Best sandwhich I ever had in my life wasn't a sandwhich at all... it was from Subs N Such in Boston.

It was a chicken salad sub with sweet potato stuffing and sweet potato glaze poured over it.

It was to die for... their "Gorilla" sub ran a close second. The Gorilla was grilled steak tips marinated, with metled American cheese sauce and sweet Teriaki sauce poured over it.

All of their subs were amazing and the place was shut down.

I started to write that I don't go crazy over sandwiches very much and then I remembered a couple of winners.

1. Grilled cheese sandwich- made with sourdough bread and aged white cheddar, insert slices of granny smith apples and some thick smoked bacon, add some dijon mustard. YUM!

2. Blackened tilapia sandwich- served on onion roll, slather on some cilantro/lime mayo, top with mango or peach salsa. My favorite thing to make in the kitchen ever!

3. I have a soft spot of Subway's meatball sandwich. And the McDonald's McRib. Don't judge me.

CarrieMpls said:

baguette

brie on the bottom

apricot jam on the top

fill with bacon (I use veggie bacon) and green apple slices

YUM!

I made a pretty rockin' sandwich for a picnic last night:

baguette

fava beans in the food processor w/parsley, salt, pepper and lemon juice, spread on the bottom

quark cheese (fresh cheese made by local Amish folks) spread on the top drizzled w/a little olive oil

filled with arugula

now i want to make that, mmmm.

don't know about the best ever, but the most suprisingly good sammich i ate involved thinly sliced radishes and thich slices of butter in some french bread

PURplEMaPLeSyrup said:

CarrieMpls said:

baguette

brie on the bottom

apricot jam on the top

fill with bacon (I use veggie bacon) and green apple slices

YUM!

I made a pretty rockin' sandwich for a picnic last night:

baguette

fava beans in the food processor w/parsley, salt, pepper and lemon juice, spread on the bottom

quark cheese (fresh cheese made by local Amish folks) spread on the top drizzled w/a little olive oil

filled with arugula

now i want to make that, mmmm.

don't know about the best ever, but the most suprisingly good sammich i ate involved thinly sliced radishes and thich slices of butter in some french bread

My mom used to make radish sandwiches all the time! She'd slice the radishes thin, butter the bread and sprinkle a little salt on the radishes.

mmmmm.

Since it's St. Patrick's day, I'm totally homesick for a good old fashioned corned beef sandwich. It's my childhood favorite and there's no such things around these parts

lauralevesque said:

Militant said:

It's called "the weeping tiger" and it's from a vegan pub called "the bye and bye" in Portland, OR. It has braised tofu, fresh jalapenos, vegan mayo, avocados, onions.... it's phenomenal..

I need this sandwich since I've given up dairy- Sounds delish!

Good job on giving up dairy! It's one of the most disgusting things we humans put into our bodies, and incredibly bad for you. Hopefully you've started to feel the benefits of cutting it out already. I've been vegan for 2 and a half years now and my health has improved like you wouldn't believe. I was vegetarian before that for a long time, so all my health benefits are purely down to stopping dairy. Have you seen the documentary "forks over knives"?

and yes, the sandwich is amazing... if you're ever in portland, you must go and get one!

CarrieMpls said:

PURplEMaPLeSyrup said:

now i want to make that, mmmm.

don't know about the best ever, but the most suprisingly good sammich i ate involved thinly sliced radishes and thich slices of butter in some french bread

My mom used to make radish sandwiches all the time! She'd slice the radishes thin, butter the bread and sprinkle a little salt on the radishes.

mmmmm.

coool. yeah the 1 i ate had salt and... maybe pepper? and maybe the bread was toasted, hmmm. that was my first experience of seriously enjoying radishes

Ottensen said:

Since it's St. Patrick's day, I'm totally homesick for a good old fashioned corned beef sandwich. It's my childhood favorite and there's no such things around these parts

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I had a pastrami sandwich at Manny´s Diner in Chicago. It was okay but I found it a bit overpriced and overrated compared to what you can get at some places in Europe. I mean, 16 dollars for a bit of shredded, salty meat and two slices of bread? And a pickle? Come on.

But I would always go back and try another one, maybe a Reuben sandwich next time. But hey, compared to a good döner kebap this pastrami thingy is waaaaay to expensive. I don´t eat a lot of döner but when I do, I only eat it at certain places and the quality has to be good.

Have you ever been to Katz´s Deli? Or that other famous place in NYC? I can´t remember the name right now, I think Carnegie´s Deli but I´m not sure.

NUFF SAID!!!!

KoolEaze said:

Ottensen said:

Since it's St. Patrick's day, I'm totally homesick for a good old fashioned corned beef sandwich. It's my childhood favorite and there's no such things around these parts

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I had a pastrami sandwich at Manny´s Diner in Chicago. It was okay but I found it a bit overpriced and overrated compared to what you can get at some places in Europe. I mean, 16 dollars for a bit of shredded, salty meat and two slices of bread? And a pickle? Come on.

But I would always go back and try another one, maybe a Reuben sandwich next time. But hey, compared to a good döner kebap this pastrami thingy is waaaaay to expensive. I don´t eat a lot of döner but when I do, I only eat it at certain places and the quality has to be good.

Have you ever been to Katz´s Deli? Or that other famous place in NYC? I can´t remember the name right now, I think Carnegie´s Deli but I´m not sure.

I've been dying to try Katz's Deli out but never seem to make my way there.

...and $16 for a sandwich is a bit much...I'm sure Katz is probably more though!

chipotle vegetarian burrito

Hershe said:

The egg salad sandwich at Highland Park Hospital. A long time ago, but maybe it's the same. The balance was perfect to me - just enough celery and seasonings. Yolky, not full of mayonnaise. The whites were diced, not chopped. But the best part was how perfect the eggs were cooked. The whites were tender rather than rubbery. On white sandwich bread.

Wow...seriously?!?!

I guess that debunks the "nasty hospital food" stereotype?

KingBAD said:

NUFF SAID!!!!

Dude you need to get out more.

PurpleJedi said:

JoeTyler said:

tuna, mayonnaise, lettuce and small pieces of tomato

paradise, I'm tellin ya, it's so good, the ingredients are def meant for each other...

of course, I eat this sandwich every week, normally saturdays

I just got back from work, went to the supermarket, bought lettuce, cherry tomatoes and tuna (without oil) , mixed the tune with Miracle Whip and spread it on toast. And I chopped the tomatoes into tiny little pieces and added the lettuce (shredded).

It´s not the first tuna sandwich in my life, I´ve probably eaten hundreds and thousands of them but your recipe sounded so bland that I just HAD to try it.

I´m eating it right now.

I usually make my tuna sandwiches a bit more complex but yours is surprisingly simple and good.

KoolEaze said:

JoeTyler said:

tuna, mayonnaise, lettuce and small pieces of tomato

paradise, I'm tellin ya, it's so good, the ingredients are def meant for each other...

of course, I eat this sandwich every week, normally saturdays

I just got back from work, went to the supermarket, bought lettuce, cherry tomatoes and tuna (without oil) , mixed the tune with Miracle Whip and spread it on toast. And I chopped the tomatoes into tiny little pieces and added the lettuce (shredded).

It´s not the first tuna sandwich in my life, I´ve probably eaten hundreds and thousands of them but your recipe sounded so bland that I just HAD to try it.

I´m eating it right now.

I usually make my tuna sandwiches a bit more complex but yours is surprisingly simple and good.

I'm a big fan of tuna...Bumblebee chunk white in water (for tuna salad) or in oil to eat straight out of the can.

My dad doesn't eat tuna anymore because he says that albacore is tasteless.

I found THIS in the ethnic supermarket nearby;

It's from Mexico.

Dad loves it...says it's what tuna is SUPPOSED to taste like.

...now I have to try it myself, with mayo and lettuce on toasted white bread.

PurpleJedi said:

KoolEaze said:

I just got back from work, went to the supermarket, bought lettuce, cherry tomatoes and tuna (without oil) , mixed the tune with Miracle Whip and spread it on toast. And I chopped the tomatoes into tiny little pieces and added the lettuce (shredded).

It´s not the first tuna sandwich in my life, I´ve probably eaten hundreds and thousands of them but your recipe sounded so bland that I just HAD to try it.

I´m eating it right now.

I usually make my tuna sandwiches a bit more complex but yours is surprisingly simple and good.

I'm a big fan of tuna...Bumblebee chunk white in water (for tuna salad) or in oil to eat straight out of the can.

My dad doesn't eat tuna anymore because he says that albacore is tasteless.

I found THIS in the ethnic supermarket nearby;

It's from Mexico.

Dad loves it...says it's what tuna is SUPPOSED to taste like.

...now I have to try it myself, with mayo and lettuce on toasted white bread.

If I recall correctly that is an endangered species. That MUST taste good.

No seriously, aren´t yellowfins almost extinct? But enjoy, go ahead.

KoolEaze said:

PurpleJedi said:

I'm a big fan of tuna...Bumblebee chunk white in water (for tuna salad) or in oil to eat straight out of the can.

My dad doesn't eat tuna anymore because he says that albacore is tasteless.

I found THIS in the ethnic supermarket nearby;

It's from Mexico.

Dad loves it...says it's what tuna is SUPPOSED to taste like.

...now I have to try it myself, with mayo and lettuce on toasted white bread.

If I recall correctly that is an endangered species. That MUST taste good.

No seriously, aren´t yellowfins almost extinct? But enjoy, go ahead.

OK..I just googled that...

I think that the BLUEFIN tuna is endangered...Wiki didn't say anything about yellowfin bein endangered.

PurpleJedi said:

KingBAD said:

NUFF SAID!!!!

Dude you need to get out more.

where you think i got that DELUXE PBJ

the waldorff puts it dooooooooown!!!

PurpleJedi said:

Anyone a fan of the Food Network?

They have this show called "The Best Thing I Ever Ate" where they interview their celebrity chefs and ask them what the best XXXX they've ever eaten was.

They had the best Pizza, the best sweet treat, the best messy food, the best breakfast, etc. etc.

So how about an Org version???

I'd like to start off with a SANDWICH edition.

What's the best sandwich you've ever eaten, where, and why?

Fried artichoke balls from some hole in the wall Italian Deli in Oakland, CA. This was a few years ago and I was passing through on my way to a party and my friend says lets stop here. she had to get something I don't remember what but I saw these interesting looking items that looked almost like meatballs. The guy behind the counter let me sample part of one and I was in heaven. I bought 5 of those fuckers. Deelish.

Crustaceans in Beverly Hills has the best tasting coconut shrim tempura EVER with the most delightful sauce. I could eat that stuff every day.

My friend's aunt makes the best fried catfish and I don't even dig catfish all that much. I mean its cool but its not my first choice of fish....unless auntie is cooking it.

According to Anthony Bourdain, the Ban Mai from Vietnam is sandwich porn heaven:

Ottensen said:

Since it's St. Patrick's day, I'm totally homesick for a good old fashioned corned beef sandwich. It's my childhood favorite and there's no such things around these parts

Now see. You really know how to phuck a sistah up~! Lawd, this reminds me of a Kosher Jewish Deli that used to be popular in DC back in the day. It was called "Posin's Delicatessen" located on Georgia Avenue near Piney Branch Road, NW. They had the best chipped corned beef sammich. I would get it on that nice, chewy rye bread. Make you wanna slap yo mama!

I used to work at a hospital and a drug company sponsored the Noon conference and brough sandwiches from a place called "Au Bon Pain" . They had a veggie sandwich that was to die for. First, the bread was out of this world. It was some kind of fresh baked grain bread stuffed with alfalfa sprouts, swiss cheese, red and green roaster peppers, rosted eggplant, tomato, two leaves of lettuce (that nice curly lettuce, not iceberg) and dressed with some kind of creamy, sweet celery seed dressing. That was the best veggie sandwich I ever tasted. I even went to the store to buy a loaf of that bread. I walked out empty-handed. They wanted $25 for a small round loaf of that bread. And that was about 10 years ago!

Another good sandwich I had was in Baltimore. It was fresh, sliced mozzarella, fresg whole basil leaves, sliced ripe tomato, sweet onion dressed with balsamic vinegar reduction on a French baguette. Lawdamercy! Now I grow my own maters and basil in pots, buy the fresh mozarella and make my own sammich.

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Shyra said:

Now see. You really know how to phuck a sistah up~! Lawd, this reminds me of a Kosher Jewish Deli that used to be popular in DC back in the day. It was called "Posin's Delicatessen" located on Georgia Avenue near Piney Branch Road, NW. The had the best chipped corned beef sammich. I would get it on that nice, chewy rye bread. Make you wanna slap yo mama!

Damn, that must be one HELL of a sammich!

I used to work at a hospital and a drug company sponsored the Noon conference and brough sandwiches from a place called "Au Bon Pain" . They had a veggie sandwich that was to die for. First, the bread was out of this world. It was some kind of fresh backed grain bread stuffed with alfalfa sprouts, swiss cheese, red and green roaster peppers, rosted eggplant, tomato, two leaves of lettuce (that nice curly lettuce, not iceberg) and dressed with some kind of creamy, sweet celery seed dressing. That was the best veggie sandwich I ever tasted. I even went to the store to buy a loaf of that bread. I walked out empty-handed. They wanted $25 for a small round loaf of that bread. And that was about 10 years ago!

No wonder they've gone out of business (around here at least!).

The first time I ever had Au Bon Pain was in Boston, 20 years ago...had a croissant stuffed with ham & cheese...it was DELICIOUS!

They opened one near my office a few years ago...went there for lunch 2 or 3 times...delicious sandwiches, but wallet-busting.

It closed down about 2 years ago...it's pizzeria now.

Another good sandwich I had was in Baltimore. It was fresh, sliced mozzarella, fresg whole basil leaves, sliced ripe tomato, sweet onion dressed with balsamic vinegar reduction on a French baguette. Lawdamercy! Now I grow my own maters and basil in pots, buy the fresh mozarella and make my own sammich.

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You had me up until the onions.

A properly made Club Sandwich works every time.

The very best sandwich I've had though was probably a Louisiana Burger at the Roskilde music festival in Denmark. It was called a burger but it was actually more like a long sandwich with great meat, lettuce, lots of chilli peppers and some kind of amazing dressing. Eating it was an ecstatic experience. Wonder if the fact that their logo was a giant marijuana leaf had anything to do with it...

There use to be a chain in Northwest Indiana/ Southern Chicago suburbs called Lincolns'... they made the best sandwichs: Club, Cornbeef, Fish, Ham, Roost Beef, Pastrami, Italian Beef/Sausage, and Rubens.... my goodness the best sandwiches. Like Tina I can't stand processed meat and their sandwichs have real meat.

Houston's "Famous French Dip Au Jus"...not only is it the best sandwich I've ever had, it's the most satisfying taste experience I've ever had from any food...slow roasted prime rib on an in house baked french roll, a lil horseradish and a dip that is absolutely perfect-not too salty like some tend to be...the picture below is the actual sandwich...it's amazingly simple, that's part of its appeal for me...so much flavor in it's simplicity, I love this sandwich

retina said:

A properly made Club Sandwich works every time.

The very best sandwich I've had though was probably a Louisiana Burger at the Roskilde music festival in Denmark. It was called a burger but it was actually more like a long sandwich with great meat, lettuce, lots of chilli peppers and some kind of amazing dressing. Eating it was an ecstatic experience. Wonder if the fact that their logo was a giant marijuana leaf had anything to do with it...

Club sandwiches are da bomb.

CallMeCarrie said:

3. I have a soft spot of Subway's meatball sandwich. And the McDonald's McRib. Don't judge me.

...as does the rest of America.