# How do you eat your turkey sandwiches the day after thanksgiving **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 24, 2018, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-your-turkey-sandwiches-the-day-after-thanksgiving/825016 "2018-11-24T17:45:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2018, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-your-turkey-sandwiches-the-day-after-thanksgiving/825016/1 "2018-11-24T17:45:08Z")
I’m partial to just using white bread, miracle whip and a slice of cheese. However someone recommended I use jellied cranberry sauce on it. I like it, but I still think it tastes better without. However adding slices of bacon is also a nice addition. Do other people like their after thanksgiving turkey sandwiches any particular way? ---
**Author:** ![Alpha\_Twit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpha_twit/32/265_2.png) [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2018, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-your-turkey-sandwiches-the-day-after-thanksgiving/825016/2 "2018-11-24T17:55:44Z")
Personally, I like a nice, smothered hot turkey sandwich. Slice of Texas toast on plate pile of sliced turkey on slice of toast (other random T-day leftovers may be included here such as stuffing, cran sauce, ham or mashed yams) ladle of gravy top with another slice of Texas toast cut sandwich in half - corner to corner please scoop of mashed potatoes between the sandwich halves GRAVY!! fork, bib, enjoy, repeat ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2018, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-your-turkey-sandwiches-the-day-after-thanksgiving/825016/3 "2018-11-24T18:06:31Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > I’m partial to just using white bread, miracle whip and a slice of cheese. Ditto, though make mine with Hellman’s mayo instead of Miracle Whip. And a nice mild cheese, like Monterey Jack, but maybe spiced up with a little hot pepper. Add bacon, lettuce, and tomato to make a Club Sandwich, on buttered toast, of course. I could also go for a diner-style hot turkey sandwich right about now, with gravy, stuffing, and cranberry sauce, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2018, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-your-turkey-sandwiches-the-day-after-thanksgiving/825016/4 "2018-11-24T18:07:48Z")
Mayo, breast meat, tomatoes, salt, pepper. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2018, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-your-turkey-sandwiches-the-day-after-thanksgiving/825016/5 "2018-11-24T18:16:36Z")
Homemade biscuit split in two, add slice of cheese and slice of turkey. Bacon or cranberry sauce optional. Condiments like mayo or mustard only if the turkey is dry, which usually isn’t a problem here. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2018, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-your-turkey-sandwiches-the-day-after-thanksgiving/825016/6 "2018-11-24T18:31:39Z")
Hellmann’s mayo on Lavash bread. I also add horseradish sauce and emmentaler cheese. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2018, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-your-turkey-sandwiches-the-day-after-thanksgiving/825016/7 "2018-11-24T18:47:40Z")
Either mayo and meat on whatever bread I have, maybe cheese, or a turkey melt with just meat and cheese. ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2018, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-your-turkey-sandwiches-the-day-after-thanksgiving/825016/8 "2018-11-24T19:16:02Z")
Turkey and mayo on toasted bread. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2018, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-your-turkey-sandwiches-the-day-after-thanksgiving/825016/9 "2018-11-24T19:20:18Z")
I always hope there are some dinner rolls left (got lucky this year). Butter and turkey on a dinner roll; that’s it. I put the cranberry sauce on the side (I make my cranberry sauce from [this](https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/bourbon-cranberry-sauce-2715)recipe and it’s wonderful. Cooks in the oven with no supervision at all and tastes great until long after the turkey is gone.) ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2018, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-your-turkey-sandwiches-the-day-after-thanksgiving/825016/10 "2018-11-24T19:20:19Z")
I tend to like mine on the more straightforward side. So nothing too fancy: just Hellmann’s and some cheese. Lettuce and tomato if I happen to have it, but usually I don’t have both. If I do have those, then usually I’ll also put some thinly sliced onion with salt and pepper on it. While I like cranberry sauce with hot turkey, I don’t like it on turkey sandwiches. There’s a sub chain called Cappriotti’s out of Delaware with locations in 16 states that is famous for their turkey sandwich (the Bobbie), but the one time I had it, I didn’t like it: it had stuffing, cranberry sauce, and mayo. Just way overcarbed for my tastes and didn’t work at all, but lots of folks love it. Their other sandwiches are quite nice, though. If I’m feeling a little more ambitious, I might do a curried turkey salad type of thing: leftover turkey diced, celery, curry powder, mayo. In this case I do use some leftover cranberry sauce, if it’s the whole berry type, as the fruit and the sweet & sour, then whatever else I have around the house that looks like it might fit. If I have some leftover nuts, they’ll get thrown in there. Finely diced red onion or scallions. Got cilantro? That can go in, too. That sort of thing. It’s an improvisatory type of dish, with the main points being a curry powered mayonnaise base, and then usually a sweet and acidic component, a textural component, and go from there. You can also cut some of the mayo with some yogurt if you want it a bit lighter, but you also don’t need to put _that_ much mayo in it. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2018, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-your-turkey-sandwiches-the-day-after-thanksgiving/825016/11 "2018-11-24T19:40:34Z")
White bread, mayo, cranberry sauce, stuffing, turkey, salt & pepper, mayo, white bread. In that order. Hmmm. . .lunchtime! ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2018, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-your-turkey-sandwiches-the-day-after-thanksgiving/825016/12 "2018-11-24T20:58:21Z")
The reverse turkey sandwich: Two slices of turkey with some stuffing and cranberry sauce between. Cold and often standing up. It’s a tradition. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2018, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-your-turkey-sandwiches-the-day-after-thanksgiving/825016/13 "2018-11-24T23:59:49Z")
Usually soup instead of sandwiches, but a sandwich would be made from turkey salad. That’s cubed turkey, mayo, chopped green onions, and maybe something else. Tarragon sometimes, for instance. ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2018, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-your-turkey-sandwiches-the-day-after-thanksgiving/825016/14 "2018-11-25T00:49:12Z")
Just had one for supper tonight. Cranberry english muffin, turkey, jack cheese, and an egg all cooked up breakfast sandwich style. Tasty. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2018, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-your-turkey-sandwiches-the-day-after-thanksgiving/825016/15 "2018-11-25T01:40:14Z")
Whole wheat bread Hellman’s mayo turkey lettuce tabasco ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2018, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-your-turkey-sandwiches-the-day-after-thanksgiving/825016/16 "2018-11-25T01:44:10Z")
Hellman’s mayo (Best foods out here), red leaf lettuce, and usually white bread, though we have some left over big hamburger rolls which I use instead. Plus turkey. And when I find it, some leftover stuffing still in the bird goes in also. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2018, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-your-turkey-sandwiches-the-day-after-thanksgiving/825016/17 "2018-11-25T01:46:33Z")
White bread, toasted and buttered. Cold turkey, salted, peppered and spread with Coleman’s spicy mustard. ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2018, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-your-turkey-sandwiches-the-day-after-thanksgiving/825016/18 "2018-11-25T06:21:51Z")
I put basil aioli on Ezekiel bread, then turkey, then a slice of provolone. Skewing the turkey in an Italian direction sets it apart from the sagey-thymey Thanksgiving flavors for a welcome change of pace. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Burden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/958977/32.png) [@Jack\_Burden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Burden)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2018, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-your-turkey-sandwiches-the-day-after-thanksgiving/825016/19 "2018-11-25T06:35:37Z")
Toast 2 slices of whole grain bread, scrape mayo and Dijon on each and lay on aluminum foil. Layer stuffing on each side, then gravy and black pepper, followed by turkey and a slice of cheddar on one and Gouda on the other. Throw into a hot oven 5-10 minutes to melt cheese and crisp everything else up. Slap em together, slice down the middle, and drown yourself in post-Thanksgiving delight watching your 8th football game of the day. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2018, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-your-turkey-sandwiches-the-day-after-thanksgiving/825016/20 "2018-11-25T11:15:15Z")
Mayo, lettuce, tomato if we’ve got one. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-your-turkey-sandwiches-the-day-after-thanksgiving/825016.md?page=2)