Sandwiches
The previous post where I mentioned toasted peanut butter sandwiches with a slice of fresh from the garden tomato, got me to thinking of sandwiches I've known and loved.
I can't remember a time toasted peanut butter sandwiches weren't a part of my life. There was a time in my youth when such a sandwich would be made with bread from mother's fresh baked loaves, buttered with fresh churned butter, peanut butter and home canned strawberry preserves, added then toasted in one of those old style, "A" frame shaped toasters that toasted one side at a time. You could toast the whole sandwich in those after it was assembled. I did. Clean up the drips.
Another seasonal favorite of mine was to pick fresh leaf lettuce from the garden, wash it in cold water and put it on a sandwich that included white bread with Miracle Whip on each slice and a thick slice of balogna.
As a teenager we occasionally drove into the west side of Indianapolis, just a few blocks east of the Indianapolis 500 track to the "Pole" drive in restaurant. They had one of those stacked up, three napkin, cheeseburgers you leaned out of the car to eat because it was so juicy it would drip all over you.
Reubens. For years there was Weise's Delicatessen just off the Circle in downtown Indianapolis. They made a reuben that would feed a family of four. Shredded corned beef, some really good sour kraut, lots of swiss cheese and their own version of thousand island dressing. Thankfully my wife makes a Reuben ever bit as good.
For a while there was a small casino in Vegas that had the "Monster Burger". This thing was on a nine inch diameter bun and hung off all the way around. We'd get that and an order of fries that was equally outsized and split it between us. Rarely could we finish it all.
North of here is a more modern Amish store. The ladies dress in the bonnets and ankle length dresses, but they have refrigeration for the products, and an electric meat slicer. They make their own bread fresh each day, oversized loaves which makes oversized sandwiches. Some of the most delicious bread. I generally get the roast beef. They'll pile thin sliced roast beef at least an inch thick, add lots of swiss cheese, some tomato, lettuce and their own special sauce. Three bucks and you need a mouth stretcher to take a bite of it.
Of course I'll always enjoy a hot dog roasted on a stick over a campfire, and even a coney dog if it's made by someone that understands coney sauce and the proper application of chopped onions.
Last and size wise, least, a sack of those darned little White Castle burgers now and then since we're back in an area that has those stores.
I can't remember a time toasted peanut butter sandwiches weren't a part of my life. There was a time in my youth when such a sandwich would be made with bread from mother's fresh baked loaves, buttered with fresh churned butter, peanut butter and home canned strawberry preserves, added then toasted in one of those old style, "A" frame shaped toasters that toasted one side at a time. You could toast the whole sandwich in those after it was assembled. I did. Clean up the drips.
Another seasonal favorite of mine was to pick fresh leaf lettuce from the garden, wash it in cold water and put it on a sandwich that included white bread with Miracle Whip on each slice and a thick slice of balogna.
As a teenager we occasionally drove into the west side of Indianapolis, just a few blocks east of the Indianapolis 500 track to the "Pole" drive in restaurant. They had one of those stacked up, three napkin, cheeseburgers you leaned out of the car to eat because it was so juicy it would drip all over you.
Reubens. For years there was Weise's Delicatessen just off the Circle in downtown Indianapolis. They made a reuben that would feed a family of four. Shredded corned beef, some really good sour kraut, lots of swiss cheese and their own version of thousand island dressing. Thankfully my wife makes a Reuben ever bit as good.
For a while there was a small casino in Vegas that had the "Monster Burger". This thing was on a nine inch diameter bun and hung off all the way around. We'd get that and an order of fries that was equally outsized and split it between us. Rarely could we finish it all.
North of here is a more modern Amish store. The ladies dress in the bonnets and ankle length dresses, but they have refrigeration for the products, and an electric meat slicer. They make their own bread fresh each day, oversized loaves which makes oversized sandwiches. Some of the most delicious bread. I generally get the roast beef. They'll pile thin sliced roast beef at least an inch thick, add lots of swiss cheese, some tomato, lettuce and their own special sauce. Three bucks and you need a mouth stretcher to take a bite of it.
Of course I'll always enjoy a hot dog roasted on a stick over a campfire, and even a coney dog if it's made by someone that understands coney sauce and the proper application of chopped onions.
Last and size wise, least, a sack of those darned little White Castle burgers now and then since we're back in an area that has those stores.
posted by Fish-2 at 3:39 PM
3 Comments:
Not exactly a favorite, but the one sandwich I remember most was the very first Big Mac I had in 1975 after being stationed in Europe for 4 years without tasting any kind of American fast food at all.
oh my - you are killing me. I had oral surgery on friday morning and food has been yogurt and juice for 3 days.
I love peanut butter and raisins on toast for breakfast!!!!
DAMN FISH! I just got done eatin and ya done made me hungry agin fer all those things we fondly remember from our youth....Good Post amigo...
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