Everyone has a sandwich that they think about for the rest of their life.

Off topic, but saw this on Instagram. My immediate response was
Cold fried egg on white bread with Miracle Whip, carried up to the woods on Saturday morning hikes.

The more than a thousand responses show this has a universal appeal - we all have that sandwich memory. I’m now SO HUNGRY!

>1 2wonderY: Cheese, marmite, and beetroot, on any good bread. Yes, I was an odd child but very active and apparently craving salt, lol. The sandwiches of childhood are rarely bested in our memories.

Or more on topic. What's that one book you'll remember forever that you saw in a library, or was above your price range, or that you didn't want to carry home that day?

Sorry no sandwich cravings, no regrets for 'the book that got away'.

No sandwich
No book

It probably explains my weight issues but discovering Monte Cristo sandwiches existed was a wonderful day.

>5 BonnieJune54:

I love Monte Cristo sandwiches! I do try to avoid them, because, as you suggest, they are probably the world's most fattening sandwich. But every so often I cave.

Mom's homemade applesauce on fresh sliced yeast bread, both still warm.

>5 BonnieJune54:, >6 lilithcat:

I'd never heard of Monte Cristo sandwiches before. I see that they have a Wikipedia page, which has got to be some sort of proof of existence, or something.

The article says they are a sort of croque monsieur, and their names used to include "French sandwich" and "French toasted cheese sandwich". Is this suggesting that "Monte Cristo sandwiches" are a rebranding, like "freedom fries"? Were French sandwiches cancelled?

The Monte Cristo is sometimes covered in powdered sugar and served with maple syrup or preserves.

For God's sake America!

>8 Cynfelyn:
I had never hear of a Monte Cristo sandwich either. I see from a Google search that the main difference between Croque Monsieur and the Monte Cristo is the dipping in egg and frying, like French Toast.

I refuse to even think about the comments about covering it in powdered sugar or maple syrup.

>9 pgmcc: That’s all I can think of.... *growl*

>8 Cynfelyn:, >9 pgmcc:

Is this suggesting that "Monte Cristo sandwiches" are a rebranding, like "freedom fries"?

No, they've been around a lot longer than that silliness.

A Monte Cristo is similar to a croque monsieur, but not the same. It has ham and cheese, but also often turkey. It is dipped in batter and fried, and sprinkled with powdered sugar.

>11 lilithcat:
I am with you right up to the powdered sugar.

Sandwiches . . . from my New Orleans days 1979 - 1986 (my age: 24 through 31) -- soft shell crab po'boys and roast beef po'boys (the latter smothered in gravy). Oh, how I miss them.

Sandwiches...ah.

I can't eat tomatoes anymore, but I used to love freshly picked and sliced tomatoes on white bread with salt and mayonnaise.

My grandmother used to make cream cheese with horseradish but rolled in a slice of cooked salami instead of on bread...heavenly. Can't eat that anymore either, sigh.

And where's the Limpa bread? I miss Limpa bread.

The sandwich that comes to mind is very simple. When I was young, my mother used to make a lunch for me to take to school. On some days the sandwich would be breast of chicken on soft, fresh slices of white bread. The chicken would be lightly sprinkled with salt and the taste of the chicken, the salt, the butter, and the soft bread was something I always stopped and savoured. Chicken sandwich days were good lunch days.

>15 pgmcc: My mother-in-law sliced slabs of leftover turkey, fried them in butter with a sprinkle of salt and pepper and served on buttered bread.

>16 2wonderY:
Yes, my mouth is watering.

Butter! Butter! :drool:

I studied at University of Kansas for a year in 1994/5 and at that time there was a sandwich shop just on the edge of campus called Yello Sub. I googled it and it still seems to exist but it's moved and looks a lot slicker now. This was a little indie type place, and it did the most delicious grilled veggie sub, with a good mix of veggies, mixed cheese and sprouts, all melted and delicious. If I ever go back and visit Lawrence I will have to see if it's as good as I remember.

>19 Sakerfalcon: That sounds good. I have a similar sandwich I remember when I studied at the College of William and Mary for a year, from a small shop in Merchants Square near the entrance to Colonial Williamsburg. Only this was a salad pita pocket with provolone. Something about the combination of vegetables and vinaigrette and cheese--mmm.

>20 Marissa_Doyle: *Taking notes*

Mmmm, my mom would pick a perfect ripe tomato from the garden. Spread mayonnaise over her homemade potato white bread, salt and pepper, add the sliced tomato still warm from the garden. Heavenly.

As an adult, my ideal sandwich is one that used to be made by Fenton's Creamery in Oakland, CA. They made a grilled crab sandwich filled with crab mixed with mayo about 2" thick. No onions, no celery, nothing at all to get in the way of the crab and the buttery grilled goodness of the bread. I still long for it.

The Monte Cristo sandwich from a name forgotten restaurant on Newbury Street in Boston in the late 70’s…
And old school BLTs, with plenty of crisp iceberg lettuce…
And my grandma’s tuna fish sandwiches with celery bits, she would make a big platter of for all the kids & we got to eat as many as we wanted…!

That would be a honeymoon sandwich ....lettuce alone... ;-)

Bacon and jelly sandwiches made with Mom's homemade strawberry jam and Sizzlean. (Do they even make that any more?) Mom and I had a standing Sunday evening date and ate 'em while watching Trapper John, M.D.

In 2001 I visited my son who was on study abroad in Paris. He took me to a Middle-Eastern place in the Jewish Quarter run by a couple of Israelis where I had the best falafel sandwich I had ever tasted. It had all kinds of extras on it that didn't exist on any falafel I'd had before. I think now more places offer this style (Jerusalem style?), but I'll never forget that falafel in Paris.

We were on holiday in the UK, staying in Exeter, and we went to Tynemouth for a few hours. A seagull actually landed on my sandwich and flew away! It was really heavy! I threw it away and had an ice cream instead, although it was a cold day. I won’t forget that sandwich!