# 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:** 5
**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 16, 2024, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714/81 "2024-12-16T20:22:37Z")
> [@Seanette](#): > > DH used the word “redundant” to describe putting something noodle-based on bread, and I agree with him. **\*ahem\*** Spaghetti sandwiches on buttered bread. ---
**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 16, 2024, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714/82 "2024-12-16T20:22:55Z")
We had “souper sandwiches” when I was a kid, but it everyone called it Brownie Stew because we learned how to make it in Brownies. At the time the recipe was just ground beef and Campbell’s vegetable soup, no added onions. And it was eaten on toast or a bun. I don’t miss it. ---
**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 16, 2024, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714/83 "2024-12-16T20:29:39Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > I remember my dad telling me that he was considered bold and daring for trying ketchup with his french fries in the late 1950’s. What did everyone else use, Miracle Whip? ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714/84 "2024-12-16T20:31:24Z")
Ranch dip works. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714/85 "2024-12-16T20:36:31Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > What did everyone else use, Miracle Whip? They were all humble calvinist farmers and laborers in our area, so a little salt was all that was allowed on their potatoes. Pepper was right out. As was colored oleomargarine. ---
**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 16, 2024, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714/86 "2024-12-16T20:37:55Z")
So a subtle aioli would be the Work of Satan, right? ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714/87 "2024-12-16T20:41:14Z")
Oh yeah, that’s predestined! ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714/88 "2024-12-16T20:43:35Z")
I don’t make anything that i call an “egg sandwich”, but i really like poached or over-easy eggs on buttered toast. 😉 ---
**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 16, 2024, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714/89 "2024-12-16T20:45:16Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > _ **ahem** _ Spaghetti sandwiches on buttered bread. Also redundant, with pasta on bread. Sounds messy to eat, too (rather like the aforementioned chow mein sandwich). ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714/90 "2024-12-16T20:45:54Z")
Neither sounds even a little appealing to me. ---
**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 16, 2024, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714/91 "2024-12-16T20:46:21Z")
Likewise. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714/92 "2024-12-16T21:00:18Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Every once in a great while I still enjoy a childhood favorite of mine from the early 1960’s: A scrambled egg sandwich on white bread with salt, pepper, butter and ketchup. > [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > (record scratch) Wait, what!? Ketchup? > [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > It was the 60’s and we didn’t have salsa in the midwest back then. Change that to fried instead of scrambled and you have the egg sandwiches Dad would make for me, with a glass of iced tea. Illinois, Seventies. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714/93 "2024-12-16T21:00:45Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > I don’t make anything that i call an “egg sandwich”, but i really like poached or over-easy eggs on buttered toast The only thing as good as bread and gravy is buttered bread and liquid egg yolks. A bit of marmite in there enhances the egg even further in my case. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714/94 "2024-12-16T21:22:22Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Do people in the UK still eat fish paste sandwiches? You asked. 😉 > **[Nostalgia and disappointment](https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2010/jan/14/childhood-tastes-nostalgia)** > > Have you ever tasted something that you remember fondly from childhood and found it didn't live up to expectations? j ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714/95 "2024-12-16T21:23:28Z")
Scrambled egg and bacon on a bagel is among the nicest things you can do for your mouth. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714/96 "2024-12-16T21:25:27Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > > [@Seanette](#): > > > > DH used the word “redundant” to describe putting something noodle-based on bread, and I agree with him. > > **\*ahem\*** Spaghetti sandwiches on buttered bread. Oh no. There’s a wiki… > **[Chow mein sandwich](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chow_mein_sandwich)** > > The chow mein sandwich typically consists of a brown gravy-based chow mein mixture placed between halves of a hamburger-style bun, and is popular on Chinese-American restaurant menus throughout southeastern Massachusetts and parts of neighboring Rhode Island. Originating in Fall River, Massachusetts, in the 1930s or 1940s, the sandwich is not well known outside of a relatively small area of New England. > This sandwich was created to provide a low-cost meal in an economically depressed region inha... j ETA: for the record, two very prosaic names. If I understand what a sloppy joe is, the approximate British equivalence is mince on toast (I promised you prosaic). And the closest equivalent to the chow mein sandwich would be spaghetti on toast, typically made with Heinz spaghetti hoops in tomato sauce. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714/97 "2024-12-16T21:26:07Z")
Wasn’t Elvis the fiend for banana and mayo sandwiches? ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714/98 "2024-12-16T21:30:33Z")
Banana and _peanut butter_ sandwiches. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714/99 "2024-12-16T21:47:32Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > My sloppy joes are not open face, and they are eaten in hand. They also typically lose a lot of their content to the plate below and require some cleaning up with a utensil. You are doing it right. Of the Ops list, the only one i know of someone eating was the Fluffernutter which one of my friends used to eat decades ago. > [@Ponch8](#): > > From the OP’s link, “These sandwiches have sadly fallen out of fashion…” > > I don’t see anything _sad_ about it. What kind of sick freak would eat bananas and mayonnaise? Yes, other than Sloppy Joes, the list contains noting enticing or maybe even edible. > [@SCAdian](#): > > Bananas go on a peanut butter sandwich! I know several people who enjoy that comba, which makes sense. > [@TriPolar](#): > > A Thanksgiving sandwich sorta requires some stuffing doesn’t it? Yep, when i eat mine is is a little butter on the bread, lots of stuffing and some turkey. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714/100 "2024-12-16T22:12:49Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > Do people still eat egg sandwiches? I do, but I always get a funny look when I mention them. > > Scrambled egg and yellow mustard - heavenly. (I even like to dip my boiled eggs in mustard) > > Fried egg sandwich was a staple of my dad’s. I like them with mayo. In New Jersey a pork roll, egg and cheese sandwich is practically mandatory. Lots of talk about sloppy joes but no mention of the fact it means very different things in different parts of the country. In many New Jersey delis when you order a sloppy joe you get a double decker sandwich which includes a combination of turkey and other meats on rye with Russian dressing, cole slaw and mayo. It seemed to be developed concurrently with the better known joe in the 1930s. > **[Sloppy joe (New Jersey)](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sloppy_joe_(New_Jersey))** > > Throughout most of northern New Jersey, a sloppy joe is a cold delicatessen sandwich. There are minor variations depending on the deli, but it is always a double-decker thin sliced rye bread sandwich made with one or more types of sliced deli meat, such as turkey, ham, pastrami, corned beef, roast beef, or sliced beef tongue, along with coleslaw, Russian dressing, and sometimes Swiss cheese. > Turkey is considered the standard meat, usually with corned beef and roast beef. Some delis that offer th... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714.md?page=6)