Let's talk sammitches

[Perd Hapley]

At Casa fistful, we have created a new sandwich, The Whole Hog. Ham, pulled pork, and bacon. With Wickles and barbecue sauce. My wife tried it out on challah bread, just for a laugh, but I prefer it on a pretzel roll.

Now for the next great sandwich. What to do? How about a peanut butter and jelly burger? Sound good? I don't know. 

[vaskidmark]

Re The Whole Hog - needs chicirones for texture.

PB&JB?  No.  Marmalade, or some sort of pepper jam.  And caramelized onions sitting between the burger and the PB.

stay safe.

[MillCreek]

Wickles?

[Sergeant Bob]

That sounds like a mighty fine sammich!

Peanut butter and jelly burger? Hey, it's got peanut butter so it's gotta be good.

[41magsnub]

Wickles?

I had to look them up too.  http://www.amazon.com/Wickles-Pickles/dp/B000M7ASAI

[Perd Hapley]

I have now officially abandoned the pb and jelly burger concept, in favor a peanut butter, jelly and bacon sammitch. And, yes, I said officially; as in from the Office of Sammitch Development.

Re The Whole Hog - needs chicirones for texture.

Sorry, yes, I did mean to suggest that as an option. Not my kettle of pork, however.

PB&JB?  No.  Marmalade, or some sort of pepper jam.  And caramelized onions sitting between the burger and the PB.

Pepper jam is interesting. Caramelized onions on one's burger always seem like a good idea on a restaurant menu, but invariably disappoint in actual practice. 

[MillCreek]

I caramelize my onions with a little bit of brown sugar and good balsamic vinegar.  Yummos.

[Brad Johnson]

Spam, sliced very thin.  Cream cheese spread liberally on a flour tortilla and sprinkled with thyme. Warm in the microwave for 20-25 seconds.  Pile on a liberal amount of bread & butter pickles and add a handful of shredded lettuce.  Fold into a wrap and enjoy.

Brad

[Perd Hapley]

Spam, sliced very thin.  Cream cheese spread liberally on a flour tortilla and sprinkled with thyme. Warm in the microwave for 20-25 seconds.  Pile on a liberal amount of bread & butter pickles and add a handful of shredded lettuce.  Fold into a wrap and enjoy.

Kill it! Kill it with fire!

[MrsSmith]

Fistful. Sammiches is NOT spelled with a T. Geesh. What's wrong with you boy???

Brad. You're STILL eating meat from a can? What's wrong with you boy???

[Brad Johnson]

Brad. You're STILL eating meat from a can? What's wrong with you boy???

Kill it! Kill it with fire!

Do not mock the SPAM, you will make it angry... 

Brad

[Jocassee]

Wickles

God's gift to mankind.

[Larry Ashcraft]

Grilled cheese, but with GOOD aged parmesan cheese ($22 a pound) and pesto.  Yum.

[TommyGunn]

"SAMMITCHES?"

S-A-N-D-W-I-C-H

[vaskidmark]

Fistful. Sammiches is NOT spelled with a T. Geesh. What's wrong with you boy???

"SAMMITCHE?"

Our fistful knows that "Hukd on Fonix" is met with derision, so makes the valiant attempt to avoid misspelling the word.  Our fistful fails miserably.

And this is the best we can do to him?

Shame!  Shame, I say!  APSers are better than this!

Let the merriment begin.

stay safe.

[Perd Hapley]

"SAMMITCHE?"

S-A-N-D-W-I-C-H

Some grammar nazi you are. You can't even spell sandwich in dialect. Luckily for you, grammar is not concerned with spelling. So you misused the word "grammar," too.

The singular is "sammitch." Some will forego (or forgo) the t, which makes it look like French, or something. Sammitch. Sammitch.

[Jamie B]

Wickles?

Kind of like Wenis! 

[TommyGunn]

Some grammar nazi you are. You can't even spell sandwich in dialect. Luckily for you, grammar is not concerned with spelling. So you misused the word "grammar," too.

The singular is "sammitch." Some will forego (or forgo) the t, which makes it look like French, or something. Sammitch. Sammitch.

I got the hockenGee off the internetz.   

[Scout26]

Apparently, our newest grammar Nazi does not know and/or understand the difference between a "sandwich" and a "Sammich".

A sammich is a type of sandwich. However, it is not just any kind of sandwich. Any old schmuck can throw lunchmeat between two slices of bread and have a sandwich.

But no. A sammich is not just a sandwich, it is not just a meal. Sammich is a term reserved for only the holiest and mightiest of all sandwiches. A sammich is a true work of culinary art; a feast on a bun, if you will. A sammich is not made of the best ingredients; it is made of the *right* ingredients. It needs the right meats, and the right cheese(s), the right sauce, the right veggies, and the right kind of bread.

Taking footlong sub bread and throwing every kind of meat and cheese and everything else under the sun or in your kitchen pantry on it does not a sammich make. It is akin to an incohesive mishmosh of colors on an artist's easel.

Sandwiches make a good snack, but sammiches are forever.

I still recall the $5 Ruben's (with a bag a chips and a soda) from the no-name deli off the corner of Roosevelt and Ardmore Rd's in Villa Park.  Absolutely THE Best corned beef, sauerkraut and dressing EVER.   I was a college student and once every two weeks on payday, I would walk down there and treat myself to one.   I've never had one nearly as good since.  It brings tears to my eye to think that I'll never have one that good again.   

[Perd Hapley]

"INTERNETZ?"

I-N-T-E-R-N-E-T

And it's hakenGee, for crying out loud. 

[Scout26]

It's Hackenkreuz actually.

"Hooked Cross"


Does that make me a symbol Nazi?

[Perd Hapley]

He was referring to the Grammar Nazi symbol, which he posted above. Duh. 

[vaskidmark]

A chance for APSers to not only influence the law but to become famous for having posted a comment on a for-real serious, scholarly blog.

http://www.volokh.com/2012/08/29/which-of-these-is-a-sandwich/

Money quote:

Sure, you can make lawyerly arguments as to why any or all of these constitute sandwiches, but that’s not the question. Rather, I’m wondering if contrary to my own understanding, Posner is right that hamburgers and hot dogs are “regarded” as sandwiches, and that “some people regard” tacos and burritos as sandwiches.

This seems especially pertinent because Posner is criticizing Scalia and his co-author Brian Garner for advocating reliance on dictionary definitions of words. One reason to rely on dictionary definitions is because they provide an objective baseline, as opposed to idiosyncratic judges’ notions of what words might mean, which in turn are subject to manipulation if a judge wants to rule in favor of a particular party for whatever reason. If Posner is wrong about what people “regard” as sandwiches, I think that would tend to buttress Scalia and Garner’s point that we’re better off relying on dictionary definitions than on less objective alternatives–which is not to say that I think that I have a strong opinions on textualism in statutory and contractual interpretation (and indeed I don’t).

And there is an unscientific survey, too.

stay safe.

[Scout26]

And the bread.  Good thick rye bread (not that marbled crap) that held together all the way to last bite, even though the ingredients where piled high to the point of almost, but just not quite, being able to fit into your mouth.  A sammich, that once eaten, would mean you were full and satisfied for 2-3 days....

[HankB]

Spam, sliced very thin.   . . .

Kill it! Kill it with fire!

If it contains SPAM, you need to nuke it from orbit - it's the only way to be sure.

(SPAM is the reason animals go into the Hormel plant, and nothing but product comes out. Nothing. Think about it.     )