What's your favorite simple sandwich?
When you want a simple sandwich, what do you make? PB&J? Ham and Swiss with mayo on white bread? Grilled cheese with one slice of cheese and some butter? No Reubens please, even that's too elaborate an answer for this question ... Seriously, eaters, what's your simple sandwich pleasure?
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55 Comments:
Pepper & eggs on toast sandwich.
Summer: Slab of beefsteak tomato, mayo, s&p on soft white bread.
Bacon on buttered toast or in combo with either of the above sandwiches
Tavern ham & swiss on rye or pumpernickel w/mayo & brown mustard. Lettuce if I have it.
PB&J on soft white bread. (strawberry jam, orange marmalade or grape jelly)
PerkyMac at 8:51PM on 12/14/08
it was for quite a long time roast chicken with plenty of mayo in between two slices of very fresh challah.
now it's a thin slice of mild cheese on toast with a light smear of jam.
cybercita at 8:59PM on 12/14/08
Chive cream cheese, avocado and tomato if it's tomato season. On an everything bagel if possible.
ErikaWaz at 9:00PM on 12/14/08
Two scrambled eggs (with just a tad of salt and pepper) on plain white bread.
cochon at 9:10PM on 12/14/08
bologna, tomato, mayo and pepper on white--mmmm, slap yo' momma good!
msveemommi3 at 9:25PM on 12/14/08
toasted wheat bread, tomato and cheese
veggieout at 9:32PM on 12/14/08
Goat cheese and bagged spring mix on toast. Yummy with tomato soup.
Aynsl156 at 9:34PM on 12/14/08
There is too many go on about and depending on my mood, sometimes I crave two pieces of white bread with mayo and turkey, other times a simple scrambled eggs with salt, pepper and and a few drops of tabasco on white or wheat, buttered on well toasted bread with a sprinkle of cheese on top. Grilled cheese. Egg salad.
pjracz10 at 9:38PM on 12/14/08
Really simple? A slice of freshly-baked bread (or a roll) with butter and sea salt. Can be followed by a slice of cheese (sometimes with Branston pickle) or a slice of bologna with Colman's mustard, but the simplest one is just that - bread, butter and salt (the bread absolutely has to be freshly-baked though).
Variations: avocado or cream cheese or ricotta instead of butter (definitely no cheese or bologna in this case), also with sea salt.
brooke29 at 9:44PM on 12/14/08
cheddar cheese and tomato on whole grain bread with mayo and s&p.
nightmoon at 9:45PM on 12/14/08
I love a soft onion roll, with some chive or vegetable cream cheese. Or another simple treat would be a toasted english muffin or bialy, with cottage cheese and sliced tomato
Kaneez at 10:15PM on 12/14/08
grilled cheese with something, like either tomato or ham.
or does a salmon w/cream cheese bagel count as simple?
blizcheetah at 10:29PM on 12/14/08
-mustard and sliced pickles (bubbies or ba-tampte) on dark rye.
-mustard and kosher bologna on dark rye.
-sliced hard boiled egg, salt and peppr, and mustard on dark rye.
-1 slice dark rye-buttered and slathered with mustard-openfaced.
-BLT on toasted supermarket white bread with mayo on both slices.
-1 slice supermarket white-bread smeared with peanut butter folded in half.
-1 slice supermarket white-bread, one slice deli ham, folded in half.
-1 slice super market white-bread, ham salad, folded in half.
-1 warm hotdog, 1 steamed top-sliced hotdog roll, no condiments.
coolname at 10:32PM on 12/14/08
Grilled cheese - whole wheat bread and old cheddar
Old cheddar and marmalade
Sliced hard cooked egg on brown toast with Dijon and lettuce
PeanutButter at 10:46PM on 12/14/08
White bread, cheese, iceburg and yellow mustard.
smile at 11:16PM on 12/14/08
haven't had this since college, but I'm starting to miss it reading all these. I know it sounds a little weird, but it's really, really good. for a sandwich, anyways:
fried egg, cheese (american or cheddar), and jam on bread. grape or black raspberry is good. mmmmm.
joyyy at 11:38PM on 12/14/08
ESBLT (egg salad blt).
PerkyMac at 11:46PM on 12/14/08
creamy peanut butter on wheat bread
ilovepancakes at 11:55PM on 12/14/08
peanut butter and bacon.
Keight at 11:56PM on 12/14/08
I have a few more favourite (all on thinly sliced toasted bread, rye, multigrain or whole wheat):
*a mixture of butter, white miso, garlic and chives
*ricotta and grape jam, sea salt on top
*butter and orange marmalade (also sprinkled with sea salt)
*fried egg and ketchup
*egg salad and thinly sliced cornishons
*butter, ham and whole grain mustard (or Colman's & cranberry sauce, my latest fave)
brooke29 at 12:11AM on 12/15/08
That really thinly sliced shaved pastrami on toast with cream cheese...yum!
sadiepix at 12:17AM on 12/15/08
Left over cold meatloaf, mayo on white. yum.
vickiee at 12:22AM on 12/15/08
White bread, peanut butter, open-faced. It doesn't get any simple than that. If I'm eating while I'm walking around, I might fold it in half to eat it.
If there's no white bread, then it would be whatever bread and butter. Maybe toasted if I'm feeling fancy.
dbcurrie at 12:43AM on 12/15/08
Fried egg, and cheddar on an english muffin. Mm...
mikaque at 12:56AM on 12/15/08
Grilled cheese with ham. Grilled cheese with bacon. Any grilled cheese, on wheat.
beth1 at 1:06AM on 12/15/08
2 slices Wegmans whole wheat bread
2 slices bacon, fried
2 eggs beaten, seasoned with salt, pepper and smoked paprika
bit of cheese (cheddar usually, but whatever good melty cheese i have on hand works)
actually...now I'm hungry and would like to be eating in 5 minutes. So sandwich time it is.
phenosteve at 3:34AM on 12/15/08
oooh...I could go on forever about my fave sandwich comos but a few of my go to's are
-mayo, dijon, tomato cucumber, and red onion on wheat.
-egg salad [boiled eggs mashed with mayo, dijon, sweet relish, and tons of pepper] on wheat
-tuna [1 can tuna, mayo, dijon, sweet relish, white or red onion, pepper], tomato on wheat
-fried egg, cheddar or jack, thin layer of mayo, dijon or whole grain mustard on sourdough
mayoxqueen at 4:11AM on 12/15/08
I asked the question to see if the meat of my own fave would pop up somewhere. In all these tasty answers it hasn't yet: Liverwurst sliced about 1/4" thick, sweet onion 1/8" thick, with Meunster and Hellman's on a toasted light rye.
LunaPierCook at 5:02AM on 12/15/08
I don't know if its my favorite, but I eat it everyday for lunch. Turkey on toasted whole wheat with cranberry mustard, goat cheese, thin sliced cucumber and baby spinach-pretty darn satisfying. I also love a good bagel with cream cheese, lox, onions, capers and tomato, thats probably my fave.
saelha at 6:27AM on 12/15/08
A fried egg on an English muffin with a piece of sharp cheddar
A simple grilled cheese sandwich
Turkey with swiss and yellow mustard on toasted whole wheat bread
poke87 at 6:51AM on 12/15/08
I had just come back from living in New York for 7 years, moved into my girlfriends home who was into a "no meat" phase because of her two young boys Anyway Vera & I passed a tiny health food store & I had the "sanga" - sandwich It was avocado spread onto multigrain bread, then it had sliced hard boiled eggs and alfalfa sprouts on top. 29 years later I still hanker for that sandwich
KrystynaInSydney at 7:02AM on 12/15/08
Turkey and Swiss with banana peppers on a sub roll or Hoagie or grinder, or whatever else you people call them outside NJ
twoojoe at 7:28AM on 12/15/08
Boar's Head turkey with some type of cheese rolled up in a tortilla with mayo and mustard. Quick, uncomplicated, portable.
therealchiffonade at 7:51AM on 12/15/08
peanut butter, on wonder bread :)
Lilartist at 7:58AM on 12/15/08
I'd have to agree with the fried egg contingent cheap white bread toasted just enough to make it warm, and a fried egg with the yolk cooked hard and a slice of american melted on top. also helps if you schmear the bread with a little ketchup. I used to eat those back in the day when we were lucky to afford the ingredients. lol We also used to by pulled pork from the grocery deli, after 9pm when they marked it way down to get rid of it, we'd also buy a stale loaf of rye bread and lightly toast it add pulled pork and there was dinner.
huneybumper at 8:00AM on 12/15/08
Ground Bologna.
izatryt at 8:34AM on 12/15/08
fried egg with melted swiss and ham on a plain bagel or english muffin
juliebugsmama at 9:07AM on 12/15/08
Creamy peanut butter & strawberry jelly on a soft honey-wheat bread.
Or...a grilled cheese with sharp cheddar and some kind of sweet ham.
kimberlymac at 9:25AM on 12/15/08
fried egg med. on Sara lee bread and slathering of mayo and sprinkle of Herb de Provance
Markbb at 1:13PM on 12/15/08
Favorite Classic: Grilled Cheese
Favorite Innovative: Sliced Turkey, Hot Dijon Mustard, Cheddar Cheese, 2 Pickles all lightly toasted.
FrostyGhost at 1:15PM on 12/15/08
superchunk peanut butter and jelly sandwich on wheat
dozertx at 3:48PM on 12/15/08
SUPER FRESH bread (any kind will do) topped with semi mashed avocado, sprinkle of salt. YUM!
But after reading the comments above, I will need to try some new ones ;P
ddvierra68 at 3:52PM on 12/15/08
@izzy, now that, I know, is a lie. ;-)
LunaPierCook at 4:27PM on 12/15/08
roast beef, american cheese and lettuce on a ciabatta, preferably made by my gross college cafeteria.
otherwise fried egg, cheddar cheese and jam on a bagel
allot at 4:55PM on 12/15/08
Jiff creamy pb on white with iceberg lettuce and mayo. A little butter wouldn't hurt either.
bessfour at 8:11PM on 12/15/08
Fried egg, gooey yolk, melted cheese on bread with mayo and ketchup.
lamora at 1:35AM on 12/16/08
sliced fresh tomato, cheddar cheese, basil mayo on pumpernickel -grilled w/ plenty of butter in the pan. (good with some basil pesto on the side, too)
soozm32 at 11:30AM on 12/16/08
PB&J (creamy peanut butter, raspberry jelly and white bread) or corned beef with mustard on rye, or...sliced turkey with lettuce and tomato.
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Chew on That at 2:46PM on 12/16/08
bacon and avocado
blankplate at 2:55PM on 12/16/08
bread & butter
brie & baguette
virginia baked ham, hacked off and on a piece of sourdough.
megannesta at 3:11PM on 12/16/08
BLT on white toast, with mayo of course.
dmcavanagh at 11:03AM on 12/18/08
Turkey and mayo on white toast. Doesn't look like much, but it's yummy every time.
Rebecca F. at 1:38AM on 12/25/08
two pieces of wonder white, buttered, with a slice of white American cheese between.
NanaJoie at 6:55AM on 12/25/08
lettuce, miracle whip, and wonder bread
::runs and hides::
machellebelle at 8:47AM on 12/25/08
Nice, soft, chewy plain bagel (don't like toasted/crunchy/dry bagels), grilled smoked salmon, and mayo.
The best version of the above is sold at the shop couple doors down and includes bacon, lettuce, and tomato. Not even a fan of bacon, but the flavors blend so beautifully. Dammit, wish they were open today.
Guess it's back to sour dough bread, sour cream and onion potato chips, and french onion dip sandwich.
Cassaendra at 9:02AM on 12/25/08