umm by a loaf of bread and some cheese?
Is it common to make big multi-topping sandwiches in the US?
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umm by a loaf of bread and some cheese?
Dari Elxix
Banned
Really?
McMUFFIN
way more
Member
Really?
Well done, Inebriated
Dosvidaniya, Comrade Nosgotham, which probably isn't even your real name.
Also not all sandwiches even need bread
One of the GOAT sandwiches, the Jibarito for example:
Which is usually traditional Hispanic sandwiches with the bread swapped out with some kick ass plantains and usually Rosa sauce or whatever.
Also, shouts out to Lucky Dill in Palm Harbor Florida for consistently making the best sandwiches big and small.
They made the "piled high" sandwich I posted earlier, and my absolute favorite "big" sandwich ever the Kevin Cranston which has the perfect match of sweet and savory that compliments well with the onion challah roll :
and lots of smaller sandwiches like the Bird and Beast (not pictured) and twists on conventional sandwiches.
Kickass place..
One of the GOAT sandwiches, the Jibarito for example:
Which is usually traditional Hispanic sandwiches with the bread swapped out with some kick ass plantains and usually Rosa sauce or whatever.
Also, shouts out to Lucky Dill in Palm Harbor Florida for consistently making the best sandwiches big and small.
They made the "piled high" sandwich I posted earlier, and my absolute favorite "big" sandwich ever the Kevin Cranston which has the perfect match of sweet and savory that compliments well with the onion challah roll :
and lots of smaller sandwiches like the Bird and Beast (not pictured) and twists on conventional sandwiches.
Kickass place..
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
Maybe I'm using the word "sandwich" wrong but these are normal breakfast... things
This seems like something I ate when I was growing up because we were broke 90% of the time, well that and a tortilla with butter melted on it.
Fuck the haters OP, I'm as American as you can get and I love me a good cheese and butter sandwich.
Cosmo Clock 21
Banned
so it's a fried bread sandwich really? because there is grilled cheese in UK like this, which is prepared using a grill and not a frying pan so it makes sense
You don't actually cook the cheese in a grilled cheese sandwich though. Just get it gooey enough where you can bite through it without chewing.
old manatee
Banned
If you switch the bread out for a plantain you have a salad.
What about double downs?
This is a Danish ostemad. A slice of cheese on top of buttered rye bread.
All you need really. You wish you had it this good.
This below is the sort of stuff you get if you eat out:
Do you guys eat the open face sandwiches with a knife and fork? It looks good, but it doesn't seem like the hand held food a sandwich is here in the U.S.
I screamed
Oh my god yes just wait until the next thread of "gaf I have no money what do I eat tonight?"
Yes. This is the only sandwich that we know how to make.
Dagwood knows how to make a fucking sandwich.
More_Badass
Member
See, I didn't think this would be topped but...Maybe I'm using the word "sandwich" wrong but these are normal breakfast... things
Damn, this is one sad-looking meal
freenudemacusers
Member
yeah this is poverty food
ZackieChan
Member
You are aware that American cheese isn't, in fact, the only cheese in America, right? There's a ton of different cheeses in the US - we even have entire stores dedicated to just cheese. Even your average supermarket features a ton of fancy cheeses now.
freenudemacusers
Member
now you're gonna tell me we don't just have bud light
abercrombie
Member
OP, I think your sandwich game needs a little work. I suppose if we are only looking at sliced bread type sandwiches then Americans do put a lot of toppings. I really wouldn't want it the other way tho, I'd feel like I was missing out on some pretty tasty creations.
The Italian Deli around the corner offers me a choice of bun, meat, cheese, and a myriad of toppings. In addition to the regulars I can add stuff such as eggplant, artichoke heart, roasted red pepper, sliced green olives, pesto, Dijon, or whole grain mustard. They then cram it in to a panini grill. I love it. Looking at the origins of a panini it looks like it is a strong Italian origin and not just some Americanized adaption. It is a sandwich to me in any case.
The Italian Deli around the corner offers me a choice of bun, meat, cheese, and a myriad of toppings. In addition to the regulars I can add stuff such as eggplant, artichoke heart, roasted red pepper, sliced green olives, pesto, Dijon, or whole grain mustard. They then cram it in to a panini grill. I love it. Looking at the origins of a panini it looks like it is a strong Italian origin and not just some Americanized adaption. It is a sandwich to me in any case.
ZackieChan
Member
I'm from Pittsburgh, so we get down with Iron City Light.
I live in the US, man, that's why I had American cheese on hand to make a quick parody pic. If only I had some Kraft singles the joke would have been more obvious.
ZackieChan
Member
Have you read that thread about American cheese? People don't even realize there's a difference between deli American and Kraft singles. You can understand my concern
Davey Cakes
Member
Yeah.Have you read that thread about American cheese? People don't even realize there's a difference between deli American and Kraft singles. You can understand my concern
American cheese from the deli is orders of magnitude above Kraft singles.
That said, both iterations are kind of the guilty pleasures of the cheese world.
Oh come on. A piece of liverwurst on a slice of toast with maybe a little bit of mustard is simply...good.
Not everything has to be flashy.
old manatee
Banned
Some of these sandwiches look like crime scene photos. Was Reagan right about you people all along?
ZackieChan
Member
Yeah, but when it's used as some shining example of sandwich-making in order to say "lol 'murica," I can see how people can get a little testy.
I'm a euro in a major US city and I know of exactly one place to get bread good enough for this and it's not cheap. Europeans have the right ingredients but stand to learn how to use them better from Americans when it comes to sandwiches :]
You can use knife and fork but typically hold them at the sides or cut them in half and fold them. Easier to eat than a lot of these cow-with-a-cracker-on-either-side type of sandwiches that people like to post.
Affeinvasion
Member
My grandpappy didn't storm the beaches of Normandy to see free Europeans cower to substantial sandwiches.
sir_kevith
Member
A kentucky hot brown
Man, if I were in a desperate enough position to consider this a meal, I'd pawn off my possessions and head to the nearest soup kitchen. If I saw a child pull only this out of his lunchbox I'd set the CPS to speed dial.
But seriously, this is what I get when I crave a sandwich:
Robot Pants
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Sorry I forgot about this.
It was My Brother and Me on Nickelodeon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOaYwV123c0&t=11m27s
way more
Member
So here's my daily breakfast gaf. Tasty (and healthy) sandwich with pâté (the second most common sandwich topping after cheese) and cucumber slices, banana and some milk.
When I was in Austria the bed and breafasts would supply you with these individual wedges of pate. They were very similar to this.
But with pate instead of soft cheese. Any idea what the name of that brand was or if there is a name for pate served in that style.
FreeMufasa
Junior Member
American food always looks so greasy. Makes me wanna throw up just looking at it
Oh wow, I just now realized that's why Denny's god-tier breakfast sandwich was called the Breakfast Dagwood. Unfortunately they no longer offer it due to an incident where an entire European family simultaneously had heart attacks from just seeing it on the menu.
kurisu_1974
Banned
It's made with shoarma or kebab meat usually. But it's actually not really breakfast food. My ideal breakfast is either a
"smos"
or
"koffiekoeken"
Bornstellar
Member
EuroGAF - you can't even begin to comprehend the American sandwich game.
Best exclusive you have is right here:
Thanks to this thread I'm getting a Reuben for lunch tomorrow:
Best exclusive you have is right here:
Thanks to this thread I'm getting a Reuben for lunch tomorrow:
To be fair, Europeans make up for their pitiful sandwiches by having doner kebabs.
I ate so many fucking kebabs when I was in England.
Good god, yes!
I had a lot of butter/meat/cheese on a single piece of bread in Germany, which was totally fine, but nobody ever called it a sandwich.
It's made with shoarma or kebab meat usually. But it's actually not really breakfast food. My ideal breakfast is either a
"smos"
or
"koffiekoeken"
Now this I can get behind. Belgian food is great, though sandwiches are the last thing to enter my mind when I think of things to eat in Belgium. Then again, my mental list there looks something like: "Chocolate, chocolate, chocolate, waffles, chocolate, chocolate waffles, chocolate..."
Prophet Steve
Member
Oh lord, those reactions on a butter and cheese sandwich. That is what loads of people here eat for lunch. Amazing to have such a response, I guess part of the reason why weight is a much bigger problem in the US.
Hell, pretty much every day I have two meals with one condiment between two slices of bread.
I know of one person that eats it like that. But it is light because it is one slice of bread with one topping. You can hold it at the bottom if you really care about not touching the topping. That or you put another slice of bread on top of it, it's no rocket science.
Hell, pretty much every day I have two meals with one condiment between two slices of bread.
I know of one person that eats it like that. But it is light because it is one slice of bread with one topping. You can hold it at the bottom if you really care about not touching the topping. That or you put another slice of bread on top of it, it's no rocket science.
Bornstellar
Member
This is poverty.
I basically stopped eating soft bread because even a couple of simple cheese sandwiches is like a whole meal of calories even though it doesn't fill you in the least. These American ones are probably 1000+ calories each. So yeah sandwiches are not good for you, although super tasty. It's something you can eat a couple of times a month just like any other fast food.