I’m not much for sandwiches either but I do eat them on occasion. Can’t beat a good BLT with fresh home-grown tomatoes, good mayo on whole wheat or multi-grain bread, preferably lightly toasted for me. I will eat a Reuben if it’s a good one and a home cooked burger. I just eat the burger part with no bun or a half bun with tomato, lettuce, pickle and smear a little spicy or brown mustard on it.

I don’t care much for ham at all and any heavy sandwich like a meatball doesn’t appeal at all.

edited to add, I do love a good gooey grilled cheese. More cheese than bread!

As long it is it is good bread, I will eat almost anything on it. Cheese Sandwich or peanut butter are my favorites. We always have ham, turkey, and salami and cheese in the fridge.

A good, juicy hamburger is the best sandwich most of the time. Sometimes,

a fresh carved (usually roasted at home) turkey sandwich. Lettuce & Mayo

on the Turkey....Mustard & Ketchup or Lettuce and Thousand Island Dressing

on the Hamburger...depends on what I am hungry for at the time. Fries with the

Hamburger makes it perfect. Fresh, hot cup of coffee with the Turkey

Sandwich and maybe a Diet Coke with the Hamburger. Warm apple pie if I

am still hungry. ;)

I like Sloppy Joe sandwiches. When I was a youngster I loved sardine sandwiches.

Judy is right about the bread. It doesn’t have to be a fancy bread but it has to be fresh and not refrigerated. If you don’t have fresh bread, don’t make a sandwich unless you toast it or make a grilled cheese.

Egg salad (no pickle relish) on a good fresh pumpernickel bread.

I love sandwiches! Roast beef or pork with chutney; ham and cheese; egg salad; chicken or salami and mayo; turkey, cranberry sauce and cream cheese; cream cheese and pecans; cheese and picallilli; tuna salad; even PB and J are all on the list. Just today I had a pearler from our local sandwich shop, salad (lettuce, tomato, sliced beets, mushrooms, grated carrots and onion with hommous. So good I’ll have another tomorrow :-)

I'll take a good cheese steak with onions, peppers, and mushrooms over most anything. With or without au jus is fine. Unfortunately my favorite local place that specialized in cheese steaks closed down recently. I found another place that, although it is good, it's not quite as good as the place that closed.

When my garden tomatoes are in season we have BLTs for dinner several times a week. That reminds me that I need to stock up on bacon the next time it's on sale. We'll go thru 4 or 5 pounds a week from mid July until October.

Corn Beef Special from an authentic Jewish Deli!!! we are lucky to live near one and its the bomb!! they also do turkey special with real turkey shredded, fantastic!!!

other favs:

cheesesteak, hoagie, turkey club, chicken salad,

i do low-carb, so all bread/rolls are replaced with low-carb wrap or i eat it over a salad....the only sandwich i won't "re-do" is the corn beef special, i love rye bread and its 'allowed' in moderation :)

I don't think you can beat a sandwich.....pretty much the "perfect" meal, IMO :-) Depending on ingredents, I will make them for breakfast, lunch and dinner. I make all different types, depending on what's on hand or what I feel like. I seem have developed a sandwich reputation in my family and when my sister has a studio tour event (she's a potter), she always asks me to bring her one of my sandwiches for lunch....she doesn't seem to care what kind. Same with picnics - "please bring the sammies!"

I do think good bread makes the sandwich and it has to be fresh, unless a grilled sammy or a panini. Then just a touch stale makes for a better crust!

I am also a big French dip fan but never make those at home. A local hangout does a sensational grilled prime rib and cheddar on sourdough with au jus and horseradish sauce that is one of my infrequent indulgences. And my local grocery store does a decent French dip at their hot deli counter every so often but my standby there is their beef brisket and bue cheese sandwich. Yum!!

I forgot to mention another favorite that I just recently had for the first time...it is a burnt end burger. Most of the BBQ joints in the Kansas City area have added it to their menu in the last year or 2.

They grind the point of the brisket raw and mix it 50/50 with ground chuck and make a 1/2 lb. burger. They serve it on a bun with slices of burnt ends on top.

For those that don't know, burnt ends are the point of the brisket that is slow smoked to heavenly perfection. It is a Kansas City BBQ specialty.

When I'm out I love a BLT. I know, I know, the tomato isn't fresh, but it's still good. I have a fond memory of the best BLT at a diner in western Pennsylvania, omg it was so good.

amylou, I like peanut butter with butter, too! My kids can't stand it. There's something about the creamy cool butter that sets off the peanut butter, kind of like whipped cream on a sundae lol.

At home, I love a leftover beef/steak/meatloaf sandwich on white bread with butter and ketchup.

Clubhouse sandwich. Every. Single. Time. But only at one restaurant because it seems only one place in this entire city knows how to make a proper Clubhouse: REAL turkey, REAL bacon, tomato and lettuce with mayo on a triple decker sandwich.

Egg salad, meatball sub, tuna melt, grilled cheese, and BLT with fresh homegrown tomato.

It's 7 am and now I want a sandwich! One of each of the above, please! LOL

Ooh, a good tuna salad sandwich, on any kind of bread. I've always made it with a little sweet pickle relish, until I found a local tomatillo relish that is perfect with tuna salad. Yesterday we made egg salad (always masters of communication, DH and I bought 3 dozen eggs between us so we are trying to get through them) but I like that just on a bed of lettuce, no bread.

Angela, I'll have DH whip you up his famous breakfast sandwich, a Eggs Mc(DH). Scrambled eggs, bacon, slice of cheese, on a toasted English muffin.

OK--now I'm hungry! My fave is a really good Reuben with extra sauerkraut, but that would be weird on white bread. I agree nothing beats a really good BLT-but only with our home grown tomatoes. We add avocado to ours, and my husband adds thin sliced sweet onion. He calls it a "Bloat"--not too appetizing!

Cold meatloaf or bacon & avocado, please.

Philly cheesesteak.....made in Philly. It's all about the sauce.

The mention of butter and peanut butter brought a memory to the fore. Back in the dark ages I was in 4H for a couple of years and one of the projects was supposedly learning to cook. The instructor and I tangled because the instructions called for using butter on both sides of a sandwich supposedly to prevent the filling from soaking into the bread but leaving a small area near the crust butterless. I could understand if the filling was moist or the temperatures not hovering around 100F putting butter but one of the standards was a plain slice of cheese. By the time the "meeting" was over that butter was leaking through the bread. The mother may have learned to do that in a similar class and it stuck.

I like almost any sandwich and toasted bacon and tomato sandwiches are on our regular dinner rotation. Lately I've been indulging in a type of grilled cheese sandwich using 1 ounce of soft goat cheese and 1 tablespoon of red pepper jelly. Delicious!

Oh I LOVE a good sandwich! Bacon Lettuce and Tomato on toad with Mayo, Grilled cheese and tomato soup, Home cooked roast beef on white with Mayo, Home roasted chicken with lettuce and mayo and yes I love pickles too...all kinds. Oh I forgot tuna melt is also a great sandwich!! I love PB and J too especially if I have to pack a lunch!

I'm with watchme when it comes to sandwiches needing to be fresh. If I have to pack a sandwich for later, I pack all the ingredients separately and assemble when it's time to eat. I detest a soggy sandwich.

My favorite is a BAT with crispy bacon, summer tomatoes and perfectly ripe avocado on toasted whole grain bread spread lightly with mayo.

Others that I like are hot pastrami with yellow mustard and peppercini on a roll, grilled tuna salad sandwiches ( different from a melt as I don't like cheese on a tuna sandwich), ham, sharp cheddar and mustard and turkey provolone or pepper jack with avacado.

watchme, I also like Togo's for sandwiches but as for pastrami, I don't find theirs to be particularly tasty. As sprtphntc mentioned for corned beef, the better pastrami seems to be that made in-house at authentic Jewish delis. If you've never had that, you'd find the flavor very different (and more delicious) than what floats around from normal sources. Once on a trip to Montreal, I tried a curiosity called "smoked meat" that seemed like a flavor mix somewhere in-between corned beef and pastrami. It was good but different.

There aren't any such delis in my South Bay area. I've heard there are some in SF but I haven't gone looking for them. My experiences with Jewish delis are in Los Angeles and during visits to Northeastern cities - NY, etc.

Braunschweiger, onion, mayo on toast.

The Master's Pimento sandwiches and their egg salad sandwiches. (http://angiessouthernkitchen.com/2013/04/the-masters-egg-salad-and-pimento-cheese-sandwiches/) and peanut butter and blackberry jelly on sourdough with Cheetos.

"I love a Monte Christo if it is made well. Disney style, deep fried, not a bunch or meat and cheese between soggy french toast. With preserves and fresh fruit on the side."

Yes! The ones served at Blue Bayou restaurant in Disneyland's Pirates of the Caribbean!! (Disneyland, Tokyo Disneyland, and Disneyland Paris are the only three locations that have a Blue Bayou restaurant.)

A local sandwich shop used to make the best. They had a turkey, bacon sub with tomatoes, red onion, pickles, lots of lettuce and a dressing that was a vinaigrette instead of mayo based that was so good. I like a club, love a BLT. Tuna if the tuna quality is good. Here's the catch, I don't particularly like to make sandwiches, only eat them. When DH wanted to take lunch with him, he'd make his own and will still make sandwiches for the two of us. He loves PB&J, where I don't think I've eaten a peanut butter sandwich in about 40 years ;0)

I haven't been to the nursery lately, but there is one with small cafe on Bainbridge (gardengal, are you here?) that makes a rosy chicken salad sandwich that is to die for. It's approx 140 miles from me, but when I have the chance I don't pass up the opportunity to stop and shop, have lunch. (currants in the sandwich, and red onion = 'rosy')

I like all kinds of sandwiches. Hot ham & cheese, Reuben with mustard not Thousand Island dressing, clubs. At home I like grilled cheese and fresh from the garden tomatoes and my tuna sandwiches on whole grain bread with onions, pickle relish and Miracle Whip. One of my favorites is dry salami, Miracle Whip, Monterey Jack cheese on white bread, although I don't usually buy white bread anymore so it usually is made with a whole grain from Krogers. I also crave Bologna, American cheese sandwiches with crispy lettuce and sometimes fresh onions on the side.

Hot corned beef on rye or hot pastrami on rye, both with mustard. But since I moved to Florida I haven't had a good one.

1. Shawarma with all the toppings, or a gyro

2. leftover homemade meatloaf with mayo and catsup & greens

3. turkey dinner leftovers on good whole grain bread

4. hamburger with onion, dill pickle, mustard, catsup & greens

5. Reuben from a deli

6. tomato straight from the garden with mayo, salt & pepper on dense whole grain bread

7. When I was a child, there was a little corner lunch counter down the street from my dad's office. I remember it had a pressed tin ceiling still - the building was from sometime in the 1800s. They made so good, hot & juicy shredded beef sandwiches, served with Woeber's mustard. Those were a favorite treat. The place is long gone

:(

Grilled cheese. Made with cheddar cheese cream cheese pickle Tomato onion a bit of mushroom. On rye bread. Usually no side but I always want berries and yogurt after I have this sandwich. Also love turkey with mustard salsa tomato cheese onion on rye toast

The other great Philly sandwich: roast pork, provolone, and broccoli rabe, preferably from DiNic's in the Reading Terminal Market.

I like liverwurst with sliced cukes and black pepper on white bread. I also like bologna and cheddar with yellow mustard.

When I was a kid, peanut butter and pickle (dill) sandwiches were my favorite. I can't say I make them anymore, but the memory is nice.

I would love, love to be able to buy a turkey sandwich with real, carved turkey. I have no idea whether any deli or restaurant sells these anymore. Does anyone here from the South Bay know of such a place?

My favorite is a panini with pesto, fresh mozzarella and marinated artichoke hearts. Grilled until melty and crispy. Yum!

sjerin, Harry's Hofbrau on Saratoga between Stevens Creek and 280 is now closed but they roasted fresh turkeys (and hams and roast beef) and served them sliced on a plate or as sandwiches. It closed a few months ago. Two other Harry's locations are still open, in Redwood City and San Leandro.

If you want fresh sliced turkey, buy an uncooked bone in, skin on turkey breast at Trader Joes (the best we've found) and roast it in an oven at 375 deg. Just some salt and pepper on the outside. Using a meat thermometer to check doneness (internal >165 deg, usually in 45 min to an hour) it's a very easy thing to cook.

I so miss Harry's. Open late and fresh carved meat. I tried the San Leandro location 3 times now and walked out. The last time I went in a guy was returning his French Dip for being dry and chewy. They seem to overcook everything. The roast beef always looks med well to well done. Hopefully Redwood City does a better job but I don't get out that way so much.

I've never been to either of the remaining two. Redwood City isn't too far off the beaten path for me but San Leandro is. Sorry to hear it's poor. I have to say that the one on Saratoga had its good days and bad ones. I never strayed far from turkey or ham though, none of the other stuff appealed to me. It was certainly an old time, old fashioned place, as reflected in the clientele.

It is easy to roast a turkey breast, little work and little time.

I second Elmer's "easy to roast a turkey breast". Do it a lot for sandwiches.

"put it in the oven...go about your business, take it out (less than 2 hrs), cool a bit, and slice..... yummy Sandwich Meat!". ;)

Be careful uptown gal. Anything much more than one hour may be too long, unless it's quite large or you're doing it at 350. You want it moist and juicy, not dry. Let your thermometer be your guide.

To avoid overcooking, whether in the oven or on a grill, I test the temperature of cooking meat at around 75% of the expected time and then watch it closely to the finish. No surprises or undesired results this way.

Favorite sandwich? Hm-m-m-m-m-m. . . . . . Tough question.

If I'm making it at home, probably liverwurst (or Braunschweiger) with a very thin slice of onion on buttered German pumpernickel. Not the soft, Americanized pumpernickel, but the solid kind, that comes from Germany.

Or Limburger, also with a thin slice of onion, also on the same kind of pumpernickel, buttered.

Or maybe a grilled cheese, with a slice of colby and a slice of Monterey Jack and a very thin slice of deli ham. Occasionally a thin slice of sweet onion, too. Actually, any kind of cheese is good on a grilled sandwich, EXCEPT Velveeta, or American cheese. I never buy either. Nor do I ever buy white bread. My current favorite bread is from Walmart's bakery dept, "12 Grain and Seed Sandwich Bread". I love that stuff! Even occasionally eat just a bread and butter sandwich, as long as I have a GOOD (Kerrygold) butter on hand.

If I eat a sandwich out, I guess a good Reuben is my first choice. I would also like a good egg salad sandwich, if anyone around here offered them. One grocery store deli here has a turkey salad sandwich that has cranberries and walnuts, served on their own 10 grain bread. I like it a lot, too. There really aren't many options to choose from, sandwich wise, around here.

Rusty

morz8, I know exactly where you mean :-) Only about 5 minutes away from me! However, I don't often bother with "bought" sandwiches (other than the beef dips) as I prefer my own 99% of the time so I have never tried the New Rose cafe. I love chicken salad and make it often for sammies but may have to give the rosy chicken a try.

I think you'd like it a lot ;0) Also has walnuts and celery for even more crunch to the mix. When I'm pressed for time and need to get back to the freeway and on my way home, they have put it in a pita for me so I can eat it at the wheel, not end up wearing it.

Agreed a turkey breast done at home is the only way to get a good homemade sandwich without having to roast a big bird. It used to be easy to fresh find boneless half breast. Now I can only find bone in and even those are not always readily available everywhere.

A little late for this and perhaps all stores do not always have turkey breasts but the Honey Baked Store near me advertises turkey and they do make sandwiches to order.

Not a big sandwich fan unless it's hot and then it would be either a Reuben or a haddock sandwich.

A now out-of-business store (The Andersons) had the best turkey salad, really good on a sandwich.

They inspired my with their veggie sub too; my version has Monterey Jack cheese, tomato, sprouts, greens, thin sliced zucchini, sweet red pepper, banana peppers, and Hickory Farms sweet hot mustard.

I remember in the late forties, I loved fried Spam, then spread white bread with mustard and add a slice of onion. Now my favorite is a pimento cheese.