another attempt at a tuna sandwich, for you, the reader

Composed of the following:
Tuna
Veganaise
Celery
Red Onion
Curry Powder
Mustard
Whole Wheat Bread

I am telling you, America, curry powder is the tastiest tuna sandwich trick out there. Any other good additions?

Is not sandwich.

Apparently we have readers.

I know, shocking.

View their (his) comments here.

If you'll click the link, you'll see some lovely craftwork made out of items commonly found in sandwiches.


One of them being this thing:


Is this a sandwich?

Without a doubt, No. Listen, Dan-o and I aren't some sandwich nazis trying to force rigid rules and make and uber-sando world of perfectly formed sandwiches that all fit a myopic sandwichworldview.

Other than the two crucial (yet loosely defined) sandwich ingredients, bread and filling, two important factors come into play.

Firstly, Intent.

Did the sandwich maker intend to make a sandwich? Or were they attempting something else, like a wrap, a piece of art, a sushi roll, or whatever?

Secondly, in the words of Harry Caray, Would you eat it?

Does it look tasty? Does it contain ingredients that please your senses?

In the case of these sando-animal creations, the answer to both is a resounding no.

The person who crafted them, as creative as they are, didn't intend them to be sandwiches. It's an artwork, not an edible.

Secondly, I won't eat a sando made of bologna and wonderbread. It's an insult to the memory of the eponymous Earl.
That said, I would never accuse a person who likes bologna in between two slices of bread of not eating a sandwich (heathens), unless of course, they made it into a a mouse or a cat first, then they should just go back to art school or pre-school, wherever they teach such horrible things.

I understand this is a loose definition, and it may not satisfy some. It's hard to accept, I know, that some things just aren't sandwiches.

Oh, one other thing. Though the address of this blog may mislead you, meat is not a requirement for a sandwich. There's plently of delicious veggie sandos out there that fully qaulify.

Anyway,



This is a man who knows about sandwiches.

Thanksgiving Leftover Blues?

This post isn't about Sandwiches, but it is about Thanksgiving. And Thanksgiving is about turkey. And turkey is about sandwiches.

So I've been to a lot of supermarkets lately, and there's a common thread throughout many of the cooking/household/women's magazines lately. There is always a "Great tips for those Thanksgiving leftovers," or "What to do with all that turkey."

ugh.

Like it's that difficult to figure it out. I've got a tip: Put it in your mouth.

Yeah. Eat it. It was delicous the first time. It's going to be delicious a day, or even a week later.

Where I come from, we have pre and post Thanksgivings, all, hopefully, with enough food leftover to eat it again. Thanksgiving is probably one of the most delicious holidays ever. Everyone loves it. I even know a Jihadist Islamofacist who loves it. Let me tell you, he knows what to do with the leftovers.

Anyway, back to what I was saying.

Do you seriously need a recipe to figure out what to do with the left overs? Sweet-potato turkey fritata? Turkey salad? Potato-turkey latake?

No. Fuck! What a way to ruin a wonderful meal.

You basically have three delcious options to use those leftovers. All pretty much pertain to this blog, and all a pretty much required.

1.) Just eat it like you did on Thanksgiving. Easy.

2.) Sandwich. On top of the turkey, you can stick as many sidedishes as you want in this sandwich. I recommend potatoes, stuffing green beans and gravy as a start.

3.) Soup. Don't throw away that carcass yet, no! Boil it for a good while till you have a stock, add a little leftover turkey meat, vegetables, some noodles, spices, whatever. Soup is easy. You could probably leave the house for 3 days with a big pot of soup on the stove and come back to some amazing stuff.

Anyway, thats my rant. I'm really excited for my Thanksgivings this year.

Tuna Sandwich Tuesday

Day off from work today, and I made a delicious tuna sandwich for my lunch. I took some pictures. Here are some reasons why no one will ever see these pictures: Dislodged memory card. Broken viewscreen. Inability to understand a loud beep as a sign of error without visual explanation of said error.

Anyhow, it was delicious. Also pretty.

Tuna, veganaise, curry powder, mutsu apple. Real good.

Not Sandwich Related: British v. French

30 reasons why British hate the French

awesome.

America, Fuck Yeah!

This is why the Brits think Americans are stupid, obnoxious people.

They are absolutely right.

This isn't totally random, there is a mention of sandwiches in the article.

More Wonderful Sandwiches from Limeys

I know hating on the Brits, (my countrymen, full disclosure, nbd) for their lack of culinary subtlety and/or decency is really, really easy, but seriously, sandwiches are so easy to make tasty. Sandwiches if done right are the perfect food. That's a big if.

I'm somewhat astounded about how many times I've said "only the Brits could come up with a sandwich that terrible."

However, I could be wrong. Ladies and Gentlemen, for your approval "The Chip Butty".

French fries, or "chips" as our brothers across the pond call them are delicious. Bread is delicious. This, I may have to try.

Random Aside: Why do those asshole Republicans get to take credit for hating the French and renaming the French-invented food to more Anglo sound names? The British have been doing it centuries. Literally, centuries. Look it up. They hated the French back when Freedom was free, before anyone made hating French the cool thing to do.

Anywhoo, I'm gonna make up one of these Chip Butties and give it a try. Call me a hypocrite, but at least it ain't mayo and bread.