# Spaghetti sandwiches **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 4, 2010, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spaghetti-sandwiches/562948 "2010-12-04T18:15:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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 4, 2010, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spaghetti-sandwiches/562948/1 "2010-12-04T18:15:29Z")
> [@Making patties from oddball ingredients](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-patties-from-oddball-ingredients/562892/1): > > I have some leftover spaghetti + meat sauce (already combined) and started thinking: could I make some sort of patty out of it? If so … how? So as not to hijack the ‘making patties’ thread… Have you ever had a spaghetti sandwich? If not, would you eat one? Spaghetti sandwiches were never a common item when I was growing up. We’d just heat up the leftover spaghetti and eat it from a bowl. But the occasional spaghetti sandwich wasn’t unheard of. My dad ate them more often than I did. Basically: Reheat some spaghetti and sauce. Spread margarine (because that’s what dad bought) on soft white (Wonder) bread (because that’s what dad bought). Put some reheated spaghetti and sauce in the bread and make a sandwich. Eat. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spaghetti-sandwiches/562948/2 "2010-12-04T18:39:26Z")
This sounds like food tips for the morbidly obese. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spaghetti-sandwiches/562948/3 "2010-12-04T18:50:20Z")
I have never had a “spaghetti sandwich” I often take leftover spaghetti sauce, reheat, toast some garlic bread and make some spaghetti sauce (sloppy job) open faced sandwiches. Topped with romano cheese. ---
**Author:** ![multimediac17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/839c29/32.png) [@multimediac17](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/multimediac17)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spaghetti-sandwiches/562948/4 "2010-12-04T18:54:08Z")
Everything tastes better as a sandwich - spaghetti, fries… well that’s about it but yes I have been known to have a spaghetti sandwich or two in my time. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spaghetti-sandwiches/562948/5 "2010-12-04T18:59:56Z")
we did it in school because the sauce was seriously greasy and the bread sopped it up ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spaghetti-sandwiches/562948/6 "2010-12-04T19:00:41Z")
My mom would make spaghetti fried up with an egg. It could be plated or served as a sandwich. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spaghetti-sandwiches/562948/7 "2010-12-04T19:24:58Z")
My mother would cook up a couple of pounds of spaghetti, add a sauce made with a couple of pounds of ground beef, and serve it all mixed up out of a huge kettle. There were ALWAYS leftovers. Next morning, I would pull it out of the fridge, cut a slab, and slap it between two slices of buttered bread. That’s what I would bring to school for lunch. No heating available. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spaghetti-sandwiches/562948/8 "2010-12-04T19:40:01Z")
Theoretically you would have a piece of bread with your hot spaghetti. A piece of bread and cold spaghetti is the same thing, so why does it sound so ewww? My mother used to say, it all goes down in the same place (stomach), and I used to say back, and it all comes out in the same place, too. I don’t think I could eat cold spaghetti with sauce, though I don’t have a problem with cold mac and cheese. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spaghetti-sandwiches/562948/9 "2010-12-04T19:51:55Z")
I think I made one once, but generally I would rather eat spaghetti with a piece of bread on the side for mopping up sauce. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spaghetti-sandwiches/562948/10 "2010-12-04T19:59:59Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > Theoretically you would have a piece of bread with your hot spaghetti. A piece of bread and cold spaghetti is the same thing, so why does it sound so ewww? My mother used to say, it all goes down in the same place (stomach), and I used to say back, and it all comes out in the same place, too. Well, the way I did it, the grease in the spaghetti sauce could be a little on the indigestible side. I loved the stuff, but I can’t deny that I got heartburn now and then. ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spaghetti-sandwiches/562948/11 "2010-12-04T21:06:43Z")
Oh yes! Perfect way to start a morning, in fact [well, ONE of the perfect ways…] 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![PookahMacPhellimey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pookahmacphellimey/32/3175_2.png) [@PookahMacPhellimey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PookahMacPhellimey)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spaghetti-sandwiches/562948/12 "2010-12-04T21:09:03Z")
_winces_ Barbarians… Bet you have pineapple on your pizzas, too. Gag. ---
**Author:** ![mckall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eada6e/32.png) [@mckall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mckall)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spaghetti-sandwiches/562948/13 "2010-12-04T21:13:12Z")
I did and still do. I do the toast thing though, so the sauce doesn’t soak through the bread as much. ---
**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:** [December 4, 2010, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spaghetti-sandwiches/562948/14 "2010-12-04T21:15:22Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > Theoretically you would have a piece of bread with your hot spaghetti. A piece of bread and cold spaghetti is the same thing, so why does it sound so ewww? My mother used to say, it all goes down in the same place (stomach), and I used to say back, and it all comes out in the same place, too. I don’t think I could eat cold spaghetti with sauce, though I don’t have a problem with cold mac and cheese. Unless, like me, you think that bread with pasta is ridiculous. It would be like mopping up your pancake syrup with toast. ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spaghetti-sandwiches/562948/15 "2010-12-04T21:32:45Z")
Spaghetti omelettes are a common West African street food dish. Just beat some eggs, add a bit of onions, peppers and tomatos (beans are optional), flavor with salt and bullion cube, add spaghetti and fry in plenty of oil. Serve with hot sauce, mayo and slices of baguette. The Spaghetti omelet can also be served on a baguette as a sandwhich. It’s actually really, really good. It’s hard to convince anyone to try it, but once they do, they agree that it’s worth it. ---
**Author:** ![Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swords_to_Plowshares)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spaghetti-sandwiches/562948/16 "2010-12-04T21:46:21Z")
[Spaghetti tacos](http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/06/dining/06tacos.html?_r=1&ref=pasta) are all the rage now. ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spaghetti-sandwiches/562948/17 "2010-12-04T22:13:35Z")
Robert Atkins is rolling in his grave right now. I’ve seen people do this (usually with really poorly made, overboiled-noodled, gunky messes passing itself as spaghetti) and have done it once or twice but i don’t recommend it. just eat your leftover spaghetti like a normal human being and take whatever meatsauce/marinara you have left to make a meatball sub or a jerry-rigged bruscetta. MUCH better use of your foodstuffs. ---
**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:** [December 4, 2010, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spaghetti-sandwiches/562948/18 "2010-12-04T22:14:28Z")
Heard of it. Never had it. Never saw the point. Also seems pretty sloppy to eat. Leftover spaghetti either gets eaten cold or fried with eggs and whatever ingredients I have on hand and feel like throwing in, into a frittata/omelet/scramble/whateveryawannacallit, as other posters have mentioned. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2010, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spaghetti-sandwiches/562948/19 "2010-12-05T03:18:48Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Unless, like me, you think that bread with pasta is ridiculous. It would be like mopping up your pancake syrup with toast. I’m totally going to IHOP tomorrow to do this. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2010, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spaghetti-sandwiches/562948/20 "2010-12-05T03:26:06Z")
We didn’t set out to make spaghetti sammiches, but we had the Wonder bread and the margarine spread on it, sometimes with some garlic powder…tada, garlic bread! Which goes great with spaghetti, as everyone knows. It’s just one small step to putting some of the sketti onto the bread and then just folding it up. And right now, that sounds AWESOME. Warm, anyway. Cold spaghetti is only awesomer than anything when you pour some italian dressing on it. SSSOOOOOOOOOOOOO damn good. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spaghetti-sandwiches/562948.md?page=2)