Pick a sandwich please

I wonder about the OP’s motivation here? Just to screw with us, or elicit some larger truth, or … ???

At least in my culture these are weird made-up combos nobody would sell successfully.

I’m just curious. I came up with both these concoctions on my own. And I’m basically obsessed with these two sandwiches.

I’m just curious if this is a me thing? Or is this something that is actually good that the masses would like?

Agreed.

The only place for pineapple is a little bit with Chinese sweet & sour chicken. Having it on a pizza is a horror, and in a sandwich is unimaginable! And the only place for relish is on a hot dog, and even then, that’s if you don’t have anything better besides the mandatory mustard, like sauteed or balsamic onion.

I think there’s likely to be a few matches with your personal taste based on numbers alone, but with the sheer number of structural and condiment options you’ve suggested, there’s going to be a far greater chance to hit a major “nope” for someone. For a great sandwich (entirely IMHO) less is more. Especially for condiments (mayo, relish, etc.) being able to add them to customize a sandwich at the table/counter rather than making them included makes more sense for me, and probably most people in thread based on the comments.

Completely agree! I love sandwiches and all of my favourites are simple.

For instance I had a great turkey sub yesterday – thickly laden with smoked turkey, then lettuce, tomato, and mayo. Perfect!

Even simpler is a hot roast beef sub that contains nothing but roast beef and Dijon mustard. If I want to get fancy, I might add sauteed onion and mushrooms.

Another observation that the pineapple and relish are both too sweet and either sandwich sounds good without them. I choose #2 just because I like cream cheese, but honestly both sound good if the sweet items were removed.

Preach it Dog-man!!

The ideal pastrami sandwich is pastrami and rye bread. All else is heresy. Detractive flavor-destructive heresy.

Agreed, it’s amazing with sweet and sour chicken.

My wife though would probably devour that first sandwich. She also loves Hawaiian pizza. I love her anyway.

Sometimes these strange quirks make someone all the more lovable for their culinary insanity! :grin:

I’ll never turn down a ham sandwich.

I’ll discreetly remove some of the Sriracha dredge with my butter knife. Spicey doesn’t agree with me. A small dab of Sriracha is fine.

Pineapple is good with ham.

Is my sesame bun lightly toasted?
Please?

Without the mayo and the Sriracha, the first sandwich is fine. But i won’t eat even a little residue of the hot sauce.

I would absolutely eat that ham sandwich. I might try putting one together this weekend.

I voted the ham sandwich but both sound delicious. If I had the option to hold the mayo or the relish, I would, but if not, I’d still dig in.

No mustard??

You need mustard and pickles. They can be subtle, but there needs to be some sort of acidic twinge.

#1 is disgusting. #2 would be better without relish, but sounds alright.

Another vote for “would prefer something much simpler”. I also really dislike sesame seed buns, to the point I’ll take several minutes to pick the seeds all off one by one.

I’d probably end up taking both, discard or scrape off most of the ingredients and combine them into some ham, beef and cheese sandwich.

I’m a pepper wimp. Can’t handle sriracha or jalapenos. It’s a shame, really, but that’s my fate.

I’m not a fan of either deli ham or roast beef, and both sandwiches sound like frankly weird combinations of sweet and savory and spicy to me.

Can I have a hoagie with double pepperoni, salami, and capicola, oven-broiled with provolone, and finished with lettuce, tomato, onion, pickle, jalapeno, pepperoncinis, and Italian dressing?

Neither for me. The pineapple, sweet relish, and sriracha are dealbreakers.

My preferred: Kaiser roll, ham, swiss, tomato slices, mayo, deli mustard, salt and white pepper.

Well, that’s not the only one; there are others, but none use pineapple, sweet relish, and sriracha.