# Sandwiches nobody eats anymore **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [December 16, 2024, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714 "2024-12-16T16:38:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2024, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714/201 "2024-12-18T00:17:35Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > Cafe Orleans, where it’s is easier to get a table, has the same sandwich (IIRC, they share the same kitchen). I love the atmosphere at the Blue Bayou, but, yeah. Do they still sell beignets? I haven’t been in ages, and I remember them being good and cheap – an unusual combination at D-land. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2024, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714/202 "2024-12-18T00:26:57Z")
The place I always got my Monte Cristo fix was Pea Soup Andersen’s, of all places. Deep-fried with raspberry jam on the side, as The Powers What Is intended. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2024, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714/203 "2024-12-18T00:27:59Z")
They’re gone now, right? At least, I heard the one in Buellton is no more. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2024, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714/204 "2024-12-18T00:33:25Z")
Buellton wo Andersen’s? Next you’ll tell me Solvang has been swallowed by a fault line during an earthquake. Gaah!! Is nothing sacred & eternal??!? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2024, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714/205 "2024-12-18T00:34:29Z")
IMO sweet has no place in a proper Monte Cristo. All else is heresy. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2024, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714/206 "2024-12-18T00:37:02Z")
Buellton is no more. Sorta. They’ve indicated that the closure is “Temporary.” This was not expanded upon. Jam is an Essential Part of the Experience. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2024, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714/207 "2024-12-18T00:46:48Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I like mixing provolone and American cheese. Texas Toast makes it more filling. > > But Gourmet? > > Nah I favor mozzarella, especially with the blended butter I can find around here that includes garlic, Parmesan, and basil. Still not “gourmet”, IMO, but I like it. DH has been known to add pepperoni to this, which works well too. ---
**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:** [December 18, 2024, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714/208 "2024-12-18T00:50:00Z")
I’m making my wife a grilled tuna-and-egg-and-Swiss sandwich for dinner. I’m going to have a hot dog sandwich, probably with American cheese, mayonnaise, and Sriracha. (I don’t feel like opening a new jar of jalapeños.) ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2024, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714/209 "2024-12-18T00:55:23Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Those sound like really bad bagels. To me they sound like real bagels. Which are eaten open faced only, with lox and cream cheese, although smoked albacore also works. Soft bagels are the devil’s work. ---
**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:** [December 18, 2024, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714/210 "2024-12-18T01:01:30Z")
Check this out: Gordon Ramsay’s ultimate grilled cheese sandwich! > [https://youtu.be/Ja2r6CFvWAQ](https://youtu.be/Ja2r6CFvWAQ) ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2024, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714/211 "2024-12-18T01:13:14Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > I have had a head cheese sandwich before. It was better than olive loaf. It was weird to me that the list singled out olive loaf but not head cheese. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2024, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714/212 "2024-12-18T03:10:43Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > For egg sandwiches, did I miss mention of the egg salad sandwich? It’s still common enough that they sell them at 7-Eleven, along with tuna salad and chicken salad sandwiches. ETA: your version sounds delicious. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2024, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714/213 "2024-12-18T03:51:28Z")
I know what head cheese and I know you can put it between bread and call it a sandwich, but is “head cheese sandwich” a distinct thing? Of course it’s often jellied so not exactly the same, but people who balk at head cheese are perfectly fine with guanciale. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2024, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714/214 "2024-12-18T04:29:05Z")
I had the same question about olive loaf, and then I realized that at least a couple of times a week I have a ham and cheese sandwich, so I figured it was OK. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2024, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714/215 "2024-12-18T07:25:59Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > sloppy joes. They were my family’s traditional dinner on Halloween How did they get associated with that particular holiday? > [@DrDeth](#): > > worked security there. > > Educational and entertaining. Guys in Tuxes, next to lowriders and bikers, ladies in evening wear and hooker wear. Politicians, cops, and crooks, all lined up after the bars closed to get some chili burgers on top of all the booze. A real scene. That sounds like FUN. > [@terentii](#): > > tinned “flakes” of ham Canned ham, like canned tuna?!? > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > tuna-and-egg-and-Swiss I like all of those things individually, but it would never have occurred to me to put all 3 together … ---
**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:** [December 18, 2024, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714/216 "2024-12-18T07:36:58Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > > [@terentii](#): > > > > tinned “flakes” of ham > > Canned ham, like canned tuna?!? Essentially, yes. It’s not mushy like deviled ham, but you still have to dig it out of the tin (like tuna). [![](https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.KT0XkphDiynFAe0a8j3NpAAAAA?rs=1&pid=ImgDetMain/) ](https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.KT0XkphDiynFAe0a8j3NpAAAAA?rs=1&pid=ImgDetMain/) ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2024, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714/217 "2024-12-18T08:34:46Z")
Much like the Monte Cristo is basically an Americanized croque-monsieur, so too does Portugal have its own version of the sandwich. Theirs has 3-4 kinds of meat in it, which can include mortadella, linguica, ham, breakfast sausages, or a whole steak, and the sandwich is then topped with a fried egg, draped in cheese, and smothered in a hot tomato-beer gravy. It looks tempting, but that’s just WAY too much cheese for me. > **[Francesinha](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesinha)** > > Francesinha (.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}Portuguese pronunciation: \[fɾɐ̃sɨˈziɲɐ\] meaning little French woman) is a Portuguese sandwich, originally from Porto, made with layers of toasted bread and assorted hot meats such as roast, steak, wet-cured ham, linguiça, or chipolata over which sliced cheese is melted by the ladling The f... ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2024, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714/218 "2024-12-18T08:40:04Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Google is telling me about mock ham salad using bologna. What?! Yep, it’s an old Depression/WW2 rationing recipe. You take a big chunk of bologna from the deli counter, shred it up with sweet pickle relish, boiled eggs, and mayo. I used to eat gallons of it every summer as a kid. ---
**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:** [December 18, 2024, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714/219 "2024-12-18T14:33:14Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > I like all of those things individually, but it would never have occurred to me to put all 3 together To be clear, it was tuna-and-egg _with_ Swiss cheese; lest anyone think the cheese was mixed in somehow. Anyway, a big can of solid, white albacore, flaked up; mayonnaise, and tarragon. Mix it all together. Chop two hard-boiled eggs and mix them in. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2024, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714/220 "2024-12-18T14:54:04Z")
> - Liverwurst Or Braunschweiger Ahem, I beg to differ. Don’t tell my doctor but I eat these all the time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714.md?page=12)