Whats Your Favorite Sandwich?

[Ash]

Meat and cheese only for me.
I can't stand mayo or Miracle Whip, pickles, lettuce or tomatoes so those things don't go anywhere near my sandwiches.

Actually, I'm getting ready to make a grilled roast beef and swiss.   
I walked by the deli counter today and they had roast beef on sale for $4 a pound, so I couldn't pass that up.

[HappyGilmore]

Like others here, I've got to go with the classics: A Reuben, a cheesesteak (now that I live in Philly I can get the real thing), a roast beef with swiss on rye, or sometimes just your basic cheeseburger. With all of the above you have to have quality ingredients, a good cheese, and a good bread. Except the cheesesteak. Some purists claim you have to have cheap, greasy meat for a real cheesesteak.

I pose this question: Geno's or Pat's?

Geno's is crap. One of those places that calls themselves famous, so the food actually isn't that great. (Kind of like Lindy's Famous Cheesecake in NYC). Definitely set up to attract the tourist trade. I've never tried Pat's.

There's a place called Jim's Steaks a few blocks north of both of those, on South Street, that's pretty good.

The Inquirer (local paper) did a search for the best cheesesteak a few years ago. I don't know if Geno's or Pat's even cracked the top 10. The winner was some hole in the wall by Interstate 95, as I recall, somewhere way south in South Philly.

There's a place in Springfield that supposedly has a great tasting cheesesteak.

One thing too, is the rolls that are used.  If you've ever tasted a steak sandwich with Amoroso's rolls, you'd taste the difference: alkaline.  There's a certain alkalinity to their products, mostly cause of the water.  Which, in Philly, is pronounced 'wooder', not WAter.   

[Javakoala]

Change of subject/sandwich: I did a Scary Thing this morning. I'm dieting (dammit, I started this before New Years. I refuse to be a cliche. So stop laughing), so I brought home my favorite breakfast sandwich from my neighborhood diner and took it apart to see just how bad for me it is. I always knew it was a cholesterol/fat bomb, but this is ridiculous. For your edification, I bring you the Morton Monster:
  2 slices of texas toast (that's extra thick white bread)
  5 slices of bacon
  1 sausage patty, 2 oz cooked weight
  2 scrambled eggs
  1-2 oz melted "cheese" substance

I think that's about a day and half worth of the protein and fat I'm allowed. I'm almost afraid to do an actual calorie count.

Dump the Texas toast and swap out with turkey bacon, and you'd have a fairly healthy thing there.  Well, that cheese substance scares me a little, but protein and fat aren't the evil things people make them out to be.  It's the injecting them into your system with the carbs that'll kill you deader than hell.  You eat all proteins and fats and you'll find yourself hungry in short order because the body burns that stuff up fast.  Carbs will turn to sludge and fat.

I personally love anything on pumpernickel rye, with onions and tomatoes and spicy brown mustard.  A solid cheese like Swiss adds some nice backbone.  Generally, I'd use lighter meats like turkey or chicken breast as it balances the rye nicely.

[The Burgomaster]

Rare roast beef on a roll with cheese and barbecue sauce from the famous Kelly's Roast Beef (Revere Beach, Revere, MA), a long-standing, "let's go to Kelly's after a night of drinking" institution.  Sacred.

[AndyC]

Which, in Philly, is pronounced 'wooder', not WAter.   

That just made me think back to a couple of old Bill Cosby routines. He does pronounce it 'wooder." 

[CheezeFlixz]

Which, in Philly, is pronounced 'wooder', not WAter.   

That just made me think back to a couple of old Bill Cosby routines. He does pronounce it 'wooder." 

Around these parts a "wooder" is something you get looking at porn.

[HappyGilmore]

Which, in Philly, is pronounced 'wooder', not WAter.   

That just made me think back to a couple of old Bill Cosby routines. He does pronounce it 'wooder." 

It's our accent.  We pronounce water that way, as well as other words differently.  For example, "Window" becomes "Winda", 'tomorrow' becomes 'tomorrah", etc. 

Actually most movies based in Philly, don't really feature a 'true' Philly 'accent'.  Most are of a New York one.  Although, if you watch The Sixth Sense, Toni Collette does a pretty decent job with it.

[schmendrik]

Which, in Philly, is pronounced 'wooder', not WAter.   

That just made me think back to a couple of old Bill Cosby routines. He does pronounce it 'wooder." 

It's our accent.  We pronounce water that way, as well as other words differently.  For example, "Window" becomes "Winda", 'tomorrow' becomes 'tomorrah", etc. 

Actually most movies based in Philly, don't really feature a 'true' Philly 'accent'.  Most are of a New York one.  Although, if you watch The Sixth Sense, Toni Collette does a pretty decent job with it.

And don't forget "radiator" where "rad" rhymes with "bad" or "sad". (My whole life I've pronounced that with a long A, as in "raid").

Have you heard the "Total Transformation" spoof commercial on the Preston and Steve show? Is that a true Philly accent?
http://www.wmmr.com/PS_music/TOTALTRANSFORMATIONPARODY.mp3

[HappyGilmore]

Which, in Philly, is pronounced 'wooder', not WAter.   

That just made me think back to a couple of old Bill Cosby routines. He does pronounce it 'wooder." 

It's our accent.  We pronounce water that way, as well as other words differently.  For example, "Window" becomes "Winda", 'tomorrow' becomes 'tomorrah", etc. 

Actually most movies based in Philly, don't really feature a 'true' Philly 'accent'.  Most are of a New York one.  Although, if you watch The Sixth Sense, Toni Collette does a pretty decent job with it.

And don't forget "radiator" where "rad" rhymes with "bad" or "sad". (My whole life I've pronounced that with a long A, as in "raid").

Have you heard the "Total Transformation" spoof commercial on the Preston and Steve show? Is that a true Philly accent?
http://www.wmmr.com/PS_music/TOTALTRANSFORMATIONPARODY.mp3

Yeah, we pronounce Radiator that way.  It's our thing, I guess.  I can't hear that Preston and Steve thing.  Speakers are broken. 

Kinda feel bad.  The topic went from sandwiches to accents.  My bad.

[ghouck]

I just found out that a BLT is even BETTER on toasted sourdough. . .

[BoyScoutKevin]

That's easy. The Club. With potato salad, chips on the side, and unsweetened ice tea to drink.

[Torgo]

I'm not sure if I've answered this thread or not, but my favorite sandwich is usually a reuben. 



The funny thing is that I can't stand eating sour kraut by itself but I just love how the taste mixes in with the corned beef, swiss cheese and thousand island dressing on a reuben.

[meQal]

I'm not sure if I've answered this thread or not, but my favorite sandwich is usually a reuben. 



The funny thing is that I can't stand eating sour kraut by itself but I just love how the taste mixes in with the corned beef, swiss cheese and thousand island dressing on a reuben.

I have to agree with you, nothing beats a good Reuben sandwich. Just wish I had a decent deli where I lived that could make them. Would be cheaper on me cause only way I can get a good one right now is buy the ingredients and make it myself.
Now after seeing that pic, I'm going to have to go get the stuff to make me one now.

[schmendrik]

I have to agree with you, nothing beats a good Reuben sandwich. Just wish I had a decent deli where I lived that could make them. Would be cheaper on me cause only way I can get a good one right now is buy the ingredients and make it myself.
Now after seeing that pic, I'm going to have to go get the stuff to make me one now.

Careful though. Nothing more disappointing than a Reuben made with cheap crap that only calls itself "corned beef".

Some people make them with pastrami. If it's good pastrami, that can be pretty good.

In Baltimore a number of places offer a similar sandwich that uses cole slaw instead of sauerkraut. I think they call it a "commodore". That's a pretty good sandwich too.

[meQal]

Careful though. Nothing more disappointing than a Reuben made with cheap crap that only calls itself "corned beef".

Some people make them with pastrami. If it's good pastrami, that can be pretty good.

In Baltimore a number of places offer a similar sandwich that uses cole slaw instead of sauerkraut. I think they call it a "commodore". That's a pretty good sandwich too.

Oh I agree, why I indicated it had to be a good Reuben. I've had some people try to feed me crap and call it a Reuben before. The worst was when I was in rehab after having my knee replaced last year. They sent me a tray with what they called a "Reuben" on it. What I got was a piece of corned beef brisket that had been boiled to the point it no longer had a flavor on white bread with a slice of American cheese, sauerkraut, and yellow mustard. I looked at the nurse who brought it to me and asked if their kitchen staff had ever actually seen a Reuben sandwich cause this definitely wasn't it.
Also had people try to make me one with precised cold cuts, ugh. Especially when it's those toilet paper thing 99 cent cold cuts you can get in the lunch meat section of you grocery store.