Otherwise, Italian Beef!

Subtly different from corned beef, but enough that I will choose pastrami instead.

Non-meat.

I love red onions- that snappy bitterness excites me. 🤭

I like ham sandwiches, too, but while I had my cat Milo (RIP) I rarely ate them because he would snatch them off my plate or right out of my hands. He loved ham! I miss that cat so much, but now at least I can eat ham sandwiches in peace.

with Provolone cheese, toasted bread, cold diced tomatoes and onions!

and cold turkey subs!

it's my own recipe...most places heat up the veggies..

This way they really shine against the salty meat.

Let's see what did I leave out?

The sub is toasted in the oven with garlic butter and the provolone.
on top and bottom, (open-faced) the cheese is fully melted on this sandwich.

Once you've finished sauteeing the Pastrami, spread it out the sub's length
and spread a thin layer of HOT MUSTARD (We use Colmans) just assemble
by ladleing the diced veggies on top of the Pastrami.

This sub can be made astonishingly quickly by dividing oven/burner and prep
work.

I'll write this up sometime, been fixing this way since the 80s

and onion a bit of mustard. Mortadella is a staple in Sicilian recipes

…and plenty of capers, on a Brownberry slim or English muffin.

mustard, a sprinkling of black pepper all mixed up well together in a bowl and then generously slathered on one's choice of bread.

Mmmmm.

Normally Polish style, but I've used smoked too.
Except for a Reuben, I'd rather have a ham sandwich than any other type. (Not counting BLTs, but the cooking & toasting puts it a different category for me.)
That said, I've made grilled ham & cheese and requires cooking too.
Hmmm. I'm confusing myself.

didn;t you???? They all sound good. Enjoy.

I did say I confused myself!

A double decker chopped liver/pastrami. There’s a deli in my ‘hood that makes one that’s impossible to eat in one sitting!

Pastrami and egg salad on rye or whatever.

We have a wonderful turkey farm that makes fantastic smoked turkey breast lunch meat that I get sliced a bit thicker. That meat with a fresh garden tomato and Swiss cheese on an Asiago bagel - it’s close to Heaven!!!

a wonderful family-run business in the Leechburg/Apollo area.

...with plenty of mayo.

Also I like to stack potato chips inside my sandwich. Before I went veg I loved French dip sandwiches.

… but potato chips inside makes it a meal.

Which cheese and which bread is up to your whim.

Though, salami's my favorite.

Perhaps the best is a good quality black forest ham with a little Dusseldorf mustard on it, lying on a piece of rye or 12-grain bread.

and more MW. thin cut italian best.

Either turkey or ham. :

It Doesn’t Taste Like Chicken is a great place for beginners to experiment. She’s got a ham that’s to die for, which I alter by baking with pineapple slices, juice, maple syrup, and cloves.A turkey or ham deli loaf will give me a big dinner and a week’s worth of lunches for very little money and effort.

https://itdoesnttastelikechicken.com/homemade-vegan-deli-slices-smoked-seitan-turkey/

One of my jobs when I got there after school was to deal with the cold cuts section. Make sure it was stocked, pre slice bologna, etc. I had all I wanted.

Also there was a guy who liked to come in, stand in front of the case and ask loudly, “What’s new in assholes and eye balls?”

My 2nd fav is peppered turkey.

paired with green pepper.

Chicken cheesesteak just doesn't cut it.
Gotta be beef.

Love macaroni n cheese loaf but just the slices.
It's too good to be cheapened with bread.

The roast beef was a dine out item. At home it was tuna salad.
•Then BLT or Turkey double decker BLTs as a young adult.
•Later mid 30's Boca burgers, or some other vegetarian types.
•And through the decades cheddar, or swiss grilled cheese!
•Even later a very nice store made sliced turkey breast with a honey and herbed glaze. I'd get a long roll with swiss, or provelone, mayo, garlic powder , and tomatoes if I have. Maybe lettuce, too

I'm in a ALP now, but should go to that store and get that turkey and cheese etc. They also have a roast beef sandwich I'd get. I can always skip their prepared meals here and there.
Luckily their meals are usually good!

Today I had roasted turkey and salami on French bread. Last time I made a sandwich, it was Cajun turkey, pepperoni and Polish ham (also on French). More than one kind of lunchmeat makes for a more interesting sandwich.

My favorite would have to be roast beef and turkey, very thinly sliced, sharp cheddar cheese, on whatever bread is extremely fresh (pumpernickel preferred, if I had options). Ideally, lettuce and tomato as well. And blue cheese dressing! Love blue cheese dressing on a beef sandwich.

Bread is more important than meat to me. Put bologna on fresh bread and I'll choose it over beef on stale bread any day. The best start to a perfect sandwich is outstanding bread.

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French bread too.

... the kind where the cheese oozes out on the pan and crusts (up). ✨ Although, I do love a good mix: club with bacon, Or a Italian dressing soaked, hoagie! (Souped up condiments are also nice. ~ i.e.sriracha mayo, garlic aioli, barbeque/ horseradish, etc.). Also, on pumpernickel or marble rye..😊

good onion bagel. A garlic dill pickle on the side too or a sliced one on the sandwich.

Is really good.

https://www.gandrtavern.com/#

Fats, trans fats, carbs, cheese …. provolone or cheddar or Swiss, …. Mustard and maybe mayonnaise, salt, some hot sauce and it is
fried too. Have it with a beer and or coffee with it and you will have everything covered.

use liquid smoke, but actually use a real smokehouse. Also have their own supplier of pork. You can go online and buy their meats - I can buy it locally. Not the cheapest but your taste buds will think it's worth every penny! And no, they aren't paying me for the ad!

By a distance