Sandwich hall of fame

[YChang 3421]

So... would a Chinese pork belly bun be considered a sandwich?

[Bozo_Casanova 26111]

1 hour ago, jimmyjazz said:

Depends on the recipe.  Plenty contain baking powder or baking soda.

I was thinking of yeast, and strictly speaking you don't need baking powder or soda to make flour tortillas, but fair point.

[Underdog 28356]

1 hour ago, Texzilla58 said:

My favorite sandwiches in no order

Pastrami Reuben
Chicago Italian beef
Meatball parm
Shrimp po’boy, dressed
Debris po’boy , dressed
Patty melt
Italian deli meat sub, fully dressed
Cubano
Fried chicken sandwich
Chicken salad sandwich
Lobster roll
Porcetta sandwich with greens
Memphis chopped hot pork sandwich
Memphis bbq baloney or salami sandwich
Texas chopped brisket sandwich
Louisville hot brown
Torta with carne asada
Speidies
Lemongrass pork bahn Mi
Meat loaf
Homegrown tomato sandwich

Worst I ever had
In Japan at Panasonic executive dining room: cold fried egg on white bread with ketchup. They were told it was the favorite sandwich of California.

GDit I should be ashamed of myself for not coming up with this.  Another personal favorite of mine is pimento cheese sandwich. 

 

49 minutes ago, ftf82 said:

My now deceased Mom was affectionately known as Grandma Sandwich to our kids and their friends, because that's all that she would offer to make them for lunch when she watched them. When I was growing up, more often than not she made this on white bread with Miracle Whip. And gave the rind to our dacshunds. I would still kill for one today, but my wife does the shopping generally and refuses to buy it.

 

 

Loved it as a child and still do as an adult, pops would have me save the trimmings for him. 

[Brisketexan 104056]

8 minutes ago, YChang said:

So... would a Chinese pork belly bun be considered a sandwich?

Hmmmm....maybe.  I know I love 'em.

4 minutes ago, Underdog said:

GDit I should be ashamed of myself for not coming up with this.  Another personal favorite of mine is pimento cheese sandwich. 

Pimento cheese is a strong mention.  But isn't it really more of an "at home" sandwich, as opposed to a "get it someplace" sandwich?  I'd lean towards grouping it more with PBJ and a ham sammich on white bread -- delicious, and something you get at home.

But then, the pimento cheese and cucumber sandwich at Hyde Park would argue against that (and it's a great sandwich).

[conVINCEd 21468]

1 minute ago, Brisketexan said:

Hmmmm....maybe.  I know I love 'em.

Pimento cheese is a strong mention.  But isn't it really more of an "at home" sandwich, as opposed to a "get it someplace" sandwich?  I'd lean towards grouping it more with PBJ and a ham sammich on white bread -- delicious, and something you get at home.

But then, the pimento cheese and cucumber sandwich at Hyde Park would argue against that (and it's a great sandwich).

You get it at The Masters.

[Brisketexan 104056]

1 minute ago, conVINCEd said:

You get it at The Masters.

True.

As to me....

[conVINCEd 21468]

4 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

True.

As to me....

I’m not really a pimento cheese fan, but if you ever find yourself in Charleston, go to Callie’s Hot Little Biscuit and get the bacon/egg/pimento breakfast biscuit.  I could be converted if all pimento cheese tasted like that.

[Bozo_Casanova 26111]

36 minutes ago, conVINCEd said:

I’m not really a pimento cheese fan,

[conVINCEd 21468]

2 minutes ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

The prepackaged shit from the grocery store is a hard pass.  I’ll give it a shot if I’m in South Carolina or Georgia.

[gernblansten 3159]

If not yet submitted, I’d nominate a German Schnitzel sandwich. Pork, if it needs to be specified. 

[ftf82 481]

if we're just nominating our favorite sandwiches, then I submit the Del Rancho Steak Sandwich Supreme.

 

 

[conVINCEd 21468]

28 minutes ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

The shit you can get at the grocery store in Texas ain’t my jam.  Some gourmet shit from a fancy southern restaurant is my jam.  Also, at The Masters, because I would be at The Masters.

[Underdog 28356]

I'll bring back a couple of tubs of Price's PC from HEB on our trips back to Texas, hard to find up here in the Northeast( they love this Palmetto cheese BS).  

[RMac5 1547]

Glad to see the CFS sandwich finally added. 
My top 3 in no order

BLT, CFS and minna cheese, real fucking mayo on all of em too, Blue Plate if you got it.

 

 

Edited May 31, 2023 by RMac5

[DoobieWah 1384]

A lot of good ones mentioned, but I haven't seen Italian Sausage Sub. 

Definitely top ten. 

[SydneyCarton 47746]

We need to trim this to 64, then do a legit bracket tournament where we vote on each winner all the way through to the end. 

[WhatTheBuck 28666]

Beef on Weck

[jimmyjazz 45312]

3 hours ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

I was thinking of yeast, and strictly speaking you don't need baking powder or soda to make flour tortillas, but fair point.

I get it.  I think some are unleavened.

Heck, I've never made a tortilla I didn't pull from the par-baked bag from HEB.  (And those kick ass.)

[CooterBrown 17806]

My favorite sandwich. Fixin’s folded in bread.

[Texzilla58 4695]

if we're just nominating our favorite sandwiches, then I submit the Del Rancho Steak Sandwich Supreme.
 
 

This here ranks with the greatest products of Oklahoma, along with Darrell K Royal, the onion burger (not a sandwich), and Carrie Underwood’s legs.

[Kyrie Eleison 9312]

fresh from the garden tomatoes and Blue Plate mayo on white bread.  
 

fight me.  

[CooterBrown 17806]

12 hours ago, DoobieWah said:

A lot of good ones mentioned, but I haven't seen Italian Sausage Sub. 

Definitely top ten. 

The Friday special Italian Sausage sub at Delaware Subs is an all time favorite for me.

[Brisketexan 104056]

fresh from the garden tomatoes and Blue Plate mayo on white bread.  
 
fight me.  

Delicious. But an “at home” sandwich, and not what we’re looking for here.

[Jerry Callo 8634]

So the Sandwich Hall of Fame currently includes 50 or more different sandwiches, including cheeseburgers, hotdogs, eggrolls, tacos, and gyros.  Since someone mentioned open-faced sandwiches, I nominate shit on a shingle.

[Macanudo 12891]

9 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Delicious. But an “at home” sandwich, and not what we’re looking for here.

So this rules out everything on the menu at South Austin's mom's house.

[Brisketexan 104056]

28 minutes ago, Macanudo said:

So this rules out everything on the menu at South Austin's mom's house.

Not true.  If you go to her house on Sunday, she'll have a 2-for-1 Delaware Subs cheesesteak waiting for you -- consume before or after the festivities, as a refueling snack.

[Macanudo 12891]

I like the idea of a playoff.   But anything liver related should be a really low seed and if it gets past the 1st round, the tournament is rigged.

[Brisketexan 104056]

8 minutes ago, Macanudo said:

I like the idea of a playoff.   But anything liver related should be a really low seed and if it gets past the 1st round, the tournament is rigged.

Your liver-hatred is noted.

But your bias towards any sandwich involving a toaster is also noted.

[CHIEF 5050]

A tuna salad on toasted white bread is one of the greatest sandwiches ever.

However, restaurants still have nothing on Mrs. CHIEF's tuna salad. Her's is very simple albacore tuna, boiled eggs, real mayo, onion, pickles, and about a third of a jar of the pickle brine. A large dash or three of lemon pepper and lime pepper seasoning.

CHIEF

Edited May 31, 2023 by CHIEF

[conVINCEd 21468]

14 hours ago, SydneyCarton said:

We need to trim this to 64, then do a legit bracket tournament where we vote on each winner all the way through to the end. 

Agreed.  Congrats Brisket!!!  You started a thread about sandwiches and now you are responsible for managing a sandwich tournament bracket with hundreds of participants.

[Underdog 28356]

1 hour ago, CHIEF said:

A tuna salad on toasted white bread is one of the greatest sandwiches ever.

However, restaurants still have nothing on Mrs. CHIEF's tuna salad. Her's is very simple albacore tuna, boiled eggs, real mayo, onion, pickles, and about a third of a jar of the pickle brine. A large dash or three of lemon pepper and lime pepper seasoning.

CHIEF

I'll make up some tuna salad about once a month never tried it with onion may have to give that a shot.  Also a fan of tuna melts. 

[Kyrie Eleison 9312]

4 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

Delicious. But an “at home” sandwich, and not what we’re looking for here.

[Bozo_Casanova 26111]

4 hours ago, Macanudo said:

So this rules out everything on the menu at South Austin's mom's house.

Theresa Russell was in a movie about her!

[Armybrat 40599]

On 5/29/2023 at 6:27 PM, TonyTexas said:

BLT is at the top of the list for me. 

Especially the one at the Deli at the Las Vegas Mirage hotel. It also came with a side of six bacon strips…

 

[Bozo_Casanova 26111]

16 hours ago, Underdog said:

I'll bring back a couple of tubs of Price's PC from HEB on our trips back to Texas, hard to find up here in the Northeast( they love this Palmetto cheese BS).  

Naw man - if you are at a big HEB you want the in-house stuff they make in the store, AKA as the  "Pam's" recipe from the first Central Market. 

[Biff Tannen 45361]

22 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

Well, someone has mentioned it now.  It's a meritorious nomination.  It's one of my wife's favorite sandwiches.

What, you don't love you a real authentic Subway meatball sandwich?

I mean, I GUESS a real-deal meatball sub might be better...

I would destroy the subway meatball sub in college. Add mayo AND ranch. It was a sloppy mess of goodness. 

[Brisketexan 104056]

3 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

I would destroy the subway meatball sub in college.

Oh hells yes.

3 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

Add mayo AND ranch.

But, I mean....who am I to judge people's college dining choices?  I mentioned my 7-11 chili dog sins from that era, so let he who is without sin cast the first meatball.

[Underdog 28356]

1 hour ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

Naw man - if you are at a big HEB you want the in-house stuff they make in the store, AKA as the  "Pam's" recipe from the first Central Market. 

Don't recall ever seeing it but will check it out next visit. 

[ztejas 42963]

3 hours ago, CHIEF said:

A tuna salad on toasted white bread is one of the greatest sandwiches ever.

However, restaurants still have nothing on Mrs. CHIEF's tuna salad. Her's is very simple albacore tuna, boiled eggs, real mayo, onion, pickles, and about a third of a jar of the pickle brine. A large dash or three of lemon pepper and lime pepper seasoning.

CHIEF

Not a big egg guy. I do tuna, diced pickles and onion, mayo, a little brown mustard, salt, pepper, maybe a little paprika. 

[Helobious 9454]

Thread needs lonches

 

[Deej 76282]

14 minutes ago, ztejas said:

Not a big egg guy. I do tuna, diced pickles and onion, mayo, a little brown mustard, salt, pepper, maybe a little paprika. 

Try putting the little champagne grapes in your tuna salad when they are available. 

[Bozo_Casanova 26111]

14 minutes ago, Deej said:

Try putting the little champagne grapes in your tuna salad when they are available. 

also minced fennel bulb

[Brisketexan 104056]

15 minutes ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

also minced fennel bulb

Poster profile pic checks out.

[CooterBrown 17806]

34 minutes ago, Deej said:

Try putting the little champagne grapes in your tuna salad when they are available. 

So, you like tiny balls busting in your mouth?

[Underdog 28356]

53 minutes ago, ztejas said:

Not a big egg guy. I do tuna, diced pickles and onion, mayo, a little brown mustard, salt, pepper, maybe a little paprika. 

 

[Bozo_Casanova 26111]

36 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Poster profile pic checks out.

[Lat22 3952]

Half Serious from Zito's in San Antonio

Turkey on White bread, extra spread from Nielsen's in Houston

[Brisketexan 104056]

Okay.....I am comfortable with this list of 28 (I'm making the list -- y'all get input, but like Puerto Rico, you get a say, but you don't get a vote -- so deal with it).  The list is at 28.  I've got three types of po-boys on it, because goddammit, I'm part NOLA-bred, and they're distinct sandwiches.  I could also be talked into more than one variety of torta (because messican, too).  I also have some "MAYBE" sandwiches that could be used to fill this out.  The goal is a list of 32, so we can build a real bracket.

Here's where we are:

bahn mi

muffuletta

meatball sub

Philly cheesesteak

Italian deli grinder/sub

croque madame/monsiure

Cuban

classic grilled cheese

BLT

Reuben

Club

Shrimp Po-boy

Oyster po-boy

Roast beef po-boy

Montecristo

Sweet-hot fried chicken (maybe just "fried chicken," and let that include all varieties)

CFS sandwich

Patty melt

French dip

Italian beef

Italian sausage sub

Chopped BBQ beef

Carolina pulled pork

Torta (milanesa?)

Gyro

Doner kebab

Lobster Roll

Hot brown

 

MAYBE:

Chopped liver

Egg salad

Tuna salad

Chicken salad

Chinese pork belly bun

Pimento cheese

Beef on weck

 

Share additional thoughts you have.  I'll finalize the list over the weekends, and do the seeding.  Then, to the tournament.  I bet we can get Marv Albert to do a promo spot - we're just going to have to offer up a female poster who he can bite.  I nominate Bozo Casanova.

[Bozo_Casanova 26111]

@Brisketexan
1) You might as well add crawfish+boudin po-boy. If you can have 3 you can have 4. 
2) Likewise - you should separate Croque Madame and Monsieur
3) The Torta should be Torta Pambazo
4) There is one peanut butter sandwich served restaurants and rarely made at home that belongs on the list. I have ordered it and it's glorious.  With or without bacon, it's The Elvis.

[Prepuce of Doom 20948]

Here's a good resource to consult for final entries.