Sandwich Thread

[EPICVIEW]

Fried, breaded eggplant is amazing.

One of the few things I miss from my first marriage is her fried, breaded eggplant.   There's a good story surrounding the recipe, but suffice that it was THAT GOOD.

My first wife when she would attempt to cook Id tease she was punishing me    hence we are no more  LOL

[hefdaddy42]

I'm going to spam this thread with countless pictures of different sandwiches I've eaten across the country and homemade ones.

Please do, although in this context, I don't think that would qualify as "spamming" the thread.

Unless you list some photos of spam sandwiches, of course.

[Stadler]

I like Spam.

[King Postwhore]

I like Spam.

A weak link in the armor.

[Anguyen92]

I like Spam.

Spam Musubi are awesome stuff.

[hefdaddy42]

I like Spam.

I'll allow it.

[TAC]

I like Spam.

Anyone who frequents the P/R forum is well aware of this.





 

[EPICVIEW]

is pulled pork memphis style with cole slaw on it on a bun still considered a sandwich?  after a lot of debate with myself I can only come up with if its cut in half somehow before eating ..  am I wrong? as the cutting of it 2 pieces seems to be unacceptable...
 
Im needing clarification   

[TAC]

Seems legit to me.

[cramx3]

is pulled pork memphis style with cole slaw on it on a bun still considered a sandwich?  after a lot of debate with myself I can only come up with if its cut in half somehow before eating ..  am I wrong? as the cutting of it 2 pieces seems to be unacceptable...
 
Im needing clarification   

Yup, there's a sandwich I always get when I work in LA at a local to my work BBQ joint.  It's BBQ pulled pork with cole slaw and cheese on a bun, SOO good.  Definitely a sandwich in my mind.  And unless I'm misunderstanding, cutting a sandwich in half is fairly normal.

[EPICVIEW]

is pulled pork memphis style with cole slaw on it on a bun still considered a sandwich?  after a lot of debate with myself I can only come up with if its cut in half somehow before eating ..  am I wrong? as the cutting of it 2 pieces seems to be unacceptable...
 
Im needing clarification   

Yup, there's a sandwich I always get when I work in LA at a local to my work BBQ joint.  It's BBQ pulled pork with cole slaw and cheese on a bun, SOO good.  Definitely a sandwich in my mind.  And unless I'm misunderstanding, cutting a sandwich in half is fairly normal.

That sounds like an official ruling to me...  thanks Cram!!!

[EPICVIEW]

Seems legit to me.

 Bro...Cram has confirmed the ruling on the field and the play stands... SANDWICH

[faizoff]

Well I guess I don't have as many sandwich pictures as I originally thought lol.

I made this at home with seed whole wheat bread and while it doesn't sound appetizing, it tasted amazing, key to it is a ton of butter and American cheese.








I'm going to have to track down where in San Francisco I had this but I remember it being phenomenal. I believe it was a steak sandwich and I think it was close to Mitchell's Ice cream shop.





This was a small corner shop (at least at the time I went) called Zunzi's in Savannah GA and the line was very long but worth it. It was a chicken sandwich or some kind, the sauce was to die for.





And yea yea yea Katz's from NYC cilche.. blah blah, but this Reuben sandwich was also to die for







I think I'll go on a hunt for a new sandwich place this weekend.

[lonestar]

Pulled pork is absofuckinglutely a sammie.

[Stadler]

I think the only real debate about "is it or isn't it" is for hot dogs and/or hamburgers.   There is a place here in CT - Louie's Lunch in New Haven that sells their hamburgers on white bread, and that to me IS a sandwich.  I would call roast beef or tuna on a hard roll a sandwich, so not sure why a burger wouldn't be too.    (A burger is just a specific type of sandwich, like a square is a specific type of rectangle.)

But a hot dog?   

[hunnus2000]

I think the only real debate about "is it or isn't it" is for hot dogs and/or hamburgers.   There is a place here in CT - Louie's Lunch in New Haven that sells their hamburgers on white bread, and that to me IS a sandwich.  I would call roast beef or tuna on a hard roll a sandwich, so not sure why a burger wouldn't be too.    (A burger is just a specific type of sandwich, like a square is a specific type of rectangle.)

But a hot dog?

This is the third time this morning that I've run into a hot dog reference. In fact, I woke up craving a hot dog - first time in my life that has happened.

As for the question if a hotdog is a sandwich? I guess I would ask, why not? It's a piece of meat between two pieces of bread but good god if you put ketchup or mayonnaise on it, I'll beat you till you're dead. 

[El Barto]

https://minnesotalawreview.org/2019/02/22/constructing-the-sandwich/

White City Shopping Center v PR Restaurants

The best explanation I've heard as to why a hotdog is not a sandwich is that it's a hotdog. It's already a well-defined item. That said, if you can't call a hotdog a sandwich, then you can't call the crap that Subway sells a sandwich, as it's essentially the same construction.

[Stadler]

I think the only real debate about "is it or isn't it" is for hot dogs and/or hamburgers.   There is a place here in CT - Louie's Lunch in New Haven that sells their hamburgers on white bread, and that to me IS a sandwich.  I would call roast beef or tuna on a hard roll a sandwich, so not sure why a burger wouldn't be too.    (A burger is just a specific type of sandwich, like a square is a specific type of rectangle.)

But a hot dog?

This is the third time this morning that I've run into a hot dog reference. In fact, I woke up craving a hot dog - first time in my life that has happened.

As for the question if a hotdog is a sandwich? I guess I would ask, why not? It's a piece of meat between two pieces of bread but good god if you put ketchup or mayonnaise on it, I'll beat you till you're dead. 

I don't know if he still does, but my Dad used to put mayo on his dogs (he would put mayo on ANYTHING, that guy.)

[lonestar]

I think the only real debate about "is it or isn't it" is for hot dogs and/or hamburgers.   There is a place here in CT - Louie's Lunch in New Haven that sells their hamburgers on white bread, and that to me IS a sandwich.  I would call roast beef or tuna on a hard roll a sandwich, so not sure why a burger wouldn't be too.    (A burger is just a specific type of sandwich, like a square is a specific type of rectangle.)

But a hot dog?

This is the third time this morning that I've run into a hot dog reference. In fact, I woke up craving a hot dog - first time in my life that has happened.

As for the question if a hotdog is a sandwich? I guess I would ask, why not? It's a piece of meat between two pieces of bread but good god if you put ketchup or mayonnaise on it, I'll beat you till you're dead. 

I had a chef who put a 1lb kobe dog on the menu, and got so pissed about people putting ketchup on it that he 86'd ketchup 

Of course, the Mexican line cooks in their neverending efforts to troll him and piss him off, put ketchup AND mayo on it... 

[XJDenton]

Why would you not put ketchup on a hot dog?

As for whether it is a sandwich, I would pose the question: if you were tasked with making a sausage sandwich, how would you make it differently to a hot dog?

[cramx3]

Why would you not put ketchup on a hot dog?

As for whether it is a sandwich, I would pose the question: if you were tasked with making a sausage sandwich, how would you make it differently to a hot dog?

Sausage I'd put on a nice roll, not the same hotdog bun.  Also both would go with mustard, not ketchup for me.

But generally, I feel like a hot dog and burger or like sub genres of a sandwich.

[El Barto]

Why would you not put ketchup on a hot dog?

Why would somebody care what anybody puts on their hotdog? I never got that either. Put toxic waste on if if that's what you like. Ain't none of my business how you dress your dog.

As for whether it is a sandwich, I would pose the question: if you were tasked with making a sausage sandwich, how would you make it differently to a hot dog?

I slice the sausage lengthwise and put the two halves face down on a hogie. On top of that sauteed onions/peppers/shrooms, and then a generous slice of provolone on top so that once it goes in the oven the cheese will lock it all into place.

edit: that's for an Italian sausage, of course. Brats typically just get the hotdog treatment.

[lonestar]

It's a stupid gatekeeping purists thing, like pineapple on pizza. I think it started as a heavy handed joke in our kitchen and just grew from there. I should say in our defense that chefs are collectively immature and stupid at their core.

[El Barto]

It's a stupid gatekeeping purists thing, like pineapple on pizza. I think it started as a heavy handed joke in our kitchen and just grew from there. I should say in our defense that chefs are collectively immature and stupid at their core.

Your example actually had a sound basis, though. You're selling people stupidly expensive meat and they're ruining it. If somebody orders up grade N wagyu and then drowns it in A1 you're going to be understandably offended. I get that. Not to mention your own vested interest in its quality as the person who prepared it. It's just the random "it's an abomination" people I don't get.

[bosk1]

As with all things, I think there's a middle ground.  At risk of channeling Stadler, I think it's a "tend your own garden" issue.  I'm with you, Barto, in that what someone chooses to dress their food with is none of my business.  Why should I care?  That said, if you ask my opinion of what goes on a hot dog, I won't hesitate to say that ketchup on a hotdog is an unholy pairing.  But if that's how you like it, go for it.

[Stadler]

I think Bart has it right all around.   Comparing a hot dog with wagu beef isn't really apples to apples, at least to me.   My son's wife puts A1 on all her meat, whether it's a $60 slab of filet mignon, or a salisbury steak from a package.  For her the meat is just a vehicle, so the nuance of that $60 is lost on her (and she'll admit that).  For me, anything more than a flank steak is something I'm going to eat to taste the meat itself.  Salt, pepper, MAYBE a pat of butter.  Everything else goes on the side.

Same with the sausage sammich.  The Big E - a local two-week fair/festival up here every September - has a couple food trucks that do a fantastic sausage sandwich and that's how the better ones do.   Slice, pile, melt and serve.



And I'm not going to lie; I giggle like Beavis every time I write about someone doing something with their meat. 

[lonestar]

I think Bart has it right all around.   Comparing a hot dog with wagu beef isn't really apples to apples, at least to me.   My son's wife puts A1 on all her meat, whether it's a $60 slab of filet mignon, or a salisbury steak from a package.  For her the meat is just a vehicle, so the nuance of that $60 is lost on her (and she'll admit that).  For me, anything more than a flank steak is something I'm going to eat to taste the meat itself.  Salt, pepper, MAYBE a pat of butter.  Everything else goes on the side.

Same with the sausage sammich.  The B E - a local two-week fair/festival up here every September - has a couple food trucks that do a fantastic sausage sandwich and that's how the better ones do.   Slice, pile, melt and serve.



And I'm not going to lie; I giggle like Beavis every time I write about someone doing something with their meat.

But it was a 1lb wagyu hot dog....

[Stadler]

I missed that point; what is that?  Is that basically ground up wagu beef in a casing?  Is it any good? 

[lonestar]

I missed that point; what is that?  Is that basically ground up wagu beef in a casing?  Is it any good?

Yes, and oh hell yeah....

[XJDenton]

Ground wagyu sounds like an absolute waste of money to me (if it was actually Wagyu, which is doubtful).

[King Postwhore]

I had aged wagyu meatloaf once and I thought I went to heaven.

[lonestar]

Ground wagyu sounds like an absolute waste of money to me (if it was actually Wagyu, which is doubtful).

It's a proper use of scrap, and keep in mind, not all wagyu is 100$/lb Japanese A5, I can score American ground wagyu for below 10.

And it absolutely was wagyu, our purveyors would get in really deep shit for lying about stuff like that. They wouldn't chance their licenses on it.

[Stadler]

I'm sorry if I'm using the wrong terminology, but is it cut or mixed with anything?  Sausages are notoriously fatty, both for flavor and I guess consistency.  Does the ground wagyu have to be mixed with anything as a binder or to keep it from getting dry?

[lonestar]

I'm sorry if I'm using the wrong terminology, but is it cut or mixed with anything?  Sausages are notoriously fatty, both for flavor and I guess consistency.  Does the ground wagyu have to be mixed with anything as a binder or to keep it from getting dry?

It'd be mixed with the wagyu fat, though with wagyu the ratio would probably be lower than the traditional 70/30 mix since the beef itself is so fatty. Granted I'm just guessing, I've never done it myself, but I know sausage needs at least a 30% fat ratio to bind and avoid being mealy

[Dublagent66]

I got a good one for y'all.  How bout a nice shit sandwich with corn, tomato skins, and limp lettuce?  Yeah, chow down on that bad boy!!