Sandwiches

[extrapenguin]

Sandwiches are the ultimate on-the-go food. One can also modify them at one's will, exchanging cucumber for paprika for cauliflower for lettuce for tomato for whatever catches one's fancy. Thus, no two sandwiches are exactly alike, making the experience of eating one absolutely unique.

Thus, I argue that sandwich-making is an important art to master. To entrust someone with making one's sandwich is the ultimate act of trust; to make someone a sandwich is the best gift one can give. To make misogynist jokes about this gift of trust is to forfeit one's right to humanity.

tl;dr Sandwiches are awesome.

Comments

[ollipop]

(sigh) Now I want to go make a sandwich! For myself, not for anyone else. :)

Important questions before I decide what sandwich team you are on: toasted bread, or plain bread? Mayo, mustard, other?

I have made a peanut butter and jelly sandwich at least five days a week for the last three years. I have changed the bread and the jelly on a regular basis... any other ideas to inspire?

[extrapenguin]

My typical sandwich is with either this (http://www.vaasan.com/portal/fi/tuoreet_leipomotuotteet/tuotteet/vaaleat_leivat/-/products/view/12477/VAASAN+Kauratyynyt+6+kpl+360+g+halkaistu+kauraleip%C3%A4/) bread or oat toasting bread. I put in paprika, pickles and cold cut ham (meat replaceable), and then, if using the toasting bread, heat the whole sandwich. I don't use mayo/mustard/etc, I don't like getting my hands greasy. :P
Second-most typical is a bun with mettwurst, cucumber, tomatoes and lettuce.

Hmm... Perhaps make something more smørrebrød-like, with meat and vegetables, for variety? (I heartily recommend pickles for everything!) Also, are all your breads made of plain wheat? A bread made from oats or rye will taste different to a plain wheat one. (I find oat bread to be superior to wheat bread.) Luck with your sandwiching!

[ollipop]

smørrebrød is a whole new term for me, I'm gonna go do research!

Your sandwiches sound like works of art... my sandwich-recipient is less about form and more about function. He doesn't think he should have to eat AT ALL, much less anything exciting! I would certainly try sneaking in some different bread, though.

Mmm, hot sandwiches.

[extrapenguin]

Yay research!

I'm also partial to toast with strawberry jam on it. A tip on jam: make it yourself! Most shop jams are only about 50% berry or whatever, the rest is water, sugar, gelatin and preservatives. Jam-making is also relatively simple (depending, of course, on what jam you're making).
Sample strawberry jam: 80% strawberries, 20% plain sugar, blend to desired consistency, freeze. (Side note: buy farmer's market strawberries if you can; supermarket ones tend to be grown in hydroponics gardens and be rather tasteless, probably due to lacking micronutrients.)