encyclopedia of sandwiches

[oh oooh]

how do Americans pronounce number 18? GUY- ROH? 

and is the Banh Mi a common sight in the US in 2020?

[The Red Heifer]

I think they pronounce it JY-ROH

[rayge]

No cheese and tomato - FAIL

[Reactionary Rage]

Not many things in life better than a good sandwich. Americans love 'em.

[tory]

Bologna/Baloney looks like a fucking horror story!

Willy Vlautin novels seem to have them at their core.

[tory]

I've said it before, but the pan-fried Pastrami milk-bread sandwich with melted cheese, pickle, gherkin and chili sauce at my local cafe is one of the wonders of the world.

It's the sort of thing that makes us think twice about moving.

[cousinlou]

Nov 24, 2020 9:59:29 GMT Reactionary Rage said:

Not many things in life better than a good sandwich. Americans love 'em.

And prepare them well, too, with the proper balance between bread and filling.

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Nov 24, 2020 9:59:29 GMT Reactionary Rage said:

Not many things in life better than a good sandwich. Americans love 'em.

Pity they can't tell the difference between a burger and a sandwich though.

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Nov 24, 2020 10:08:13 GMT tory said:

Bologna/Baloney looks like a fucking horror story!

Willy Vlautin novels seem to have them at their core.

once a staple, probably not much anymore, though fried baloney can be tasty.

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Banh Mi is/are still seen in large US cities and areas of large Vietnamese populations.


Many of these sandwiches are regional, so it would be really rare to have a place make all of them. Sandwich shops in general are rarer nowadays, and usually tend to be lunch only places, but that can vary.


In the industrialized US North and Northeast Jewish and Italian Delis (or the even rarer German and Polish) are the gold standard for these and other sandwiches.

[Deleted]

No stotties? Tssh.

[sloopjohnc]

Year-oh and yes.

San Jose has the largest Vietnamese population next to Houston and my son and I pick up sandwiches at a Vietnamese banh mi sandwich place all the time.

There was a Vietnamese immigrant who came to the Bay Area and opened a hair cutting styling school in the city north of me, Hayward. It was his experience that that profession was a way to quickly ramp up when Vietnamese came here. Thus, a large part of the Bay Area's hair cutting places and salons and nail places are owned by Vietnamese. The two places I've gone in the past 20 years were both owned by Vietnamese folks.

[sloopjohnc]

This is a local sandwich chain's menu. This is pretty typical of chains and most mom and pop restaurants might offer more.

Kind of a well known secret is you can probably get the best sandwiches at a supermarket's deli. At least I've found that to be true.

[Half Machine Lipschitz]

There are banh mi shops all over Toronto, including one near us that we get takeout from fairly regularly, but which I doubt is very trad, but who cares when it's as delicious as it is.

They missed out on the hot turkey or hot roast beef sandwich on there, but that could be because they're typically open-face and are eaten with a knife and fork. Definitely a Canadian specialty.

[sloopjohnc]

Nov 24, 2020 13:59:01 GMT Half Machine Lipschitz said:

There are banh mi shops all over Toronto, including one near us that we get takeout from fairly regularly, but which I doubt is very trad, but who cares when it's as delicious as it is.

They missed out on the hot turkey or hot roast beef sandwich on there, but that could be because they're typically open-face and are eaten with a knife and fork. Definitely a Canadian specialty.

There was a place in a strip mall, Cafe Bistro, my son and I used to go to that excelled at open face sandwiches. They had a kajillion things on the menu, made sandwiches that would last for days and didn't charge enough. 

It was not a good business model. They stayed open longer than I thought they would, but eventually folded.

There are a fair amount of family owned restaurants in our area who do this kind of thing. The town I live in is kinda weird. While there are lots of Asian professional families, there are still a lot of orignal folks and their kids who I'd term white trash. The parents worked at the auto mfgr. plant in town and were only educated up to high school. They love this kinda stuff.