

Any simple sandwiches that hit the spot for you all?

[AuntiePam]

Cream cheese! I never think of cream cheese for sandwiches!

Thin sliced roast beef (DiLusso Prime is best) on dill rye bread with sour cream and if you can get them, alfalfa sprouts. Maybe not all that simple, but it's sure not complicated. There was a sandwich place in Seattle, I think up on 5th Avenue, that had special sandwiches all the time. The roast beef was one -- I never would have thought of it myself.

My other favorite is grilled cheese -- cheese and mayo on Texas toast (thick-sliced bread).

[Jennmonkye]

Do tea sandwiches count? I LOVE pumpernickel bread with a smear of salmon cream cheese, a thinly sliced English cucumber and a sprinkling of fresh dill over the top.
And..while I'm at it, wasn't another thread spouting the glory of a grilled pimento cheese sandwich, too? Those are the best!
Now that I've talked about both of those, I need to run to the store...be right back!

[Shark Sandwich]

When I can pick up some nice tomatoes from the farmer's market, I like a good tomato sandwich. Tomato, a touch of mayo, and maybe some alfalfa sprouts on toasted bread. But I'm a tomato freak.

[silenus]

A well-made BLT is a work of art. Getting the bacon just crispy enough, using high-quality tomatoes, crunchy lettuce with just the right amount of mayo........drool. Sourdough bread, one condiment (plus pepper), 3 ingredients.

[Crown Prince of Irony]

Originally Posted by AuntiePam

Cream cheese! I never think of cream cheese for sandwiches!

Oh, cream cheese can make some awesome sandwiches. Cream cheese and banana peppers, with your choice of meat (or none at all), on a nice fluffy kaiser roll. Cream cheese, cucumber and turkey, with whole-seed mustard on Irish soda bread. And if you want to get breakfast-y, cream cheese, dill and eggs on the yeasty breakfast conveyance of your choice (bagel, toast, english muffin).

mmmmm. . .

[lisiate]

Originally Posted by Shark Sandwich

When I can pick up some nice tomatoes from the farmer's market, I like a good tomato sandwich. Tomato, a touch of mayo, and maybe some alfalfa sprouts on toasted bread. But I'm a tomato freak.

When I have good tomatoes in season most of them are devoured sliced on toast with some cracked pepper and a little bit of salt.

I made some great venison steak sandwiches last night - Venison in a cumin, chili, soy and fish sauce marinade fried medium rare between buttered toast with some fresh celery on the side.

[Sam A. Robrin]

The Jimbo: Bagel with cream cheese and avocado, liberally garnished with crushed cashews. Onion slice and lettuce leaf to taste.... Avocado and cashew are as perfect a combination as cheese and tomato!

[Chefguy]

Peanut butter and mayo.

[pancakes3]

ham biscuits. no more, no less.

[KennerTheGreat]

Roast beef, piled high on a toasted, buttered kaiser, with some melted mozzarella cheese.

[Batsinma Belfry]

Roast beef drizzled with balsamic vinegar and black pepper, with sharp cheddar and/or sliced homegrown tomato. A toasted multi-grain kaiser is my choice of covering.

[zoid]

Chewy crusty baguette, stone ground mustard, Maytag blue cheese, real honest ham sliced off the bone (no per-packaged supermarket stuff).

[fluiddruid]

Almond butter with pumpkin butter. I get both at Trader Joe's.

[Left Hand of Dorkness]

Originally Posted by silenus

A well-made BLT is a work of art. Getting the bacon just crispy enough, using high-quality tomatoes, crunchy lettuce with just the right amount of mayo........drool. Sourdough bread, one condiment (plus pepper), 3 ingredients.

Boy howdy. I had a few BLTs in my life at diners and bakeries and didn't see what all the fuss was about. Then last summer I made one with a tomato warm from the vine and garden lettuce and premium bacon, and holy shit, it ranked among the best foods I've ever eaten. We ate a lot more of them before the tomatoes gave out, and they're one of the main things I'm looking forward to in this year's garden.

[Cat Whisperer]

I was going to say grilled cheese, too. I've perfected my grilled cheese technique so they come out perfectly toasted and melted (I use cheddar for mine - I find processed cheese too bland). The cheese and toast blend together for such a tasty flavour.

[mac_bolan00]

on a toast: sour cream, some finely chopped sweet onion, and a few pearls of beluga caviar.

[lindsaybluth]

The BLAT, of course: bacon, lettuce, avocado & tomato. Toasted crusty bakery bread - I like honey whole wheat - think smear of mayo and center cut bacon. Delicious.

ETA: This egg salad sandwich with bacon is pretty delightful too.

[Double Foolscap]

Turkey, brie and cranberry sauce. The best Christmas leftover sandwich.

Failing that, a warm roast chicken sandwich with a bit of the skin, some mayo and a sprinkling of salt.

[MacCat]

Rare Roast Beef sliced thin, on good rye with salt, pepper and mayo...

[Hazle Weatherfield]

Working with what I had tonight. Earthgrains Thin Buns, light mayo, hearts of palm, cucumbers, garlic pepper, veggie cheese. It was actually quite a tasty sandwich.

[devilsknew]

Roast Beef, Salami, Horseradish Cheese, mayo, butter, mustard and horseradish on Hearty Italian Bread.

[Baker]

The following is a link to perhaps my favorite food thread ever on this board, a sandwich thread of course. Not all are simple, but I want to share. Be warned, this thread is a zombie, but oh so good.

http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/...81#post1155581

[nikonikosuru]

Bread.
Combination of equal amounts yellow mustard and mayo. (Slathered on both sides if you're decadent)
Deli turkey slices.
Slice baby swiss cheese.
Sliced cucumbers.
Inhale. Repeat if (and it always is!) necessary.

[Stoid]

Bread is a key component to any awesome sandwich.

La Brea Olive bread with simple egg salad made from egg, salt, pepper and mayo.
Also good on La Brea rosemary olive oil

[LavenderBlue]

Grilled cheese made from whole wheat, cheddar, mustard and tomato on a Foreman grill. Simple, easy and delicious.

[Anticounterrevolutionary]

Wow, so many of these sound great! I'd agree that a well made BLT is heavenly.

Cracking some black pepper over an X & cheese sounds good, too!

My favorite is braunschweiger, onions, and mustard on shepherds bread. If you have one for lunch it will stay with you 'till dinner.

[panache45]

Cream cheese and tomato, with a paper-thin slice of onion, and salt, pepper and dill.

And also, believe it or not, salami and peanut butter.

[jackdavinci]

I don't know. But I love croissants. And I've recently wondered if rather than making croissants into substitute toast a la butter or jam I should make them into the ultimate sandwich a la tuna or cold cuts or PB&J or whatever...

[devilsknew]

Originally Posted by devilsknew

Roast Beef (Fred Meyer's brand), Salami (Armour Hard on sale), Horseradish Cheese (not spread- the monterey Jack, creamy, buttery 'sliced" cheese from Amish Country), mayo (Hellman's), butter (sweet cream salted), mustard (French's) and a dab of horseradish (Vinegared Yoder's) on Hearty Italian Bread (Russo's bakery out of Clinton, MI)

,mm

[Purd Werfect]

Originally Posted by Chefguy

Peanut butter and mayo.

I agree, but I would also add Tabasco to that. The vinegar tang works really well here.

[Max Torque]

According to Michael Showalter, as long as you have bread and mustard and anything else, you have a delicious sandwich. His examples:

Bread - chicken cutlet - mustard: you have a delicious sandwich.
Bread - corn on the cob - mustard: you have a delicious sandwich.
Bread - box of pencils - mustard: you have a delicious sandwich.
Bread - one kind of mustard - another kind of mustard: you have a delicious sandwich.

Can't quite follow him all the way on that....

[sparky!]

One of my favorites:

Thin sliced (and cold) cucumber on soft white bread with mayo and black pepper.

Also, when I have left over green beans: heat them up and put them on white bread with butter. Throw on some mashed potato too, if available.

[Duke]

Originally Posted by Crown Prince of Irony

As I sit here licking my fingers, I'm reminded of a trip to Spain I took a few years ago, and the ubiquitous ham sandwiches they had all over the place - a simple baguette, with some type of delicious cured ham and a slice of some kind of mellow, white cheese. They had them all over the place - at airports, at cafes, in the hotel banquet. And they were universally yummy wherever I got them.

Hey, that's the one I was going to mention. Baguette, jamon serrano, manchego. Lately though I've been trying manchego and a thin layer of quince paste. Brilliant.

OTOH the maximalist side of me has been enjoying The Stinger from our local sub place. It's a cheesesteak....with chicken fingers and hot sauce. It's MAD, MAD I tell you.

[Capt. Ridley's Shooting Party]

Cheddar cheese and Branston pickle. It's one of the things I miss most from the UK.

[Drunky Smurf]

Originally Posted by panache45

And also, believe it or not, salami and peanut butter.

Oooh that sounds good. I'm going to try it. I've been doing the peanut butter and bacon thing forever but I never thought to use different meat with the peanut butter.

[Lynn Bodoni]

If I can get good tomatoes, then I will eat them with red wine vinegar. And I will make tomato sandwiches. Just good white bread, mayo, tomatoes, and a bit of salt. But they have to be GOOD tomatoes. Supermarket tomatoes are generally not worth eating.

Egg or tuna salad on rye bread is sooo simple, and so delicious. If it's egg salad, I slice the eggs in half, take out the yolks, and mash the yolks into the mayo and mustard mix. Then I add the diced whites.

[BigT]

I just got the most amazing ham sandwich from the deli. It was a simple sandwich with ham, lettuce, mayo, and bread, and yet it tasted much better than when I've put those ingredients together for myself.

[Taomist]

Originally Posted by Purd Werfect

I agree, but I would also add Tabasco to that. The vinegar tang works really well here.

I do the peanut butter, mayo and pickle thing.
mmmmmmm

[Tapioca Dextrin]

A ham 'n' cheese sandwich made with wholemeal bread isn't exactly exotic, but a quick squeeze from a tube of sun dried tomato paste raises it above the mundane.

[Fear Itself]

Grilled cheese with dill pickles inside.

[Kyrie Eleison]

For me, the perfect sandwich is the Cuban. Ham, roast pork, Swiss cheese, pickles, and mustard on Cuban bread, smooshed flat in a press.

The BLT is a close second.

[Doug Bowe]

Local Kosher kitchen featured the PLT...pastrami, lettuce and tomato.