Well, learn something new every day. All these years it’s been here I’ve never heard mention of any anywhere else so I thought it was unique. However, it was also the mention of Longhorn Steakhouse (which I know is a chain) that made me think she could be in the same city, but she still could be. But anyway, I stand by my sandwich recommendation to anyone else who might be near my location.
Hmm, a Googling shows that The Melting Pot is an even bigger chain than Longhorn Steakhouses. Odd that I never heard of other Melting Pots before. But that’s neither here nor there because what does a fondue restaurant know about sammiches?
Big, fat, huge DITTO.
Hey Rue? You know what’d go well with that sandwich? Poutine. I’m just sayin’.
Why are you cutting the Coke in half??? 
When I saw the thread title, I instantly knew we’d be discussing the sandwich vs sammich issue. I like sammich. I had a boyfriend once who called them “sammies”, which I’m not as keen on. But when you’re talking about a ham sammy, it sounds okay. But turkey sammy sounds stupid.
Hi Fran! Good to see you online.
I have potato and Canadian bacon chowder for lunch - no sammich. I made it in the crock pot yesterday. It looks pretty good, but I didn’t do a taste test, so I don’t know for sure.
I have a good sammitch for lunch today, it’s fresh almond-butter on homemade butter bread. I had to choose between getting almond-butter or honey roasted peanut-butter.
You know what I consider a grand Spring sammitch? Prociutto with melted brie on a fresh croissant and a tiny touch of capers or caviar…mmmmmm…fancy ham and cheese sammitch!
“Sammies” reminds me of the Discworld. Not good for sammiches, because, you see, that reminds me of C.M.O.T Dibbler.
I don’t really like cold sammiches. I like hot ones like cheeseteaks and french dip and grilled cheese, though. I like them a lot. Pot roast makes a fine sandwich, with havarti and mustard or roasted peppers and mozzarella.
Croissants filled with strawberry jam and devon cream. Just sayin’.
Poutine goes with everything! Well, almost everything. Probably not with the aforementioned croissants. Poutine definitely goes very well with all high cholesterol savoury sandwiches (as opposed to sweet ones like PB+jam) and ought to be a staple dish of the civilized world.
I was tired all of yesterday because Friend From Work was over on Saturday night until 3 a.m., which is technically Sunday morning. So I was sleepy, and then Quasi-Daughter and Driving Husband came over spontaneously before I went to work, and demanded food.
I did a black-bean-chicken-queso thing and some cornbread. There’s leftover cornbread, which I’m going to eat for breakfast. Lunchtime for other people is breakfast for me, on account of working pretty late, and having dumb friends who won’t go home, even when I give subtle hints like lying down on the couch and snoring.
Seventeen minutes to lunch!
You know, my stomach has been cranky all weekend and I feel three weeks dead, but still I want a sandwich. Or to discuss them at least. The thought of actually eating one makes me feel a little urpy actually.
Scout, I’m glad to hear this is a past-tense boyfriend because ‘sammie’ sounds ‘stupidy’. In my family you can get thrown out for stuff like that. Which is why I started the rumor that my Idiot Cousin Steve wanted to be called Stevie. Harsh? I think not! He sold my dad’s collection of comic books without permission and at a bad price.
I have never had a cheesesteak type sammich. They’ve got onions on them, don’t they? Raw onions are proof the devil hates us and wants us to be smelly. Cooked onions are only okay if in microscopically small pieces.
Anyone ever had a celery sammich? My dad would make them from wonderbread, miracle whip, yellow mustard, and celery ribs. Just thinking of it makes my teeth stick together. Especially when he’d liven it up with velveeta! I’ve gone through a culinary recovery program and no longer consider sammiches such as that an actual food product.
A BLT (no T for me) is the best sammich. Simple and gooooood. Though a club with avocado and bacon isn’t bad. Though I make a mean pepper, onion and sausage sammich. Or maybe my mom’s meatball sub would be good, haven’t had those in dog’s years. But then there was mention of chicken fried steak. Wonder what kind of sandwich you could make outta that? I mean, grilled meatloaf sammiches are good, why not CFS? Great, I’ve made myself hungry and I couldn’t eat anything even if I could get my hands on anything. Pooples.
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There are certain things, seemingly mundane and pointless, that can be harbingers of doom when it comes to relationships. That last guy? He didn’t like pancakes. WTF? I should have known then.
Anyway, I’ve just emailed The Boy to find out if he calls sandwiches anything other than sandwiches. The fate of my happiness depends on this, people!
I’m a heathen. My favoritist sammich in the world is Peter Pan peanut butter (must be Peter Pan) and Smuckers grape jelly ('cuz with a name like Smuckers it has to be good!) on Wonder Bread. Yeah, you heard me. Wonder Bread.
When I’m sick it’s a major comfort food. However, while I am still sick, I had pepper turkey, Swiss, mustard, lettuce on homemade sweet bread on Saturday. Alas, turkey gives me the belches. Not nice of turkey. Ham is just gross. I do like French Drip sammiches with onions. No fungus though. For some reason many of the restaurants around here put fungus and onions on their French Drip sammiches. Yuck.
Last night we had breakfast casserole for dinner. We are one confused family.
My standard line on that subject is: “If I don’t like fungus on my toes, I sure as Hell don’t want any on my food, either.”
I ain’t eatin’ anywhere where they put toe fungus on sammiches. Or on anything else for that matter. Just sayin’. I think there will be chicken fried steak in my near future. All this talk of it is makin’ me want some. Course last week I wanted Scotch Eggs but I didn’t make any of those yet either. My cookin’ is starting to pile up on me.
ACBG does not like calamari (he was among the oogied out Friday night) or sushi. I have decided to overlook those character flaws. I mean, I certainly don’t expect him to be perfect. That’s what I’m around for. 
BTW, Sam’s Club makes a pretty decent birthday cake. I had some Sam’s Club bday cake Friday night after dinner. Yellow cake with a fluffy chocolate icing. It was good.
One of my favorite all time sammiches is banana sammiches. We eat those down south. With lots and lots of mayo on em. I also like to put some tater chips on my nanner sammich for added crunch. I also lurve mater sammiches with lots of salt and pepper and mayo on em. The kind of mater sammich you need to stand over the kitchen sink and eat cause it’s so drippy. Mater sammiches are my favorite summer sammich.
-swmapbear (that reminds me, I’m all out of nanners)
Holy Cow! I just googled Scotch Eggs and oh my god…why have I never heard of these? They sound fabulously unhealthy and delicious. Why have I never eaten one? Why? Why?
You people have been holding out on me so hook me up with a good Scotch Egg recipe. Please.
Bananas and mayo??
Thank God you gave me a good quote to remember about him not being perfect (I’m gonna have to use that one day) because otherwise… :: shudder ::
And PB&J on Wonder Bread definitely has some comfort and nostalgia attached to it. Especially if it’s real soft bread - then it sticks to the back sides of your front teeth. Mmm.
I’ve had good calimari, and I’ve had bad. Most of the bad has been at Red Lobster, too… Lots of calimari squid is sold round here in the grocery store, but I suspect most of it winds up as fishing bait instead of breaded and deep fried. For that matter, my grocery store sells fishing tackle. :dubious: 
I still have to go buy my saltwater fishing rig, too. Since the end is is sight of my financial woes, I might do that as a President’s Day present to myself.
tries to read Rue’s post, is mystified, gives up
What on earth is a toast bonnet?
I like sammiches and sandwiches. Sammiches to me are my basic stuff–cheese, ham, turkey breast, chicken salad, cream cheese on a bagel, that sort of stuff. Sandwiches are all the fancy kinds, like BLTs and club sandwiches.
I adore the grilled chicken, bacon, and cheddar sandwich they make at Hart House–with lettuce and mayo on a white kaiser, it’s pure heaven. Of course, it’s not very healthy 
Mmmmm. Now I’m hungry, too, and I just ate lunch. grumbles
Not too long ago a friend posted a story about meeting the young child of some friends of his. A child young enough that the parents are still teaching it “what do animals say?” You know,
“What does the duck say?”
“Quack”
“What does the cow say?”
“Moo”
and so forth. Said parent was demonstrating this with his child; my friend wasn’t horribly impressed (he’s had 3 kids of his own), until the parent got to
“What does the moose say?”
“Hey Rocky! Watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat!”
I’m trying to teach it to my favourite 2-year-old right now, but I think she’s not quite ready for sentences that long. She’s got “Bite me!” down cold, though.
Dang, it’s only 10:15 here and you all have made me enormously hungry. What’s worse is that our dining facility has only the most basic of sandwiches, so I’ll end up eating some tortilla soup and a salad.
We calls 'em “sanniches”, although sammitch will do in a pinch.
One of my favorites is roast beef on dark rye, with cheddar/horseradish cheese, a little brown mustard, horseradish sauce (of course!), lettuce, tomatoes, and sometimes sweet onions.
Homemade french dips are good too! I like grilled onions, cheese, (can be Havarti, Provolone, horseradish cheddar, or plain cheddar; depends on what’s in the house) and sauteed chanterelle mushrooms on mine.
Growing up a summertime favorite of mine was German black bread or German sourdough with unsalted butter, sliced fresh tomatoes, chives, and a little salt and pepper. It was refreshing, light, and just enough to fill you up on hot days.
Swampy, I’m not easily oogied out; but…BANANAS and MAYO?!! Blech! Sorry guy, I don’t mean to be offensive, but that’s just nasty! My lil sis used to burn toast until it was black and then spread Miracle Whip on it. I thought that was nasty!
Taters-now with a rumbly tummy
Nanner sammiches with lots and lots of mayo are a part of all that is good and true. So There! 
You can slather the mayo in the bread and slice up the nanner or you can smoosh the nanner and mayo together and slap it between two slices of bread. Either way, don’t forget the tater chips for that added crunch.
Peanut butter and nanner sammiches are good too. Tater chips do not belong on those however. I have my standards, after all.
We got a Melting Pot ™ in Virginia Beach. They say to call and make reservations on the TV ads. The number they give you connects to an automated machine that tells you everything about the place except how to make a reservation. I don’t think I’m ever going to eat there. The one gene I inherited from my Dad prevents me from waiting more than five minutes for a table at a restaurant. And I’ve noticed that it has mutated (or evolved) to include avoiding answering machines with delusions of grandeur.