What's the best sandwich?

Ham and swiss on soft rye, iceberg lettuce, tomato and Real mayonnaise.

(sheesh. can't even find a proper image. The ones that are close are using frou-frou lettuce instead of iceberg. I'll have to take my own)

this will do.

Corned beef on rye at Coogan's on Broadway in Washington Heights.

Hot pastrami on rye with mustard at Gold's in Millburn.

Friday Special at Millburn Deli.

The Bahn mi

The Millburn Deli turkey joe. Case closed. Or maybe Harriet the Spy's tomato/mayo/pepper on white toast. 

pretty much anything at Bolivian Llama Party 

http://www.blp.nyc/

A killer cubano or bhan mi.

Ladies and gentlemen, the earlster of sandwiches.

http://newyork.seriouseats.com/2010/12/a-sandwich-a-day-pernil-with-a-twist-at-sophies-cuban.html

Penil with a twist (plantains and jalapeño sauce) from Sophie's in Manhattan.

BLT, plenty of really good, crisp bacon, truly ripe tomato, good white or wheat bread, no mayo.

Chunky egg salad with anchovy fillets and iceberg lettuce on toasted white bread.

Crane's Pilgrim sandwich. God, I miss that place!

This is my second choice as favorite.

Except for the "no mayo" of course. Blasphemy!

mjc said:

BLT, plenty of really good, crisp bacon, truly ripe tomato, good white or wheat bread, no mayo.

San Genaro hot sausage with peppers and onions.  

Anything that you make yourself!

What was that series of crime novels where the cop/detective made great sandwiches and ate them over his kitchen sink?

-Ron Carter

Provolone on a roll with lettuce,  onion, mayo. Sounds gross but is delicious.

made breadless shaved turkey lettuce (cos) last night: just the turkey rolled into a leaf of cos. Long time since I’ve done that for a snack, and it was perfect for the occasion. 

sounds good to me.

Here's a sandwich that when I first ate it was a revelation:

scrambled egg, thinly sliced onion ,tomato  and mayo. bread of your choice. gotta eat it when the egg is warm.

yummo

angelak said:

Provolone on a roll with lettuce,  onion, mayo. Sounds gross but is delicious.

pretty much. I was hoping to see more homemade stuff here.

marksierra said:

Anything that you make yourself!

Sloppy Joes from Scott's. Too bad they are no more.   

that was certainly an outstanding sandwich.

What happened to Scott anyway? The last I knew he was on the corner of Valley and Millburn(?) and I remember going there once and he was there no more.

sac said:

Sloppy Joes from Scott's. Too bad they are no more.   

Here's one that I call the Mr T:

Toasted everything bagel with a smooshed hard-boiled egg, black pepper and butter. Hot sauce optional.

rcarter31 said:

What was that series of crime novels where the cop/detective made great sandwiches and ate them over his kitchen sink?

-Ron Carter

Lawrence Sanders' Deadly Sins books???

Prosciutto, mozzarella, sundried tomatoes and olive oil on fresh bread is a good one

Also, 18 tips for making a grilled cheese sandwich:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/eustaciahuen/2017/08/31/grilled-cheese/#39c0a70469ac

It's be hard for me to nail down one sandwich as "the best," but my grandmother used to make what she called a Dagwood sandwich. Basically she just piled whatever she had in the fridge between two pieces of toast. The only constants were iceberg lettuce, beefsteak tomatoes, American cheese, and yellow mustard; everything else was different every time. But somehow, in my memory, they always tasted exactly the same. They were fantastic. I've never been able to replicate them.

yeah, see, that wouldn't stand in my household. I have very strict rules on meat / condiment combinations

e.g. never mix salami and turkey; no mustard with tomato; roast beef can be the only meat in the sandwich, though cheese is allowed and tomatoes are discouraged.

Otherwise it's anarchy.

BrickPig said:

It's be hard for me to nail down one sandwich as "the best," but my grandmother used to make what she called a Dagwood sandwich. Basically she just piled whatever she had in the fridge between two pieces of toast. The only constants were iceberg lettuce, beefsteak tomatoes, American cheese, and yellow mustard; everything else was different every time. But somehow, in my memory, they always tasted exactly the same. They were fantastic. I've never been able to replicate them.

drummerboy said:

yeah, see, that wouldn't stand in my household. I have very strict rules on meat / condiment combinations

e.g. never mix salami and turkey; no mustard with tomato; roast beef can be the only meat in the sandwich, though cheese is allowed and tomatoes are discouraged.

Oh man. Well, I'm sorry for you.

drummerboy said:

pretty much. I was hoping to see more homemade stuff here.

marksierra said:

Anything that you make yourself!

OK, how about this easy one:  tuna, mixed with a generous amount of mayo, and generously seasoned with dill weed, spread on a kaiser roll.