These Are Hands Down The Greatest Sandwiches Of All Time

the sandwich is the perfect meal it's portable it's filling and there are endless possibilities sandwiches can be sweet or savory and served hot or cold are you a vegetarian great have a sandwich are you a meat lover great here are more sandwiches check out our favorites you shouldn't need a recipe for this it's in the name folks bacon lettuce and tomato the beauty of the perfect blt is that if you use good b l and t you will have a good blt this sandwich is all about using good quality ingredients that said there is a little margin for error basically the bacon needs to be freshly fried hot and crispy the lettuce must be anything other than iceberg and have some real bite and the bread must be toasted the origins of the vlt are a bit opaque some believe it's a descendant of english tea time sandwiches from the victorian era while others believe it's an american variation on the classic club sandwich which is popularized in the dining cars of america's bustling railways according to michelle jordan author of the blt cookbook the first mention of the blt can be found in a 1903 issue of ladies home journal magazine who knew has a tuna melt ever been spectacular probably not but it's a diner classic for a reason classically open-faced but sometimes served between two slices of bread this sandwich combines toasted bread tuna salad and melted cheese while the true origin of this sandwich is somewhat murky the tuna melt was allegedly invented at a woolworth's lunch counter in 1965 in charleston south carolina according to writer warren bobrow an order for a grilled cheese sandwich on white bread with a smear of mayo came in then atop the griddle on a shelf a freshly made tuna salad sits on the edge and as if guided by a hidden hand the contents tip over falling on the grilled cheese voila the tuna melt is born the tuna melt can be a polarizing sandwich not everyone is a fan of warmed up tuna salad and cheese what's the secret to a perfect tuna melt crispy substantial bread not too much tuna salad and actually melt that cheese please there is nothing quite like the simple pleasure of eating a good grilled cheese sandwich what's the secret to making one first make sure that you choose a cheese that melts well the question as to whether you should use butter or mayonnaise on your grilled cheese can be pretty polarizing but whatever spread you decide to use remember to go low and slow the last thing you want is some unmelted cheese in between two slices of burnt bread this is cold and the cheese isn't hardly melted down from whence did such a simple perfect culinary invention appear something similar to today's notion of a grilled cheese can be traced back to world war ii when navy cooks prepared american cheese filling sandwiches the term grilled cheese didn't appear until the 1960s though preceded by toasted cheese or melted cheese sandwiches a banmi is a vietnamese sandwich on a short french baguette banmi can refer to a type of short baguette but when used outside of vietnam it's generally referring to a sandwich that is filled with a fusion of vietnamese and french flavors there is no one singular barn me recipe but generally they have pickled vegetables mayonnaise cucumbers cilantro maggi seasoning sauce or another seasoning sauce such as a soy sauce and a meat filling the barn me came into existence with the french colonization of vietnam the french colonisers grew crops and raised livestock in vietnam to approximate their european diet but they were unable to grow wheat in their new colony the french shipped bread into vietnam but only the french could afford it it wasn't until they left that the vietnamese were free to create their own invention the ban me we know and love today don't order a reuben on a first date or at a high pressure business lunch this is a sandwich that can get pretty messy between two slices of rye bread there should be a lot of pastrami sauerkraut pickles swiss cheese and a tangy russian dressing you're probably going to need a toothpick or two to hold it together why does this sandwich have a first name who is the original ruben one potential claim of the origin of the sandwich is that it was invented by the owner of a hotel in omaha in the 1920s who named it for one of his regular poker players but there's a competing story of the origin of the rubin sandwich that seems a little less like a fairy tale and more like a believable fact about delis in new york it was invented by arnold rubin at his sandwich shop on east 58th street in 1914 either way it's delicious [Music] here's another messy one the french dip is a hot sandwich consisting of thinly sliced beef served on a baguette with a side of beef broth for dipping hence the name it's usually served plain but it is sometimes topped with swiss cheese and onions two famed eateries in los angeles claim to have invented the french dip coles and philippe's coles feels like a sophisticated speakeasy whereas philippe feels more like an old-school diner or cafeteria with the floor covered in sawdust as for who makes a better french dip sandwich that is of course a matter of opinion but as to which hundred plus year old eatery can claim to have the original french dip it's hard to say but if it were felipes the original french dip may have been a pork sandwich in a 1951 interview with the la times philippe matthew recalled one day a customer saw some gravy in the bottom of a large pan of roast meat he asked me if i would mind dipping one side of the french roll in that gravy i did and right away five or six others wanted the same a cheesesteak is all about the gooey melted cheese and the thinly sliced steak and the philly cheesesteak is associated with a place perhaps more than any other sandwich to make a cheesesteak you need a thinly sliced sirloin or rib eye when it comes to the cheese the classics are provolone american cheese and cheese whiz you can stop there or you could add some caramelized onions mushrooms hot peppers or bell peppers then put all of that together on an italian roll or as they call it in philly a hoagie the cheesesteak was invented in 1930 by pat oliveri a hot dog vendor and namesake of the legendary establishment pat's king of steaks he decided to add a little variety to his menu threw some beef on his grill with some onions added it to a bun and an early version of the cheese steak a steak sandwich sans cheese was born the cheese came later and it became a classic the monte cristo is a fever dream of a sandwich neither savory nor sweet it's a sandwich and it's also french toast in short it's a ham and cheese sandwich dipped in an egg batter fried in a skillet and then dusted in powdered sugar the first incarnation of the monte cristo is the croque masseur aka the original grilled cheese sandwich originally served at a paris cafe in 1910 the croque monsieur is made up of a gruyere and ham pressed between two slices of bread and fried in butter while there's no exact documentation the monte cristo supposedly entered the scene in the 1960s in southern california and exploded in popularity after the blue bayou restaurant in disneyland began serving it if you could put summer in new england on a bun a lobster roll would be it the best lobster rolls are simple and apologies to anyone who doesn't live in new england or the canadian maritimes fresh lobster is a delicacy so just a touch of lemon and mayonnaise are all you really need to add to the lobster meat to really make it sing lobster rolls are traditionally served in a split top hot dog bun with chips or fries on the side the first lobster roll was served at perry's a milford connecticut restaurant in 1929 and really came into its own in maine the heart of the lobster fishing industry in the 1970s the early main lobster roll was very simple warm lobster served with butter on a hot dog bun just don't forget that one cardinal rule fresh did you just order lobster in a diner yeah why because it's a diner even if you love mexican food you might not be familiar with the torta also known as the mexican sandwich like the bun me the torta is a culinary remnant of french colonialism but unlike the crisp baguettes the french brought to vietnam the torta is served on a soft roll like the perfect corn tortilla the bun of a torta is a soft subtle springboard for the assertive flavours inside there is no one torta recipe but there are a few popular varieties such as one with carnitas served on a sourdough roll that's spread with refried beans the whole torta is then covered in a spicy sauce and topped with raw onions the most simple shelf-stable kid-friendly sandwich and perhaps the first sandwich you ever ate a triumph of american ingenuity and processed foods the first step in making the pb j possible was the invention of peanut butter in the 1880s contrary to popular belief dr george washington carver did not invent peanut butter although he did advance the peanut as a crop in the american south in 1895 dr john harvey kellogg of kellogg's cereal fame patented a process for making peanut butter as a high protein substitute for people who could not choose solid food some credit a writer julia davis chandler with the first mention of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich in a 1901 issue of the boston cooking school magazine peanut butter became a cheap protein staple during the great depression and during world war ii mass produced wilch's grape jelly was included with soldiers rations popularizing the peanut butter and jelly sandwich among american gis who brought their love of the sandwich home with them after the war who can pass up a pb and j sandwich i'm not hungry either you're not hungry either okay okay it's fine neither the bagel nor lox originates in new york but the two together with cream cheese capers and onions is a distinctly new york creation no one knows exactly when it became a thing but by the 1950s some jewish immigrants would use bagels and larks as an insult meaning two americanized or assimilated the bagel wars have been fought some prefer montreal bagels while some people think that it is literally impossible to get a good bagel outside of new york city some people think that you can find a new york style bagel pretty much anywhere regardless of the bagel the real story is that the lux in question isn't even locks the jewish tradition of making locks or brined fish began in medieval germany and was usually made with herring or carp today's locks are smoked salmon why it was more widely available to 19th century immigrants bagels and lox was born a po boy is a traditional type of sandwich from louisiana served on new orleans french bread and filled with oysters fried shrimp roast beef or crab the po boy's origins can be traced back to the sandwich known as the oyster loaf and the sandwich took on the name poor boy or the more familiar po boy during the 1929 transit strike legend has it that restaurant owners benny and clovis martin wanted to serve the striker's free roast beef sandwiches but they wanted to be able to do it with a new type of french bread that had no tapered ends and thus no waste you don't have to get dressed up to eat a po boy but a po boy can come dressed meaning with a topping of shredded lettuce tomatoes pickles and mayonnaise like the aforementioned monte cristo the cuban sandwich is a ham and cheese sandwich but that's pretty much where the similarities end in addition to ham and swiss cheese an authentic cuban sandwich contains roast pork and pickles with soft on the inside bread despite its name the cuban sandwich actually originated in ybor city florida at either the columbia restaurant or one of the smaller cafeteria style eateries in the neighborhood the hearty sandwich back then consisting of pickles mustard ham turkey salami and swiss cheese served as lunch for the immigrant cuban cigar workers who call the mixed meat sandwiches mixtom the english speakers in ibo city called 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Length: 12min 49sec (769 seconds)

Published: Thu Nov 26 2020