# What's your sandwich? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 25, 2001, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sandwich/78018 "2001-08-25T00:19:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2001, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sandwich/78018/21 "2001-08-25T20:31:32Z")
I know this sounds weird, but I like peanut butter and sprout sandwiches. The sprouts keep the p.b. from sticking. ---
**Author:** ![Eo\_Echo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ebca7d/32.png) [@Eo\_Echo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eo_Echo)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2001, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sandwich/78018/22 "2001-08-25T20:34:26Z")
The Birdman club sandwich: smoked turkey, bacon, and Monterey Jack on wheat bread. My favorite quick lunch. ---
**Author:** ![pesch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pesch/32/4925_2.png) [@pesch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pesch)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2001, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sandwich/78018/23 "2001-08-26T00:12:48Z")
I’m of several minds about this one. My standard, lifelong favorite: peanut butter, smooth, on toast. Not white (too thin), not true whole-wheat (too chunky), but somewhere in between. And the toast has to melt the peanut butter so it becomes a challenge to eat while wearing a white shirt. That’s my comfort sandwich. I’ve eaten it all my life, and that along with pepperoni pizza (in all its multitudenous glory) I will always eat. But recently, my wife’s friend introduced us to what’s available up here in Pennsylvania. He took her to the store and bought - hoagie buns - several different kinds of meat: roast beef the color of the setting sun, locally made Lebanon bolonga, hard salami, proscuitto, salami - lettuce (NOT iceberg) - tomatos and onions - roasted peppers in olive oil - sliced jalapeno peppers (he wanted chopped but the store didn’t have it) - and for me, the hot sauce fan, a small wee jar of horseradish (can’t tell you the brand; I’m not at home) - two types of cheeses (Munester and another type) He then proceeded to instruct us by example on the art of sandwich making, Italian-style: pouring olive oil on the bun, laying the cheese, then the meat (roast beef here, and just one or two slices of the proscuitto - the flavor is that intense), onions, jalapeno peppers and the roasted peppers. Salt and pepper to taste, plus add a drizzle of of balsamic vinegar. Heaven on a bun. ---
**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2001, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sandwich/78018/24 "2001-08-26T00:32:58Z")
Different sandwiches for different moods or times of the day. [ul] [li] Over medium egg and crispy bacon on toast with jam for those rare mornings when I want breakfast.[/li][li] BLT on white toast with mayo for lunch.[/li][li] Tuna on wheat toast for lunch if I’m not going to be around anyone.[/li][li] Chicken Salad in the spring with grapes on the side.[/li][li] Tomato with mayo on toast in the summer.[/li][li] Peanut butter and homemade jelly on homemade bread for late nights on the computer.[/li][/ul] Until now I did not realize that I favored my sandwiches on toast! A ---
**Author:** ![Kbean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Kbean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kbean)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2001, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sandwich/78018/25 "2001-08-26T00:42:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by peewee\_RotA \* > \*\*I always liked lunch meat… but nothing will kill my Peanut Butter and Jelly adiction! \*\* Agreed. White bread, grape jelly, chunky peanut butter. Yum. ---
**Author:** ![hardygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@hardygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hardygrrl)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2001, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sandwich/78018/26 "2001-08-26T00:43:13Z")
Peanut butter, must be creamy Jif, and strawberry jam on wheat bread. Turkey or chicken on wheat bread with roasted garlic mustard, lettuce and sprouts. Tuna with low fat Miracle Whip, diced celery and sweet pickles on white bread. ---
**Author:** ![poohpah\_chalupa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/91b2a8/32.png) [@poohpah\_chalupa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poohpah_chalupa)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2001, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sandwich/78018/27 "2001-08-26T01:27:56Z")
mmmmmmmmmmm… Ham Grilled Cheese Grilled Ham & Cheese Tuna on toasted sourdough, with potato chips on the inside Ham Traditional Club Sandwich Pastrami w/pickles & mustard on a french roll Baked Ham French Dip Monte Cristo Ham Open Face Hot Turkey Barbecued Ham Ham Ham ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2001, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sandwich/78018/28 "2001-08-26T02:24:52Z")
How to make a Kathi SandwichTM Take two slices of white Wonderbread/Town Talk type bread -toasted, slap lettuce and a slice or two of Land O’ Lakes American Cheese-it MUST be deli sliced-not that plastic crap you buy in the dairy case, but the good stuff you get at the deli counter Place cheese between two pieces of lettuce. Spread a teaspoon of Italian dressing on each piece of bread, put together and enjoy! (I used to make this kind of sandwich all the time at my friend’s house, and her mom dubbed it a “Kathi Sandwich,”) Go me! ---
**Author:** ![Lady\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f1d935/32.png) [@Lady\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lady_Ice)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2001, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sandwich/78018/29 "2001-08-26T02:45:08Z")
Usually I eat a lot of balogna, but lately I’ve taken to this. Deli roast beef (the rarer the better),Baby Swiss cheese, mushrooms sauteed in butter on an onion bun. The best part is you can sautee a lot of mushrooms at one time and just keep them in the fridge. Just microwave them before you put them on the sandwich. You can tell when you’ve used enough butter when it congeals in the container after you put them in the refrigerator.🙂 Now I’m hungry and I’m out of roast beef until tommorrow, thanks a lot guys! ---
**Author:** ![Anti\_Pro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Anti\_Pro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anti_Pro)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2001, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sandwich/78018/30 "2001-08-26T03:02:44Z")
I’m not sure why I’m so thrilled with all the answers of ‘peanut butter and jelly’ and yet, I am!! Jif Crunchy is my personal fave with blackberry jam. Today is my birthday, and THAT was my birthday dinner! ---
**Author:** ![annalamerino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@annalamerino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/annalamerino)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2001, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sandwich/78018/31 "2001-08-26T04:32:03Z")
BLT Not very common any more, but I grew up on the old Wallgreen’s with soda fountain lunch counters. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2001, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sandwich/78018/32 "2001-08-26T05:32:07Z")
Same thing every lunch for like a year. -two slices of thick white bread (preferably Portuguese bread) -lettuce -barbque sauce -a chicken breast barbqued the night before and left to cool in the fridge over night ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2001, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sandwich/78018/33 "2001-08-26T05:57:54Z")
I love sandwiches and would gladly sit down and have any of the above listed sandwiches. Not one of them sounded unworthy of being a favorite sandwich. As to the peanut butter fans, when I was in college we had a saying: **Man cannot live on bread alone** he must have **peanut butter**. Has anyone ever eaten a peanut butter and pickle sandwich? To me the pickle must be the “bread and butter” type, but that’s just my taste. When I was in elementary school my mother always packed my lunch. We were left in the room while those buying lunch went to the lunchroom (can you imagine that today?) and the other kids had wierd sandwiches like: pineapple sandwiches and banana sandwiches. Years later I realized that was because their folks couldn’t afford lunch meat, but hey, Elvis’ favorite was a peanut butter and banana sandwich. Anyway keep the ideas coming and I’ll test out those I’ve never had. ---
**Author:** ![gorewonfla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/da6949/32.png) [@gorewonfla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gorewonfla)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2001, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sandwich/78018/34 "2001-08-26T06:00:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kniz \* > **Years later I realized that was because their folks couldn’t afford lunch meat, but hey, Elvis’ favorite was a peanut butter and banana sandwich.** The man died at something like 280 pounds and on the crapper. Do you really want to copy his dietary habits? ---
**Author:** ![khanada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3be4f8/32.png) [@khanada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/khanada)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2001, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sandwich/78018/35 "2001-08-26T07:27:31Z")
Hey! Peanut butter & banana sandwiches are my favorite! As long as you don’t fry them (I think that Elvis liked his fried in butter), they’re reasonably good for you, too. Chunky peanut butter and sliced 'naners between two slices of Wonder are heaven. ---
**Author:** ![sdarr2002](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@sdarr2002](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sdarr2002)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2001, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sandwich/78018/36 "2001-08-26T11:12:24Z")
**vegaterian alert** \*\*\* i do love a (smooth) peanut butter and barbaque potato chip samdwich. or a cole slaw and barbaque sauce on a bun, but i don’t eat that in public. too many people stare. but the best is a cucumber sanwich with pepperjack cheese, onions, lettuce, bell peppers, pickles and honey mustard. no that’s eatin. ---
**Author:** ![Drogulus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Drogulus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drogulus)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2001, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sandwich/78018/37 "2001-08-26T15:41:46Z")
A _real_ Philly cheesesteak. ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2001, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sandwich/78018/38 "2001-08-26T23:58:49Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by bughunter_L > > • Reuben (grilled corned beef, white american cheese, and kraut on rye) A reuben gets swiss cheese, plus a little spicy russian or 1000 island dressing. Please return to the school of grilled sandwiches at once! 😉 My fave is a double-decker Reuben which I grill open face on a cast iron griddle. Runner up is classic PBJ. For variety I may substitute apple jelly for grape. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sandwich/78018.md?page=1)