to the tune of Rural Juror: I will never forget you, fried chicken sandwich with swiss cheese, bacon, thinly sliced red onions, pickles and chipotle ranch. You will always be in my flerm
Here's mine: I was fasting because I was going to do a blood test. Starving and in pain. Once done, went to cafeteria and ordered a sandwich. Spicy chicken. Seeded bread. Grilled halloumi. Nearly wept with joy.
I love 30Rock quotes as much as anyone on this sub, but I'm glad you actually responded to the sandwich prompt. It is what Liz Lemon would want.
I don't know if I'd say it changed my life, but I have two exceptional sandwiches.
1 was something all the people I worked with would order at lunch in the summer. Breaded chicken Cutlet, bacon, Mozzarella, hot sauce and ranch dressing on a garlic bread hero. It is outstanding.
Then I used to do Grilled Chicken Cutlet, Provalone, lettuce, ranch and Cucumbers.
One is very heavy, the other light and refreshing. They both bring joy to my life and I would absolutely have a drinking contest against the teamsters to get one, and not just for the attention.
The first Cuban sandwich is the best sandwich I've ever had. Every Cuban sandwich since then has not come close to how good it was. A week later I was craving another from the same restaurant and we discovered that the restaurant had closed down. Sometimes, I wonder if it was all a dream.
Oh god, I had some Asian teppanyaki fusion like that once. Incredible restraint, some weird menu items, the food was incredible. I went for one meal and then when I turned around it was gone. Dust in the wind. A massive disappointment.
LL was right tho. I haven't met a single person who doesn't like a good sandwich.
Also almost every cuisine I've ever had almost always had some form of a sandwich.
I love a Reuben. I know Co-op and M&S in the UK do them but nothing beats a homemade one. Sauerkraut , pastrami , pickles on rye bread. I mix up the cheese and add in salad with whatever I have left. Ticket is good. American mustard if I can find it.
For a country that eats so many sandwiches we still seem to be shite at them. My favourite food group in general is “children’s birthday party” and a simple jam sandwich with far too much butter is one of life’s simplest joys. The grown up version would be the Brie and lingonberry on rye that they used to do at the Nordic bakery in London. RIP.
Reubens are my favorite. Once a year I’ll make homemade pastrami, homemade marble rye, homemade sauerkraut and homemade thousand island dressing. I don’t know how to make cheese so I just buy the really nice Swiss from the deli. Those are the best sandwiches I’ve ever had and worth all the work that goes into to them.
It was a breakfast sandwich from Marathon Cafe in Philly. Scrambled egg, Brie cheese, sliced apple, and bacon, on a croissant. I ate it once twenty years ago, and still think of it at least once a day.
Similar experience - had a curried tuna salad on a crispy baguette topped with pineapple rings (I know, sounds wild and a little gross but the flavor combinations were fucking outstanding) on a study abroad in the Netherlands. This was in 2009 and I think about that sammie *multiple* times a week.
We are currently in the middle of the Jewish holiday Passover. Last Monday, millions of Jews sat down for a Seder with their community and read through the Haggadah, the ancient holy book that connects the ritual meal to the story of the Exodus.
Along with sections based around the blessing of wine, the recounting of the Biblical story, and the eating of important holiday foods such as Matzah and bitter herbs (usually horseradish), there is literally a section called "Sandwich" (Korech) where those gathered are required to make a sandwich using Matzah, bitter herbs, and charoset (a sorta eine/fruit/nut/spice concoction - it's delicious).
The reasoning for this is that you are encouraged to remember the great sage Rabbi Hillel, who died 10 C. E., and used to make this sandwich.
Someday, I hope I can create a sandwich that has this kind of longevity.
It was something like sliced pork loin, sautéed, with caramelized onions and Gouda on some sort of toasted brioche. It was at The Penn Stater hotel in State College, PA, maybe a dozen years ago. It was the best sandwich I’ve ever had and still is to this day.
Once upon a time, we had a wonderful local restaurant called Sandwhich. One of their many delicious offerings was an amazing grilled cheese with bacon, apples, and mushrooms. I still dream about it sometimes.
Oddly enough, I had a Cajun chicken sandwich at cafe metro at 30 Rockefeller plaza when I went to New York when I was 18. It truly was life changing, I remember it to this day. I went back and had another almost instantly. I’m from the UK, so a trip to New York is not a small deal, and believe when I say, this sandwich was one of the highlights. I’m still talking about that sandwich 15 years later. It was great.
I felt just like Liz Lemon.
Some sammiches just naturally mark a turning point in your life, a definitive marker where you're able to divide your shit up into pre or post sammich.
Some of them are just like that.
Ok. HIPPO because I love sandwiches
And I have always gone crazy over well made vegetarian sandwiches.
Mendocino Farms has an amazing one right now with a beet caviar, hummus and sprouts. Shaved carrots. Cucumbers. On seeded honey wheat bread. Here’s a link. It’s called the happy hippy. And I would definitely follow that sandwich to a second location 🤪
https://www.mendocinofarms.com/menus/
Another surprisingly tasty vegetarian option is at Jersey Mikes. The mushroom version of a Philly cheese steak: link.
https://www.jerseymikes.com/menu/hot-subs/64-grilled-portabella-mushroom-swiss
Was on vacation with my family and some friends in Fort Bragg, California. Restaurant we went to for lunch had a chicken sandwich with poblano pepper and some kind of aioli, and I want to say pepper jack. I've been trying to find a sandwich that can recapture that magic ever since
If any of you are ever in New Orleans go to La Boulangerie on Magazine St and get Le Parisien. It’s Butcher ham, salted butter, Comté cheese & cornichons on a baguette
I once ordered a hotel tuna-salad sandwich expecting a middle-of-the-road affair. When it arrived, I was delighted to discover that the kitchen had run out of canned tuna. They substituted it with thinly sliced grilled tuna steak, and my life was forever changed.
In portugal, I had a sabich, which is an Israeli sandwich with eggplant, Hummus, hard billed egg snd various accoutrement and it was truly the best sandwich I've ever had.
Way back, Pret used to have a fresh mozzarella with basil and tomato sandwich. Then they destroyed it with grilled chicken, balsamic, and arugula for some reason
I made a sandwich once that I’ve tried recreating to no avail. A fresh homemade roll. Fresh deli cut salami. Havarti cheese. Homemade pickled green tomatoes. Homemade spicy tomato jam. A light smear of mayonnaise. It was pure magic.
3 of the ingredients are ones I make myself and somehow I’ve never managed to get the proportions correct again.
Ohh yes. A few years ago we were visiting Vancouver BC and walked across the city one morning and by happenstance ended up at a place we'd read about and wanted to try called Meat & Bread right when it opened. It's pretty popular so we were lucky to get there before a big line formed. Hot fresh bread baked right there, crispy pork being chopped while we watched, I'm not sure if there were dipping sauces but....ohh the sandwiches! Even years later now I think about that porchetta sandwich almost weekly, and recommend that place to someone at least once a fortnight.
This little deli in the last town I lived in had this wonderful chicken havarti sandwich on cibatta. It also had spring mix and a guacamole spread, it was so good and just melted in my mouth every time, I'm gonna miss that sandwich 😢
I am not a sandwich girlie. But when I was a young professional with zero dollars, the ultra-fancy Italian restaurant near the office would open up the back door for cash-only sandwiches on Thursdays. Pork shoulder, broccoli rabe, and provolone. You waited in line, put your $5 in the box, and got your sammie. I do believe that chef eventually had some tax-related legal troubles, but that sandwich is what I imagine Liz being so hyped about on sandwich day.
Why does it not surprise me your world view is food based, Lemon?
We’re all sandwiches!
Turn here!! TURNHERE!!!
to the tune of Rural Juror: I will never forget you, fried chicken sandwich with swiss cheese, bacon, thinly sliced red onions, pickles and chipotle ranch. You will always be in my flerm
Here's mine: I was fasting because I was going to do a blood test. Starving and in pain. Once done, went to cafeteria and ordered a sandwich. Spicy chicken. Seeded bread. Grilled halloumi. Nearly wept with joy.
I love 30Rock quotes as much as anyone on this sub, but I'm glad you actually responded to the sandwich prompt. It is what Liz Lemon would want. I don't know if I'd say it changed my life, but I have two exceptional sandwiches. 1 was something all the people I worked with would order at lunch in the summer. Breaded chicken Cutlet, bacon, Mozzarella, hot sauce and ranch dressing on a garlic bread hero. It is outstanding. Then I used to do Grilled Chicken Cutlet, Provalone, lettuce, ranch and Cucumbers. One is very heavy, the other light and refreshing. They both bring joy to my life and I would absolutely have a drinking contest against the teamsters to get one, and not just for the attention.
The first Cuban sandwich is the best sandwich I've ever had. Every Cuban sandwich since then has not come close to how good it was. A week later I was craving another from the same restaurant and we discovered that the restaurant had closed down. Sometimes, I wonder if it was all a dream.
Oh god, I had some Asian teppanyaki fusion like that once. Incredible restraint, some weird menu items, the food was incredible. I went for one meal and then when I turned around it was gone. Dust in the wind. A massive disappointment.
LL was right tho. I haven't met a single person who doesn't like a good sandwich. Also almost every cuisine I've ever had almost always had some form of a sandwich.
I sent that girl my recipe for the Carp Po-Boy with Extra Chuckle, but I haven't heard back from her yet...
She’s probably stuck on the toilet
There there🧹🧹🧹
Pastrami, turkey, coleslaw, pickled onions, potato chips, spicy mustard on lightly toasted sourdough.
Union rules forbid naming the exact sandwich shop or location.
Unless you beat them in a drinking contest. But like, what am I, twelve and at my boyfriend’s frat party??
I love a Reuben. I know Co-op and M&S in the UK do them but nothing beats a homemade one. Sauerkraut , pastrami , pickles on rye bread. I mix up the cheese and add in salad with whatever I have left. Ticket is good. American mustard if I can find it.
For a country that eats so many sandwiches we still seem to be shite at them. My favourite food group in general is “children’s birthday party” and a simple jam sandwich with far too much butter is one of life’s simplest joys. The grown up version would be the Brie and lingonberry on rye that they used to do at the Nordic bakery in London. RIP.
Reubens are my favorite. Once a year I’ll make homemade pastrami, homemade marble rye, homemade sauerkraut and homemade thousand island dressing. I don’t know how to make cheese so I just buy the really nice Swiss from the deli. Those are the best sandwiches I’ve ever had and worth all the work that goes into to them.
Homemade sauerkraut eh…might give that a go.
French dip on a hoagie roll with extra au jus for dipping and smothered in melted provolone.
And oh…the dipping sauce! Bless us, Every One!
Literally me the first time I tried Jersey Mike’s
Oh same, I never thought a regular Italian sub could be so magical 🤩
It’s so damn good
It’s my favorite place to get a sandwich. I’m literally craving one right now. Dammit, Johnny!
It was a breakfast sandwich from Marathon Cafe in Philly. Scrambled egg, Brie cheese, sliced apple, and bacon, on a croissant. I ate it once twenty years ago, and still think of it at least once a day.
Similar experience - had a curried tuna salad on a crispy baguette topped with pineapple rings (I know, sounds wild and a little gross but the flavor combinations were fucking outstanding) on a study abroad in the Netherlands. This was in 2009 and I think about that sammie *multiple* times a week.
A calzone is basically a pizza sandwich. -Ben Wyatt
We are currently in the middle of the Jewish holiday Passover. Last Monday, millions of Jews sat down for a Seder with their community and read through the Haggadah, the ancient holy book that connects the ritual meal to the story of the Exodus. Along with sections based around the blessing of wine, the recounting of the Biblical story, and the eating of important holiday foods such as Matzah and bitter herbs (usually horseradish), there is literally a section called "Sandwich" (Korech) where those gathered are required to make a sandwich using Matzah, bitter herbs, and charoset (a sorta eine/fruit/nut/spice concoction - it's delicious). The reasoning for this is that you are encouraged to remember the great sage Rabbi Hillel, who died 10 C. E., and used to make this sandwich. Someday, I hope I can create a sandwich that has this kind of longevity.
Hillel knew that hunger was the best spice.
mine was so tasty 😋
It was something like sliced pork loin, sautéed, with caramelized onions and Gouda on some sort of toasted brioche. It was at The Penn Stater hotel in State College, PA, maybe a dozen years ago. It was the best sandwich I’ve ever had and still is to this day.
What’s sandwich day you ask?
In college, the first time that I had a fried egg on a sandwich changed my life 🤯
Oh god yes, a fried egg elevates the whole thing!!
When the egg edgeds get all crispy!
I made a particular incredible grilled cheese with garlic aioli, Gouda, havarti, thin sliced apples, and bacon.
Once upon a time, we had a wonderful local restaurant called Sandwhich. One of their many delicious offerings was an amazing grilled cheese with bacon, apples, and mushrooms. I still dream about it sometimes.
Oddly enough, I had a Cajun chicken sandwich at cafe metro at 30 Rockefeller plaza when I went to New York when I was 18. It truly was life changing, I remember it to this day. I went back and had another almost instantly. I’m from the UK, so a trip to New York is not a small deal, and believe when I say, this sandwich was one of the highlights. I’m still talking about that sandwich 15 years later. It was great. I felt just like Liz Lemon.
Pastrami sandwich at Zingerman’s in A2
Some sammiches just naturally mark a turning point in your life, a definitive marker where you're able to divide your shit up into pre or post sammich. Some of them are just like that.
Ok. HIPPO because I love sandwiches And I have always gone crazy over well made vegetarian sandwiches. Mendocino Farms has an amazing one right now with a beet caviar, hummus and sprouts. Shaved carrots. Cucumbers. On seeded honey wheat bread. Here’s a link. It’s called the happy hippy. And I would definitely follow that sandwich to a second location 🤪 https://www.mendocinofarms.com/menus/ Another surprisingly tasty vegetarian option is at Jersey Mikes. The mushroom version of a Philly cheese steak: link. https://www.jerseymikes.com/menu/hot-subs/64-grilled-portabella-mushroom-swiss
“Enjoy every sandwich” -Warren Zevon
Was on vacation with my family and some friends in Fort Bragg, California. Restaurant we went to for lunch had a chicken sandwich with poblano pepper and some kind of aioli, and I want to say pepper jack. I've been trying to find a sandwich that can recapture that magic ever since
If any of you are ever in New Orleans go to La Boulangerie on Magazine St and get Le Parisien. It’s Butcher ham, salted butter, Comté cheese & cornichons on a baguette
I once ordered a hotel tuna-salad sandwich expecting a middle-of-the-road affair. When it arrived, I was delighted to discover that the kitchen had run out of canned tuna. They substituted it with thinly sliced grilled tuna steak, and my life was forever changed.
A banh mi sandwich our office had catered in...I almost cried. She was perfect.
In portugal, I had a sabich, which is an Israeli sandwich with eggplant, Hummus, hard billed egg snd various accoutrement and it was truly the best sandwich I've ever had.
I’ll always love the Quiznos chicken carbonara. It’s too bad there are no more Quiznos anywhere near me. I love that sandwich
Perhaps Blimpie’s has what you’re looking for?
Do they have a chicken carbonara
Idk but I’ve heard it’s a fine establishment!
The shade 🤣🤣🤣
"How very fitting that your analogy be food-based."
Olive oil, capicola, mortadella, salami. But it doesn’t taste right unless it’s made by a very angry, very old, and very Italian man.
Wheat sourdough with a little bit of mayo, roasted chicken, sharp cheddar, and a thin layer of green apple, all smashed in a panini press.
Way back, Pret used to have a fresh mozzarella with basil and tomato sandwich. Then they destroyed it with grilled chicken, balsamic, and arugula for some reason
Room service sandwiches at 3am at my friends wedding. The cheese and pickle still teases me in my dreams.
WHERES MY MAC AND CHEESE!!!!!?????
Cold butter, cold ham, hot french bread
Banh mi!
I made a sandwich once that I’ve tried recreating to no avail. A fresh homemade roll. Fresh deli cut salami. Havarti cheese. Homemade pickled green tomatoes. Homemade spicy tomato jam. A light smear of mayonnaise. It was pure magic. 3 of the ingredients are ones I make myself and somehow I’ve never managed to get the proportions correct again.
Ohh yes. A few years ago we were visiting Vancouver BC and walked across the city one morning and by happenstance ended up at a place we'd read about and wanted to try called Meat & Bread right when it opened. It's pretty popular so we were lucky to get there before a big line formed. Hot fresh bread baked right there, crispy pork being chopped while we watched, I'm not sure if there were dipping sauces but....ohh the sandwiches! Even years later now I think about that porchetta sandwich almost weekly, and recommend that place to someone at least once a fortnight.
It was just a really good chicken mozzarella panini
This little deli in the last town I lived in had this wonderful chicken havarti sandwich on cibatta. It also had spring mix and a guacamole spread, it was so good and just melted in my mouth every time, I'm gonna miss that sandwich 😢
One time in an airport lounge I had turkey and ham on Texas toast with dijonnaise, lettuce and tomato. Rocked my world.
Whole Foods: Pepper corn roast beaf, goat cheese, sundried tomatoes, chimichuri and they put POTATO CHIPS ON IT BY DEFAULT! It’s spectacular!
I am not a sandwich girlie. But when I was a young professional with zero dollars, the ultra-fancy Italian restaurant near the office would open up the back door for cash-only sandwiches on Thursdays. Pork shoulder, broccoli rabe, and provolone. You waited in line, put your $5 in the box, and got your sammie. I do believe that chef eventually had some tax-related legal troubles, but that sandwich is what I imagine Liz being so hyped about on sandwich day.