Out of all the combinations there is to make a sandwich, which is your favorite?

Bacon lettuce tomato avocado with mayo on whole wheat.

or

Almond butter and raspberry jam on toasted whole wheat

or

Day after Thanksgiving fresh turkey breast with salt and pepper and lettuce, and cranberry sauce and mayo, on sourdough.

Best quality ham, tomato, chillies with HP sauce on wholemeal, seeded bread.

Reuben.

Several thin layers of havarti cheese, avocado, thinly sliced red onion, dill pickles, pepperoncini rings, shredded lettuce, with mayo and mustard on whole grain bread.

There’s a chain sandwich shop out her in California called Capriotti’s that has a fantastic fake turkey sandwich with coleslaw and Russian dressing.

My current favorite is: Pepperoni, capicola, tomato, broccoli sprouts, avocado, provolone cheese, onion, black olives, pickles, and ranch dressing, on a soft sub roll.

Turkey, avocado, bacon, tomato and lettuce.

@rockfan That sounds soooooo good! Minus the shrooms :0)

Oh. I forgot to answer the question. lol
Tuna. I love love love love tuna!

I like cream cheese and jelly.

I also like turkey and bacon, with tomato and lettuce. I am not a big mayo fan.

I like grilled cheese, too.

@Katniss lol, not a fan?

American Cheese, Turkey, Ham, Mayo, Lettuce, Sharp cheese, Tomato, the works

@rockfan Not at all!!!! lol Mushrooms are one of the few things I won’t eat.

In no particular order…

tuna/chicken/egg
lox/bagel/creamcheese on a bagel
ham and swiss or cheddar cheese
cheese only with lettuce, tomato and mayo
blt
Grilled cheese and almost anything else with cheese on it

…and every once in a while peanut butter and jelly or bologna & cheese, though neither is ever as good as I want it to be or remember it.

The one I haven’t tried yet, it will either be the best or worst. But grilled venison salami and swiss on rye with lettuce, tomato and pickle is a regular.

My homemade grilled cheese made with sourdough, American cheese and a fresh tomato from our garden. Bacon is a bonus,.

Grilled cheddar cheese with mustard, tomato, dill pickle, and bacon on sourdough toast.

@Katniss I like tuna too, salmon is good as well, I made a salmon burger for the first time last week and it tasted really good.

@Jkool1802 Haven’t had a traditional sandwich like that in years. I’ll have to make one soon.

@Pachyderm_In_The_Room Since you mentioned cheese, how does this decadent Grilled Fontina with Basil and Blackberries sandwich sound?

This is giving me some yummy ideas for dinner this evening. Tonight is “gourmet” sandwich night… or will be once I go to the store. By gourmet, I mean purchasing meats from the actual deli counter, and getting bakery fresh breads, instead of packaged meats and a loaf of Mrs. Bairds, LOL.

Cream cheese, cucumber, tomato, avocado and sprouts with a little mayo on a fresh Bolillo

I also think bacon is a nice bonus

Does anyone know where @bob is? This question is right up his alley.

The wife on top, me in the middle & a mucky Swedish maid on the bottom
Spam baps.

Right now I really like turkey and swiss on Costco’s multi-grain bread. Condiments are Miracle Whip on one slice and deli-style brown Ba Tampte mustard on the other. Garnish, sandwiched between layers of the meat and cheese, with homemade pickles, diced sweet Vidalia onion, sliced tomatoes and red leaf lettuce. Yumm!

A BLT with an egg on it as well.

@ETpro you lost me at Miracle Whip

Plenty of pastrami. Hold the lettuce.

^^ There you are!

@Kardamom Hey.

@Kardamom Ask and you shall receive. Right? lol

@Katniss Does that mean that if I ask for a sandwich, I will receive one?

^^ Yes

@dxs oh, absolutely! What kind of sandwich would you like? lol

Tuna mix with onions, celery and, mayo, bacon strips, avocado slices and spinach leaves on toasted whole wheat bread, with garlic butter.

I’m a simple woman. I am happy with a cheese, ham and tomato sanger. Or egg and lettuce.

@YARNLADY Yes please!
That’s sounds beyond delicious!

Boars Head brand Black Forest Ham and Swiss, melted, with lots of lettuce and and a little mustard (mustard must be either Hebrew National, National Deli, or Nathans) on toasted white or rye.

@Blueroses. I like the taste of Miracle Whip. It’s one of the few factory foods I can say that for. What’s even better, it’s made with wholesome ingredients. Far better for you than real mayonnaise, which is like arteriosclerosis in a bottle. Miracle Whip has 3.5 grams total fat per serving, which is just 5% of the RDA. Zero saturated fat and zero transfat. 1 g. of polyunsaturated and 2 p. of monounsaturated fat. Cholesterol is just 2% of the RDA whereas real mayonnaise has Total Fat 10.0g or 15% of the RDA, Saturated Fat 1.5g or 7% of RDA, Polyunsaturated Fat 0.0g and Monounsaturated Fat 0.0g. There are other healthy mayonnaise-like spreads out there, but they are much more expensive and no more healthy than Miracle Whip. My attitude is when a big food factory like Kraft Foods does something right, encourage them by voting with my $$$.

Cold spam, mustard and pickled banana peppers, slapped together with two pieces of toast. I designed this sandwich when I had barely fuck all to eat and was hungry, and named it The Desperation Sandwich, which is named after the novel Desperation by Stephen King. Was reading it when I came up with this sandwich. I keep making it to this day, it’s damn good. Add fried onions, and call it The Desperation Deluxe.

@ETpro But because of the low fat, Miracle Whip has to add sugar, high fructose corn syrup, preservatives, and color additives to make it taste good. Personally, it’s nothing I would ever eat.

@ETpro LOL, I hate to tell you this, but almost any low fat/cal/whatever substitute is not made with “wholesome” ingredients. It sounds weird, but it’s actually healthier to eat smaller amounts of real sugar, butter, mayo, etc… than to eat normal amounts of the substitutes. Unless, of course, you’re diabetic and real sugar will hurt you. But most of the substitutes are known carcinogens, so it’s a lose/lose situation.

I’m with @Katniss here NO mushrooms I hate em

@Jkool1802 Is it because of the slightly earthy taste? Personally I love that taste.

My family does too, and I cant see why?

@rockfan

Well, without getting all crazy-pants (seriously, sammiches are lazy food. If I wanted to make my own hummus, it wouldn’t be for a sammich…)

Turkey, sharp cheddar, and hard salami on a Chicago roll
Chicken salad with nuts and grapes and some good greens, like arugula or baby spinach
But mostly…
Fried egg with mozzarella cheese on a buttered croissant. Diet be DAMNED!

@Jkool1802 Yes!! Another shroom hater!! :0)

Btw, welcome to Fluther :0)

@WillWorkForChocolate Fructose is a sugar. Bur Miracle Whip uses sugar and not high fructose corn syrup.It contains:
Water
Vinegar
Sugar
Olive oil
Soybean oil
Canola oil
Modified food starch
Egg yolk
Flour
Paprika
Spice
Natural flavorings,
Dried garlic
Potassium sorbate
Calcium disodium EDTA
(The last two are relatively safe preservatives that protect flavor.)

Hellman’s Real Mayonnaise contains:
Soybean oil
Water
Whole eggs and egg yolks
Vinegar
Salt
Sugar
Lemon Juice
Calcium disodium EDTA (used to protect quality)
Natural flavors.
(They only use Calcium disodium EDTA to preserve flavor, but they use considerably more of it)

Care to point out all the horrible ingredients that Kraft is putting in Miracle Whip that justify my paying much more to buy a product that is much worse in heart healthiness? I actually study this stuff before I pick a product. I read and compare what’s in it and in competing products. I stand by my choice of Miracle Whip over real Mayonnaise.

@ETpro I’m looking at the ingredients list right now and it says high fructose corn syrup.

Mine contains sugar.

@ETpro If you compare light mayo and light Miracle Whip, mayo is actually the healthier option. Miracle Whip is higher in cholesterol, has double the sugar, and eight times the sodium of the mayo. Also, it may be slightly lower in bad fats, but offers none of the good fats that mayo gives.

And just FYI, I pay less for my mayo than I would for Miracle Whip. You don’t have to buy the expensive ones.

Or you can make your own – not that difficult, and it lasts a few weeks.

To all the health nuts:

Have you noticed that Mayo is disgusting? I mean… blech. Miracle Whip is at least edible.

I love an ice cream sandwich, no not that shit that runs on your tablet, two wafers with a huge dollop I so love that word of vanilla icky cweem in the middle…nom, followed by nom, followed by nom!

Miracle Whip is disgusting. So is mayo, the only place I eat mayo (never miracle whip) is in tuna salad or chicken salad, and I put very little mayo. Oh, and if I make deviled eggs. I would never just spread anything like that on my bread. Not mayo, not miracle whip, not butter, nothing. Only ketchup or mustard, If you want to include BBQ sauce I guess I will add that to the list also. It is really annoying when a sandwich or burger in a restaurant automatically is served with some sort of spread on the bread and they don’t warn you on the menu.

@JLeslie I always order a sandwich “no mayo”. Even if mayo wouldn’t make sense on the sandwich. Because you never know.

…and half the time, they put mayo on it anyway.

We’re very common over here, we call mayo salad cream…weirdly.

@Seek_Kolinahr It’s the opposite for me. I like a little mayo on a sandwich, but I can’t stand Miracle Whip.

@Seek_Kolinahr Kind of strange that I haven’t mentioned this before, but I love substituting plain non-fat greek yogurt for mayo. Add a little white wine vinegar and grapeseed oil to it and its hard to tell that the mayo is even missing.

@rockfan That’s a great idea. I love Miracle Whip, but it sounds like your suggestion would be delicious, and very healthy.

People really do seem to be divided into those who like “salad cream”, as @ucme calls it, and those who hate it. And those in the former group are just as divided between mayo and Miracle Whip.

@JLeslie Yeah I agree, I ordered a veggie sandwich from a nice restaraunt and suprisingly they slathered it with mayo. It was the first time I had tasted mayo in a long time, so it tasted really nasty.

@Seek_Kolinahr it happens to me also. Or, I say just lettuce, and it still comes with mayo. I learned some people think of mayo as different than lettuce, tomatoe, onion and the other stuff that might be piled on top. Although, I have had people leave off the cheese if I say just lettuce, so I need to clarify that also. But, if it is a ham and cheese or cheeseburger I can’t understand why for the life of me that is confusing. I never have a problem in the northeast, but do in the south and midwest. Probably because in the northeast I am in a deli most likely and they tend to think patrami on rye with mustard, not ham on white with mayo.

@rockfan Where do you live? Is it a chain restaurant?

Lexington Kentucky, and no it’s a local restaraunt that mostly uses fresh produce from my down town farmer’s market:

http://www.alfalfarestaurant.com/

@glacial For the record, I can’t stand the stuff.

@rockfan so, it just fits into my generalization, south and midwest. I try to be most careful when I order in those parts of the country.

@ucme salad cream tastes different to mayo. Mayo that I’ve had has always got a sweetness about it and I don’t like it. I do like salad cream though.

@Bellatrix A very popular mayo brand here in the US is Helmann’s. In fact mayo has very very brand loyal people. The Helmann’s people and the Kraft people do not cross lines. There are a few other small brands in some regions of the country. My opinion is Helmann’s is not sweet. But, the other brands might be.

I have that problem with some brands of ricotta cheese, sweet, it’s disgusting.

@JLeslie As a devoted Miracle Whip user, I would agree. Miracle Whip is sweet and creamy; mayo (which is usually Hellman’s) is non-sweet, oily, and looks weirdly lumpy.

But also, despite all these differences, restaurants generally use the term “mayo” to describe either, and there’s not usually a way to tell which they mean by “mayo” unless you ask.

@JLeslie I’ve tried Hellman’s. I still didn’t like it. I think salad cream has more vinegar (and apparently mustard) added. There have even been articles written about the difference. In the end I suspect preference is partially down to what you’re used to. Mayo is more usual in Australia but you can buy salad cream.

@Bellatrix I wasn’t assuming what ingredients salad cream has in it, or if it might or might not be more tangy. I just don’t think Helmann’s is sweet, but it certainly doesn’t have the bite something with vinegar might have, so I can see why in comparison it might be on the sweeter side to someone. But, from what I remember Miracle Whip to taste like, that is sweet. Disgusting. I’ll assume Helmann’s mayo is the same country to country. Some food items are altered to the local taste.

Let’s remember I would not use any of it smeared on a sandwich. If salad cream is ever used in salad, I don’t like cream dressings and I don’t like things like potato or pasta salad, because of the mayo/cream used in them. If they are made with oil I might, maybe, possibly eat it.

I don’t like creamy things, I even am very picky about ice cream. I don’t like soggy bread. I’m very picky on the sandwich front I guess.

@Bellatrix Yeah me too, just a smidgen though.

@Bellatrix I’m seeing around the internet that salad cream is sold in Canada. After reading your article, I think I’m going to have to find some and try it. :)

@glacial, it’s probably a pommie thing, but I prefer that little bit of tang and it sort of pours too. I like to use a bit with egg and mush it all up to go on a sandwich.

Weird. I just looked at Facebook and the suggested post at the top of my page is Hellmann’s. I don’t even like Hellmann’s. I’m a Miracle Whip girl.

@jonsblond I blame the NSA.

Damn. It’s a conspiracy… Hellmann’s mayo is taking over the world. I’m too afraid to look at the ads on my FB page now.

What are your opinions on Hellman’s Mayo with Olive Oil?

@ucme
Mrs. Heath: Might I ask why you don’t have proper salad cream. I mean, most restaurants…
Basil Fawlty: Well, the, uh, the chef usually buys it only on special occassions. You know, Gourmet Nights and so on, but, um, when he’s got the bottle – OH! – he’s genius with it. He can unscrew the cap like Robert Currie. It’s a treat to watch, and then – ptptptpt! – right in the plate. Never on the walls. Magic. Mind you, he’s a wizard with a tin opener, too. He’s got a Pulizer Prize for that. He can out the stuff in the saucepan before you can say “haute cuisine.” You name it, he’ll heat it up and scrape it off the pan for you. Mind you, skill like that isn’t picked up overnight. Still, I’ll tell him to get some salad cream. I mean, you never know when Henry Kissenger is gonna drop in, do you?

@rockfan Sorry folks. I just realized that this is New Miracle Whip Dressing with Olive Oil. That’s what I’ve been reporting on. It is actually healthier than Hellmann’s real Mayonnaise. Less calories, less cholesterol, no bad fats and considerable good. It’s obviously formulated for people who do read the ingredients list and nutrition facts.

@Blueroses Ha, brilliant, that scene came alive with each sentence read.
He’d regularly mention the likes of Henry Kissinger & Dennis bloody Compton to belittle his guests, what a treat.

I’m very confused. How does one hate mayo? I even put it on peanut butter. lol
My son is a mayo hater. He’ll shudder if he even looks at it.
I was licking it off of a spoon once and I really thought he was going to vomit.

I am extremely happy I hate mayo. I am also very happy I don’t like cheese cake, cream cheese, and some other very fatty, cholesterol ridden foods. I used to feel bad about, like I was a pain and picky, and now I see it was a gift given to me.

Well, I love cream cheese.

And I love eggs, and I love vinegar. But I love them separately, and not on my roast beef sammiches.

About 10 years ago, I wanted to start eating food that had less cholesterol, so I’ve been eating Vegenaise instead of mayo for a long time. Vegenaise Original tastes almost identical to regular mayo to me. Even my Dad, who is a very picky eater can’t tell the difference, and there are no weird or questionable ingredients.

@Kardamom What are the main ingredients in it? I couldn’t find the ingredient list on your link I assume oil is one ingedient. What do you use it for? Baking, or to smear on bread for a sandwich? And, just curious if there are preservatives in it. One last question, what mayo were you loyal to before the swicth?

@JLeslie The ingredients list was at the bottom at that link. Here are the ingredients: Expeller Pressed non-GMO Canola Oil, Filtered Water, Brown Rice Syrup, Apple Cider Vinegar, Soy Protein, Sea Salt, Mustard Flour, Lemon Juice Concentrate.

I use it for sandwiches and recently I’ve made tuna salad (for my folks) and coleslaw and apple Waldorf salad and egg salad (and eggless tofu salad). I’ve also used it, mixed with Greek yogurt and olive oil and vinegar and herbs to make dressing for green salads.

Here is a Site that I just found where this woman lists 50 different ways to use Vegenaise in recipes, many ideas which I had never even considered.

@kardamom Thanks for link, but I don’t like mayo with only a couple exceptions, so I am not about to start using veganaise in a lot of food either. Generally, I feel like using a little mayo once in a while isn’t the worst thing. I keep track of how much cholesterol I eat. The egg yolks have vitamin K2 that I think is improtant. I am conflicted about the need for k2 to avoid calcium clogging up arteries and cholesterol clogging up my arteries. When my cholesterol is extremely high so are my veg fats like canola and others (I just found that out 3 months ago when I had an extensive cardiac panel done) so I not only have to be vegan I have to try to really limit my fat intake in general probably. My grandmother who lived to be 89, which is stunning in my family, her father died at age 38, one of her brothers in his late 30’s and another brother was 40 something I think, maybe early 50’s, took tons of vitamins, was active most of her life, ate close to being a ovo vegetarian in her later years, but not many eggs. She did cheat once in a blue moon with ice cream or meat, but rarely. I wish I had paid more attention to her when she told me about her vitamins. I limit my consumption of whole eggs greatly, only basically consuming them in foods like a sweet treat or mayo in my tuna salad. It might equal one egg every two weeks. I love eggs, it sucks.

Oddly, I love all things that taste creamy, but I hate the word “creamy”. It has a low-budget porn word-flavor when I say it aloud