Like everyone else on this weary nation of ours, I’ve had this date circled on my calendar for months. Lastly, the day is upon us and I am prepared. After months of analysis and cautious reflection, I am able to step up and make my selection on this historic day. I am going with… pastrami on rye.
It is Nationwide Sandwich Day, what did you suppose we had been speaking about? The election? No means! We’re doing our greatest to be one of many few corners of the web the place you possibly can duck in from the storm of hysteria and uncertainty swirling round on the market. A spot the place you possibly can flip your mind off for a minute or two and do what People do finest—argue about meals.
What’s your favourite sandwich? Under you will discover a gallery of sandwich tattoos belonging to some really devoted sando aficionados, however earlier than we get there let’s throw out some scorching takes. We have taken the entire hottest sandwiches and thrown them into one among three groupings—Trash, Good and Heavenly. Acquired an issue with our rankings? Hold forth at us on Twitter/Instagram/Fb and so on.
Trash Sandwiches
These are the form of sandwiches that you need to by no means eat except your very life is determined by it. We’re speaking a couple of gun to your head or a Donner Celebration-type state of affairs.
Egg Salad, Baked Bean (Sure, this can be a factor, it is horrifying), Toast (Go away it to the British to place a chunk of toast between two items of untoasted bread and name it a sandwich), Meat Clown, Mind, Subway, Spaghetti Sandwich (Fucking Australia), Wraps (which might be scrumptious, simply do not name that shit a sandwich), Shit on a Shingle, Vegemite (see earlier remark about Australia), Pimento Loaf, Liverwurst and any sandwich bought from a merchandising machine.
Good Sandwiches
All the sandwiches on this class are good. Not nice. Not spectacular. These are the sandwiches that get you thru your day-to-day.
Ham and cheese, Roast Beef, Tuna Salad, Rooster Salad, Turkey (regular-ass turkey, not post-Thanksgiving), Bologna, Croque Madame, Sloppy Joes, Sloppy Joes in New Jersey, Grilled Cheese, Cheese Steak with Provolone, any type of Italian meat combo, BLT, Membership, Caprese, Gyros, Souvlaki, Fried Rooster Sandos of every type, Katsu Sando, Spiedie, Pulled Pork (So overrated, however nonetheless good), Steak, Falafel, French Dip, Open-Confronted Sizzling Turkey or Roast Beef, Muffaletta (the olives drag this one down), any type of Po Boy that does not contain seafood, Corned Beef.
Heavenly Sandwiches
These are the form of sandwiches that I’d run throughout an eight-lane freeway for a single solitary chew. These are the actual heroes (LOL).
Italian Beef (dipped, scorching, no cheese), Pork Tenderloin the scale of a fucking hubcap, Cheese Steak with Whiz, Rooster Parm, Meatball sub, Pastrami on Rye, Reuben, Cubano, Banh Mi, Tortas (particularly carnitas), Sizzling Brown, post-Thanksgiving Turkey with all of the enterprise, Po Boy with seafood, Brisket, Pepito, Croque Monsieur and Italian Fucking Beef. Critically, the Italian Beef is the best sando of all and it’s a crime towards humanity they’re not possible to search out outdoors of Chicago.
And final however not least, the best sandwich of all of them… the Sizzling Canine.
Simply kidding, hot dogs aren’t sandwiches. Neither are burgers. And individuals who suppose they need to rely needs to be shot into the solar.
