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There is no better sandwich than a BLT - change my mind

90 replies

Drassage · 21/02/2021 19:26

Proper smoky bacon fried in the cut off rind

Crispy lettuce (not iceburg)

Ripe tomato (beef at this time of the year)

Sourdough lightly toasted, one side spread with mayo the other with salty butter.

I can't think of another sandwich which even comes close

OP posts:
Oblomov21 · 21/02/2021 22:11

If you add chicken tikka a BLT doesn't it become a Club sandwich? God I love a good Club.

Oblomov21 · 21/02/2021 22:12

Not tikka . To. Chicken to a BLT.

Dugee · 21/02/2021 22:14

@DartmoorChef

I'm glad someone else eats pickled onions with turkey. My mother thinks I'm a heathen 😁.

Hoppinggreen · 21/02/2021 22:14

The best ones I have had were a Rueben at Cape Canaveral 15 years ago and a baked ham one at Freiburg station at Christmas 2019. The ham was was so good DS had 2 one day!

RosesAndHellebores · 21/02/2021 22:18

Hot salt beef, smear of mustard, slice of Haimisher cucumber on rye. Obviously no butter!

Brown bread, fine scraping of unsalted butter, smoked salmon, squeeze of lemon, twist of black pepper - no crusts.

sequinednostrils · 21/02/2021 22:24

I'm a veggie so my favourites are
Avocado, marmite and tomato purée. 🥑

Marmite and carrot. Delish 🥕

typicalvalues · 21/02/2021 22:25

Baguette, butter, ham (naice) and coleslaw.

Tuna, lettuce, grated cheese on a baguette with butter (first food I had after being allowed off a 3.5 day nil by mouth fast). I was fucking ravenous.

Christmas Day evening only - white sliced bread, butter, turkey, stuffing, ham.

Occasionally - brown soda bread (so the type you'd buy at a farmer's market), with Red Leicester or Cheddar Cheese.

AprilThe8th · 21/02/2021 22:29

Fresh cold chicken,cold stuffing on a buttered baguette with mayo

GeidiPrimes · 21/02/2021 22:35

There's a new bbq takeaway near me that makes amazing sandwiches - pulled pork, beef brisket, onion ring and mac n cheese in a pretzel bun. Pretty sure it gave me the meat sweats today, but so worth it. I have never had a sandwich like it.

I like a vintage cheddar and good tomatoes in a fresh baguette too.

AtleastitsnotMonday · 21/02/2021 22:38

Wholemeal baguette, Chicken tikka pieces (just the pieces of chicken not that sandwich filler rubbish), a thin layer of mango chutney, shredded iceberg, thinly sliced cucumber and homemade mint and yoghurt dressing.

ThePluckOfTheCoward · 21/02/2021 22:43

Hot sausages on white bread with HP sauce, yum.

nzborn · 21/02/2021 22:45

Crispy streaky bacon and avocado num num num

Strugglingtodomybest · 21/02/2021 22:51

@DartmoorChef

Dark turkey meat, stuffing and pickled onions on thick white bread and butter.

Plus a thin spread of cranberry sauce and bingo, the perfect sarnie!

I'm sorry OP, but bacon butties are ruined by the addition of L & T.

Brownteddybear · 21/02/2021 22:53

Agree with PP the only lettuce for a BLT is crisp shredded iceberg. What on earth are you using that's any crisper?

grassisjeweled · 21/02/2021 22:54

Still warm egg mayo

Sacreblue · 21/02/2021 23:12

Xmas & salad on granary, butter and mayo and cranberry 😋 all year round.

Xiaoxiong · 21/02/2021 23:15

I take your BLT and raise it to the next level to become a BLAT 🥑 which is truly the best sandwich ever.

Other contenders:
Tuna melt
Reuben
Cuban
Mozzarella, sundried tomato and pesto toastie on ciabatta
Fish finger sandwich with capers, tartare sauce and crunchy iceberg lettuce

PickAChew · 21/02/2021 23:18

Good ham, fried egg, mayo, maybe mustard, rocket or spinach if in the mood, your own preference of bread.

PickAChew · 21/02/2021 23:22

And for a fried egg for a sarnie, you break the yolk but take it off the heat before it gets powdery all the way through.

Graphista · 21/02/2021 23:26

Veggie and never liked real bacon, happy to eat veggie bacon though.

My suggestions:

Along similar lines I feel as a scot you can't beat what we call a hot roll. Basically a crusty roll with a gorgeously doughy inside, well buttered and then filled with whatever fry up items you choose. My personal favourite is a perfectly fried egg (white cooked but NOT burnt and the yolk still runny) and a tattie scone - actually make that 2 tattie scones, triple carbing! Others might enjoy 1 2 or 3 of the following: bacon (that'll appeal to you op), black pudding, lorne sausage, white pudding, scrambled eggs, fried tomato, fried mushrooms

My ex fell in love with this particular aspect of Scots "cuisine" which was totally new to his quite conservative food tastes. He was a fan of triple meat - bacon, lorne sausage and black pud.

Another favourite:

Bagel toasted, one side cream cheese, one side "buttered" with pesto sauce, chopped sundried tomatoes

A twist on an American idea:

Peanut butter and lemon curd sandwich - trust me! The citrus cuts perfectly with the texture and sweetness of the peanut butter

Christmas special:

White bread thickly sliced, leftover Xmas dinner items: roast potatoes sliced snd fried, sage and onion stuffing balls also sliced and fried, "butter" the bread with cranberry sauce, fill with the potatoes and stuffing - yum!

@sequinednostrils try marmite and jam - honestly! If you like a sweet salty combo this is perfect

See also cheddar and jam, Red Leicester and jam, or marmalade...

I've just learned an old school friend of mine who I knew went into catering, has 3 "caffs" now - "cafe" would be too posh! One is a traditional greasy spoon, one is a family lunch type place and one ONLY does sandwiches and "on toast" and this includes deliveries. You can order marmite on toast as a takeaway! The menu is very inventive though going from traditional favourites up to and including a lobster and crab toasted baguette! I hear it's doing a roaring trade even in lockdown.

Dora26 · 21/02/2021 23:32

Another Reuben fan here!

VetOnCall · 22/02/2021 00:22

Best sandwich I ever had was in a hotel bar in Cape Town, it was a Cubano (Cuban roast pork sandwich), and it was heaven on a plate. At home my favourite is either bacon with salted butter on thick, soft white bread, or turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce and mayo.

VampireTheBuffetSlayer · 22/02/2021 00:29

Bacon and brie on thick sliced bloomer with a dollop of cranberry sauce. You can keep your salad.

WhatWouldPhyllisCraneDo · 22/02/2021 00:37

Fresh baguette. Salted butter on the bottom half, then bacon, brie, rocket leaves and cranberry sauce on the top half. Food of the gods.

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