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Eating Like An Earl - Talking Time's Top Sandwiches

Sloppy Joe kinda came after it would work for me. There's mild nostalgia to the flavour. I never had a sloppy joe till my 20s and it was fine. But my grammy would make a similar mix of hamburger, onion and tomato sauce to be eaten with boiled vegetables and new potatoes. It's not bad but not exciting. But it's still comfort food to me.

 
#32
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Look away, JBear! There is nothing but pain for you here. Please forgive me.
with egg: https://i.imgur.com/smG4BXV.jpg

Sausage McMuffin

67 points, 2 votes
Staunchest Sandwich Supporter: Torzelbaum (#2)

Tour Locations:
Goleta, California
Belleville, New Jersey​

Sandwiches can be paraodoxical in a way - they unite ingredients but sometimes they divide people. That is the case with this entry - @JBear and I agree upon rejecting the thin strange inaccurate falseness of "Canadian" "bacon" and replacing it with the thick, tasty familiarity of a sausage patty. But I can not resist the siren call of the white and yellow disc and so we stand on opposite sides of the same sandwich street. We do not have 100% complete solidarity as supporters of this sandwich but we both have a delicious delight that appeals to our different tastes.

JBear said:
My tummy no likey eggs (this makes breakfast a challenging meal more broadly), but I love me a sausage patty on an english muffin.
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(The Egg McMuffin was originally created at a McDonald's franchisee in Goleta, California. The inventor, Herb Peterson, made it to resemble eggs benedict. After the sandwich's public introduction in Belleville, New Jersey it paved the way for other breakfast items at McDonald's.)
 
I've loved sausage mcmuffins (no egg) since I was a child. And for as long as I can remember, I've always had to order them exactly that way ("sausage mcmuffin-- no egg") or else I either get follow-up questions or a get a damn egg, and it has always frustrated me. It's a menu item! Why do I always feel like I'm ordering off the secret menu? Who is Big Egg fellating that every fucking breakfast at every fucking place for all fucking eternity has to take something I would otherwise love and fuck it up with the vomit ovum!? You have no idea how much it fucking sucks to order breakfast without being able to eat eggs. I hope you like pancakes, because you're never ordering anything else again unless you want every breakfast order to be a fucking argument. I fucking hate eggs.

*deep breath*
*climbs down off soapbox*

But yeah, I love me a sausage mcmuffin, and I have a soft spot for most of the off-brand equivalents as well (provided I can get them without egg). I don't do this much anymore, but I'd often make them myself at home by frying up sausage rounds (and adding sliced cheese to the pan near the end for that perfect melt) and toasting some english muffins. Man, I should do that tonight...
 
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JBear said:
Who is Big Egg fellating that every fucking breakfast at every fucking place for all fucking eternity has to take something I would otherwise love and fuck it up with the vomit ovum!? You have no idea how much it fucking sucks to order breakfast without being able to eat eggs.
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Brother, you have my sword.
 
I really like McDaniel's McMuffins to my deep regret. It's good food to feel bad about eating.

JBear said:
Who is Big Egg fellating that every fucking breakfast at every fucking place for all fucking eternity has to take something I would otherwise love and fuck it up with the vomit ovum!?
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Eggs mean breakfast and breakfast mean eggs. It's just math!
 
Henry has a peanut allergy, so we have to avoid a ton of foods that have peanuts or are made in facilities that handle peanuts. So I can totally sympathize about needing to avoid a common food. It is a burden.

BUT, if you can eat eggs, they are an extremely good thing to include. 1) Eggs taste good. I love eating eggs. I will add them any time I'm given the option. 2) Eggs are super good for you. There are tons of health benefits to eating them. 3) They are cheap. Adding a single egg to a sandwich is a negligible cost (even though costs have been higher recently). For the vast majority of people, adding an egg is obviously the right choice.

I love sausage and egg breakfast sandwiches. Also, it is one of the few food items that even McDonald's can't fuck up.
 
It isn't egg they put on those muffins, though. It is a vaguely eggy slab. There is egg in it, I'm sure, but it's not egg.
 
JBear said:
I've loved sausage mcmuffins (no egg) since I was a child. And for as long as I can remember, I've always had to order them exactly that way ("sausage mcmuffin-- no egg") or else I either get follow-up questions or a get a damn egg, and it has always frustrated me. It's a menu item! Why do I always feel like I'm ordering off the secret menu? Who is Big Egg fellating that every fucking breakfast at every fucking place for all fucking eternity has to take something I would otherwise love and fuck it up with the vomit ovum!? You have no idea how much it fucking sucks to order breakfast without being able to eat eggs. I hope you like pancakes, because you're never ordering anything else again unless you want every breakfast order to be a fucking argument. I fucking hate eggs.

*deep breath*
*climbs down off soapbox*

But yeah, I love me a sausage mcmuffin, and I have a soft spot for most of the off-brand equivalents as well (provided I can get them without egg). I don't do this much anymore, but I'd often make them myself at home by frying up sausage rounds (and adding sliced cheese to the pan near the end for that perfect melt) and toasting some english muffins. Man, I should do that tonight...
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Exposition Owl said:
Brother, you have my sword.
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And you have my bow.
 
I'm not a morning person but I do like breakfast items so I will often get fast food breakfast sandwiches. The Sausage McMuffin with Egg is one of my go-tos. I remember getting them quite often in college. (But a McMuffin, hash brown and a soft drink generally left me burping for a while.)

Patrick said:
Also, it is one of the few food items that even McDonald's can't fuck up.
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It is pretty fool-proof but sometimes they sure do try to mess it up.

Mogri said:
It isn't egg they put on those muffins, though. It is a vaguely eggy slab. There is egg in it, I'm sure, but it's not egg.
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This reminds me of a brief discussion about fast food "eggs" that happened on the forum but I can't seem to find those posts to quote. :(
 
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OK, it's crunch time everyone. But I don't mean that we need to quickly do a lot of work - it's our next entry.

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category croque

67 points, 3 votes
Staunchest Sandwich Supporter: JBear (#10)

Tour Locations:
Fredericton, New Brunswick
Sarasota, Florida
Anaheim, California​

We have a trio of sandwiches in this category.

First off we have the croque monsieur which is a ham and cheese sandwich that is covered with more cheese and then baked or fried. Some restaurants/recipes will also include bechamel sauce. This sandwich originated in France.

When you add a poached or fried egg to a croque monsieur then you get a croque madame (and an unhappy JBear).
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The Monte Cristo is an American variation on the croque monsieur but the Monte Cristo also has many variations. All Monte Cristos tend to dip or wrap a croque monsieur in another ingredient and sometimes add other ingredients on the inside. They can be either sweet or savory.
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The Monte Cristo variation pictured has the croque monsieur ((with added turkey) dipped in pancake batter, baked, covered with powdered sugar and finally served with fries and either sauce or fruit preserves. The latter is common but sometimes the sweet version is served with maple syrup. (I don't know how important the ash tray and cigarette is to the whole experience.)

JBear said:
There's a tiny local place that makes a delicious one of these and it's one of the best things I've ever eaten. Croque Madame can go fuck itself, though, as yet another tasty food that is ruined for me by slapping an egg on it.
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@JBear @Kirin

(Please note that Kirin had both the croque madame and the Monte Cristo on his list.)
 
I've had a Monte Cristo before. Basically a french toast sandwich and it's not something I could eat all the time.

Still need to try Mr. & Mrs. Croque
 
Once when I was in South Dakota I had a hamburger with Monte Cristo sandwiches for buns. Lol, I had been driving all day & the bartender talked me into it.
 
Nice to hear but it certainly sounds like it was a lot.

I've had a sandwich once that was like a take on a croque monsieur. It was tasty but also a lot.
 
For the record, my local/preferred Croque Monsieur has brisket, old white cheddar, korean bbq sauce, mornay cheese sauce, and pickled mustard seeds on brioche.
 
Torzelbaum said:
(Please note that Kirin had both the croque madame and the Monte Cristo on his list.)
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Look, basically if you have a little meat and a lot of cheese and some tasty sauce and some frying action, I am here for it.

A few months back I had a Croque Madame for breakfast at a little cafe in Quebec and damn, it was good.
 
#30
category New Orleans

68 points, 3 votes
Staunchest Sandwich Supporter: Lokii (#7)​

New Orleans is a popular tourist destination - part of that is due to the unique cuisine there which includes some sandwiches. As the Cajuns say, laissez les sandwiches bons rouler! Which I think means either 'let the good sandwiches roll' or 'put sandwiches on good rolls.'

The first item in this category is the po' boy - a sandwich served on a long French bread roll. They are filled with different meats and different toppings (depending on the meat). @RT-55J didn't state a preference so I guess he likes them all while @Kirin 's favorite is the shrimp po' boy which has fried shrimp as the main filling.

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You can't talk about the cuisines of New Orleans and Louisiana without talking about the European immigrant group that contributed so much to them. Of course I am referring to the Italians (specifically the Sicilians) who created the next item in this category - the muffuletta sandwich (@Lokii 's favorite).

The sandwich shares its name with the bread used to make it - a type of round Sicilian sesame bread. The muffuletta sandwich competes with the Chicago dog when it comes to the total number of ingredients involved - salami, ham, Swiss cheese, provolone, mortadella and a chopped olive "salad" (which is used as a spread and is also made of many ingredients).

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Oh yeah, love me a good po' boy. Catfish is especially good. There are just too many delicious sandwiches to narrow it down to 25, really.
 
Man, I'd kill to try a catfish sandwich. Catfish is already vanishingly rare around here, and I've never heard of putting it on bread.
 
My shrimp po’ boy vote is basically another crustacean delivery system for me, which I’ll take at most opportunities. It’s also the kind of sandwich that can be kind of bland and disappointing if it’s not made well or with good ingredients, but can be amazing in the right hands. Needs a good roll and some good sauce.
 
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category breaded pork

70 points, 3 votes
Staunchest Sandwich Supporter: JBear (#5)

Tour Locations:
Lawton, Oklahoma
St. Joseph, Missouri
Butte, Montana​

Pork is a popular sandwich ingredient which has already been featured or included in previous sandwiches. This next entry features a cut of pork that has been simply prepared by flattening, breading and frying it.

JBear likes his flattened, breaded, fried pork as a pork schnitzel burger. Schnitzel is a German dish consisting of a thin piece of meat (of many different kinds) that is usually flattened, breaded and fried. In Canada it is commonly served as a sandwich.

JBear said:
You can buy these at the local Farmer's Market, and they're basically just schnitzel on a bun; what's not to like?
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(The German word schnitzel is a diminutive of sniz, 'slice'.)

nataeryn and I prefer a slight different but similar sandwich - the breaded tenderloin or fried pork chop sandwich (which wikipedia calls a pork tenderloin sandwich but I feel like they're not exactly the same thing).
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The breaded tenderloin (and presumably the fried pork chop sandwich) seems to have been created in the US by German immigrants based on schnitzel recipes. The tenderloin sandwich is popular in the Midwest and sometimes is fully hit by American excess which leads to an entire pork tenderloin being used for a single sandwich that covers an entire plate and dwarfs the bun that struggles to contain it. (What is often done in that case is for the restaurant to provide multiple buns and give the illusion of propriety and restraint by suggesting that you can "share the sandwich with friends".)

@JBear @nataeryn
 
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yeah, that second picture is what i'm used to seeing.
the vast majority of my food favorites come from my life in the southeast of the US, but if I head back to the midwest to see extended family, I love getting one of these at a greasy spoon type diner.
 
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