What was your favorite sandwich as a kid . Bologna , P & J, Grilled Cheese, egg salad or other?

[debm55]

Mine was an egg salad with a slice of tomato on it. How about you???? edited. Change wording as not to be confusing

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Interesting you mention egg salad.

I work in a food emporium. I've suggested a tweak on your favorite: Deviled Egg Salad Sandwich or just Salad.

Waiting for a response.

[debm55]

3. Thank you no_hypocrisy. Deviled Egg Salad sandwich sounds great.

[electric_blue68]

243. Ooooo, intriguing! At a particular aunt's house for extended family get togthers I was in chrge of either making the...

deviled eggs mix, then scooping it into the egg white halves someone else had cut, and placed in the egg halves glass tray my mom brought, or just scooping it in. I usually did make it. And got to lick the spoon at the end! Ohhhh, yum! 😄

[displacedvermoter]

2. PB and banana

Then when I got older started frying them up with bacon. Elvis killers!

[debm55]

5. Thank you displacedvermoter. I didn't know they were Elvis killers. As a kid I had PB and banana. but not with bacon.

[displacedvermoter]

9. His black housekeeper used to fry them up for

him and he could eat 3 or 4 at a sitting?

[debm55]

34. Oh my 3 or 4. gee. Thank you.

[displacedvermoter]

39. Don't think they were good for him!

[debm55]

87. I agree, thank you displacedvermoter.

[dai13sy]

75. That was his last meal wasn't it?

[displacedvermoter]

77. Couldn't say, I know he loved them,

fried up in butter. Could well have brought on "the big one" that did for him, though.

[TomSlick]

215. I've always loved PB and banana but have never thought of frying them.

I'll have to give it a try.

Who wants to live forever?

[displacedvermoter]

216. Don't forget the bacon!

[TomSlick]

217. Sure. Why not?

Look out arteries, here it comes!

[displacedvermoter]

223. Enjoy!!! 😊

[RoadRunner]

4. Peanut butter & pickles

Still love it.

[debm55]

8. RoadRunner, that sounds different. What kind of pickle? TY

[RoadRunner]

11. Dill, slices

I think it’s a southern thing. Try it!

[yellowdogintexas]

20. my mother liked pb & pickles. I never tried it nt

[debm55]

35. I think I would like to try it with bread and butter pickes. I'll give it a try. Ty RoadRunner.

[RoadRunner]

57. Pro tip

Spread pb on two slices of bread, then pickles. Keeps the bread from getting soggy.

[debm55]

85. That makes sense. I was wondering how the bread didn't get soggy. Thanks RoadRunner

[debm55]

88. Thank you RoadRunner.

[MiHale]

6. Open face peanut butter and fresh fruit on top...

Same as all my breakfasts in this age.

[debm55]

38. Thank you MiHale. that sounds good.Fresh strawberries for me.

[Haggard Celine]

7. I ate a lot of tomato sandwiches.

Just mayonnaise, tomato slices and salt. That was a nice summer sandwich. Sometimes I added a little bacon.

[Babywhale]

12. My Grilled Cheese "Special" Sandwich! Nom,Nom!

Thick slices of Cheddar cheese on real homemade Multi-grain bread (sourdough can work as well) with beefsteak tomato slices and lots of caramelized onions with sea salt and fresh ground pepper grilled in butter in a cast iron skillet. You have not lived until.... Of course a creamy egg salad with celery and red onions is nice also.

[Haggard Celine]

15. All of these should be wonderful!

I'm going try them out in the next day or two. Thanks for the ideas!

[debm55]

86. Thank you Babywhale. They both sound great. PS Welcome to DU

[electric_blue68]

245. Usually made grilled cheese (cheddar, or swiss) w white, or pumpernickle (yum!) bread...

one day decided to add green market tomatoes. Yummy!

Kudos on your home made bread! 👍

[debm55]

40. I had the same. Sometimes I would put a slice of onion on it. Thank you Haggard Celine.

[Haggard Celine]

48. Onions are great unless they're not raw.

I get bad indigestion if I eat them raw. I'll have to eat a roll of Tums before I eat my meal and another roll when I finish. I can eat the caramelized onions, just not raw.

[debm55]

55. I ate them raw on my sandwich.

[Haggard Celine]

62. I wish I could.

I liked eating them, it just hurts me so much. It's hard to avoid them, though.

[debm55]

90. Thank you, Haggard Celine.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

114. Jarlsberg cheese

And tomatoes fresh from the garden sliced thick with mayo salt and pepper was one of my favorites , still is.

[debm55]

147. Thank you I_UndergroundPanther. Fresh tomatoes are the best.

[Figarosmom]

120. Love

Toast and tomato with salt

[electric_blue68]

244. Never had that but if I did now I'd make sure I'd go to our Green market to get heirloom tomatoes...

🥰
Then put on a roll, the mayo, touch of salt, too.

Our daily papers back I the ?'90's featured heirloom tomatoes - the first time I'd eve heard of them! I was already going to the GM; so I looked for them, and, wow, be ame an instant devotee after brong home a few different kinds.

In fact I haven't been to a GM since Covid and I've been meaning to! TY the *reminder*!

[Jrose]

10. PB &J on white bread, especially because Mom prepared it for me when I went to day camp

when I was 9-10 yrs. old and it stayed fresh for hours. Got to admit, I often bit into it on the bus on the way there in the morning.

[debm55]

41. Thank you Jrose. That is funny.

[electric_blue68]

247. A PB sandwich was a sometimes treat as a kid but bc I was a picky eater I wouldn't add the jam till later on.

[brewens]

13. Most still are favorites but not exactly the same. I get a little fancier with tuna and chicken. My PBJ is the

same thing but a pancake usually.

[debm55]

42. Thank you brewens. That pancake sandwich sounds good.

[brewens]

44. Just a pancake with peanut butter and homemade jam. n/t

[CrispyQ]

14. Grilled cheese all the way. Grilled tuna fish sandwiches were a close second.

My friend & I grilled sandwiches almost everyday in the summer, one for her little brother, too & then we'd all watch Let's Make a Deal while we ate.

[debm55]

127. Thank you CrispyQ. That sounds very delicious

[stopdiggin]

16. BLT was (and still is) the absolute peak of culinary ...

but, truth is - we would mow down pretty much what was on offer ... Hungry is hungry.
(an egg salad just doesn't work - with out some diced onion .. )

[yellowdogintexas]

22. I bow down to the person who first put bacon and tomato together on a sandwich

by far my favorite, then and now.
Second: grilled cheese because you can have them all year, not just when good tomatoes are available

[debm55]

128. Thank you stopdiggen. BLT --yummy. I put diced celery and onion in my egg salad.

[electric_blue68]

246. BLT's an adult favorite, also with turkey

[lpbk2713]

17. Tuna Fish and BLT mostly

And now and then a crab meat sand would be good.

[debm55]

129. Thank you lpbk2713. That sounds good. I will have to try a crab meat sandwich.

[Different Drummer]

18. Ham with mayo on white bread. n/t

[debm55]

131. Thank you Different Drummer. I like my ham with brown mustard. Yummy.

[Polly Hennessey]

19. No question about it mine was peanut butter and

grape jelly on fluffy white bread add some peanut butter cookies and heaven on earth. As an adult it is tuna salad with a side of pickle.🥒

[debm55]

132. Thank you Polly Hennessey. Great choices.

[rockbluff botanist]

21. Tuna

And it is still my favorite if it's made right.

[debm55]

134. Thank you rockbluff botanist. tuna fish sammies are great.

[yellowdogintexas]

23. as a kid PBJ grape jelly of course. (my mom used to stir up BP and jelly together-yum)

She would do that when she made vegetable soup and we would spread it on crackers. For some reason that combo was amazingly good.

We always had white bread, and it took me years to adapt to whole grain bread with PB

[debm55]

135. Thank you yellowdogintexas, What a great memory of your mom.

[ProfessorGAC]

24. Probably Grilled Cheese

I don't remember any other sandwiches I thought were special, until I discovered the Reuben when I was in HS.
But, I remember always liking grilled cheese.

[debm55]

136. Thank you ProfessorGAC love Ruebens. Grilled cheese was my go to winter sammie.

[Squeaky41]

25. fave samwich

lobster and mayonnaise in a butter toasted bun

[debm55]

137. Thank you Squeaky. Husband is from Boston and we had many lobster rolls at little eateries near the shore.

[applegrove]

228. Oh yes. I used to cater. The cook would mix crab with lobster

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to spread out that distinct lobster taste. It worked well. Turns out you don't need pure lobster for it to taste like a lobster sandwich.

[electric_blue68]

255. Interesting!

[applegrove]

258. Because lobster can be $30 a can in Canada. We called

them seafood sandwiches when we served them. People at the tennis club were like "no they're lobster". They didn't believe us.

[LisaM]

26. Ham sandwich.

With my grandmother's homemade mayonnaise and lettuce. We had this bread you can't get any more called Hillbilly Bread, that had molasses in it.

If it was in season, the lettuce was from my grandmother's garden.

[debm55]

139. Thank you LisaM . Had ham sandwiches after Easter and Christmas. I remember that bread with molasses in it. It gave the

bread a kick. Thank you for bringing back that memory to me.

[Moosepoop]

144. I love Hillbilly Bread!

It's still available at major grocery chains (Walmart, Kroger, etc).

[woodsprite]

27. Tomato and cheese with miracle whip.

The very best when we had vine-ripened tomatoes!

[debm55]

148. Thank you woodsprite. Must have MW.

[WheelWalker]

28. Grilled peanut butter #1; peanut butter and radish, #2

[displacedvermoter]

30. PB & Radish?

[WheelWalker]

36. You betcha! Sliced radishes. Thick better than thin. Spread them out over the pb. Try it!

[displacedvermoter]

37. Maybe? 🤔

[FalloutShelter]

45. Okay you kinda blew my mind.

Never heard that before. What part of the country?
Definitely not a Philly/Jersey thing.

[WheelWalker]

46. Toledo, OH. Another to blow your mind... sweet onion & Limburger sandwich.

Both my mother's concoctions. .

[FalloutShelter]

47. Whhaaaaaa?

I’m tryin both of these. Thanks.

[rubbersole]

51. Onion and braunschweiger with mayo.

Almost caused a divorce in later years 🙃.

[WheelWalker]

53. Most definitely! Mom loved braunschweiger and onion also! On buttered toast!

[Figarosmom]

121. Yeah or tomato instead of onion

Love both

[electric_blue68]

256. I've never had braunschweiger, but I wonder if liverwurst and onion would go together? Sounds promising...

Haven't had livewurst in years!
Hmmm, time to get some. 👍🙂

[rubbersole]

262. Liverwurst and braunschweiger are virtually identical.

Both delicious, but not for everyone. Enjoy!

[electric_blue68]

269. Ah, ty for info. 👍 When I get to a couple of certain food stores I will look for it.

[rubbersole]

270. Um, maybe you shouldn't go to the prom or a drive-in...

...with your sweetie after eating one.

[electric_blue68]

271. I will take your advice*! 👍

*If unavoidable, I will carry a full roll of breathmints with me! 😉

[rubbersole]

274. Or you could both eat one 😋...

...mutually convenient. We didn't. I was guaranteed to be unlucky 😔.

[electric_blue68]

275. Aw.

[electric_blue68]

248. Never had limburger cheese. Would it work w blue cheese instead?

[WheelWalker]

249. Wouldn't be similar at all.

Blue cheese and Limburger cheese are both cheeses with strong flavors, but they have different textures, origins, and uses:

Blue cheese can be crumbly or soft and creamy, while Limburger is firm and crumbly when young, but softens and becomes spreadable with age.

Blue cheese is typically salty, sharp, and funky, while Limburger has a milder flavor that's grassy, tangy, and mushroom-like.

Blue cheese originated in France and Italy, and later evolved in Europe and North America. Limburger originated in Belgium in the 19th century, and is now mostly produced in Germany.

Blue cheese can be used in many dishes, including salads, burgers, pasta, pizza, dips, and spreads. Limburger is often spread on sandwiches, but can also be used in grilled cheese, macaroni and cheese, and gratins.

[electric_blue68]

250. Ty, as a cheese fan I'm always interested in learnigng new info.

If I can find in certain stores that have wedges of cheese; if I find a smaller one.
Not sure about the grassy notes, but I like mushrooms. So we'll see. 🙂👍

[WheelWalker]

252. I think soft, aged limburger is generally in a jar IIRC. See edit below

Amazon has it. Now comes in tubs, or in foil pack. It's great on any cracker, as well.

[debm55]

149. Thank you WheelWalker. That is really different.

[Diamond_Dog]

29. I was a very picky eater as a kid.

You couldn’t pay me to eat egg salad or a tomato. Now as an adult I like the tomato. 🙂

Probably as a kid my favorite sandwich was grilled cheese, but since my mother didn’t like to cook I didn’t get them very often.

[debm55]

150. Thank you Diamond_Dog. did you eat just a plain cheese sandwich?

[Diamond_Dog]

204. Yes. Just cheese.

My husband’s whole side of the family puts grape jelly on a grilled cheese sandwich and think it’s weird to eat it plain.

[electric_blue68]

259. Hello forner picky eater. Me, too. ...

I think I had omlette sandwiches not egg salad which I loved later on.

I hear you about tomatoes. 😁
As a kid, tween, late teen; I liked ketchup, tomato soup, tomato sauce on pizza, or pasta but no actual tomatoes!

Finally my tastes been to expand in my late teens, early 20's, and especially having Summer tomatoes was a *revelaion*! 😄🍎🥰

[Diamond_Dog]

260. Hello back atcha former picky eater!

It drove my grandmother nuts that I wouldn’t touch her homegrown Beefsteak tomatoes! Now I love them!

You remind me of my son when he was little, he wouldn’t eat spaghetti and meatballs but would eat sloppy joes.
,

[c-rational]

31. A bacon sandwich- toasted Arnold's bread, lightly buttered with grape jelly on one side, and Heinz

Chilisauce on the other. Add 3-4 pieces of crisp bacon, and cut in two. Wonderful. Thank you Mom!
Note no more bacon for me, or meat in general.

[MLAA]

58. Before I stopped eating animal products 10 years ago, BLTs were my favorite.

I found a really good vegan bacon and started up again. A couple months later they went out of business, just too expensive to make. Now there is one by LiteLife, it’s crunchy and salty so it’s okay but not like the old days.

[c-rational]

71. I still like a simple lettuce and tomato with Heilman's light mayo on multi-grain.

[MLAA]

72. Me too, sometimes if the tomatoes are really good I have tomato and veganaise on toast.

Yum!

[debm55]

177. Thank you MLAA. I use to eat Morning Star meatless products. I have found it in a long time. So I just don't have bacon.

I will look for LiteLife.

[MLAA]

183. I spelled it wrong! Light Life

I get it at Safeway, Sprouts or Whole Foods 🙂

https://shop.sprouts.com/product/14020?retailer_id=279&retailer_id=279&utm_medium=sem_shopping&utm_source=instacart_google&utm_campaign=ad_demand_shopping_pbi_sprouts_rp&utm_content=accountid-2517820300_campaignid-20237816638_adgroupid-162359181245_device-c&utm_term=locationid-9030236&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAACbfBNtGfKa7i2qaqOGpqWGUYazls&gclid=CjwKCAjwiaa2BhAiEiwAQBgyHvbSkJp5FpzvIg-IsSdNCYuNf1oyGm_DAE4gcaMN7xho8gB-UmCD5RoCA6gQAvD_BwE

[debm55]

185. Thank you MLAA.

[debm55]

151. Thank you , c-rational, It sounds a little different.

[debm55]

173. Thank you, c-rational.

[debm55]

178. Thank you c-rational. It sounds different.

[LoisB]

32. My uncle used to make grilled cheese with bologna and tomato sandwiches that were great.

[debm55]

158. Thank you LoisB. That sounds great.

[Clouds Passing]

33. Lebanon bologna and miracle whip sandwich. Egg salad now 😋

[debm55]

159. Thank you Clouds Passing. Still use MW and use it in my egg salad. I have gotten away from eating lunchmeat.

[Clouds Passing]

194. Not much meat anymore.

[moniss]

203. I love Lebanon bologna but not

the sweet variety. I liked it with good yellow mustard on seeded rye with raw onion. In Wisconsin most of what I find is the sweet variety. I need to mail order from PA.

[FalloutShelter]

43. Grilled cheese with tomato

On seeded rye.

[debm55]

175. Thank you FalloutShelter. I liked my grilled cheese with a fresh tomato slice on white bread.

[electric_blue68]

257. Ah, I'd forgotten about rye as a grilled cheeese option...

I've said white, or pumpernickel.

I think I'd skip the caraway seeds. Not sure bc I was a picky eater as a kid to mid teen.
Then I expanded my tastes so exponentially that maaaaybe they're OK now, since I can recall the taste.

[randr]

49. My mom made what she called a "go to hell sandwich"

Cheese, onion, green pepper, tomato, and bacon between bread and then broiled brown so the cheese melts.

[debm55]

179. Thank you randr. That sounds great.

[surrealAmerican]

50. Pastrami ...

... but it was a rare treat - only when we went out to a deli.


Day to day, I liked baloney, or grilled cheese, or a tuna melt.

[debm55]

180. Same here. I never had Pastrami . But I did have your other choices. Thank you surrealAmerican.

[flor-de-jasmim]

52. Grilled cheese on rye bread with caraway seeds.

[debm55]

181. Thank you very much flor-de-jasmim.

[OLDMDDEM]

54. Grilled cheese with bologna.

[debm55]

182. Thank you OLDMDDEM. I had as a kid too. Easy to make it yourself.

[OLDMDDEM]

188. It was soooo good!

[Demovictory9]

56. Grilled cheese

[debm55]

186. Thank you Demovictory9. Even as an adult it is my favorite comfort food in the winter.

[Lemonwurst]

59. Deviled ham, also liverwurst

My mom, always and still a great cook, sometimes "phoned it in" with sandwiches made from the deviled ham that came in those little paper-wrapped tin can, or sliced liverwurst.

Both would have a lettuce leaf and some mayo for the deviled ham or mustard for the liverwurst - that's it.

But I was a hungry little horse and gobbled them down with aplomb! And to this day, I can still crave both - but liverwurst is almost never going to come home from the supermarket now, and deviled ham cans, never. Neither is going to make the ever-exclusive shopping list my partners curates. Oh well...

[debm55]

184. Thank you Lemonwurst. I never had either. The market near would make their own. It was great.

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[electric_blue68]

261. Hmmmm, I think liverwurst sandwhich was another one I really liked...

not sure my mom added a condiment, maaaybe mayo.

Ah, deviled ham! We only had it on New Year's Eve mixed with sour cream as a dip on crackers. Ohhh, yum!!!!! 😄🥰 A special treat.

[TommieMommy]

60. Mom made fluffernutters

Now it's definitely PB and J or grilled cheese

[Elessar Zappa]

66. Oohhh, those are good! (Fluffernutters)

Haven’t had one in decades.

[debm55]

100. Thank you Elessar Zappa. What is a Fluffernutter?

[Elessar Zappa]

140. Peanut butter and marshmallow creme on white bread.

I haven’t had one in ages but now I’m craving one lol.

[debm55]

142. Thank you . My mouth is watering.

[debm55]

109. Thank you TommieMommy. Grilled cheese is my go to sammie in the winter. I could eat every day.

[malthaussen]

61. What's a "kid sandwich?"

I didn't stop eating PJs just because I'm no longer a kid. They and grilled cheese are my favorites, but bologna is okay (prefer ham or roast beef, though). Never was crazy about egg salad.

-- Mal

[debm55]

98. Thank you Mal . It's a sandwich you made by yourself or your mom made for a day camp, a walk to a friends house, or

lunch at home or at school .

[AllaN01Bear]

63. still is ,

all of them.

[debm55]

189. Thank you AllaN01Bear.

[Elessar Zappa]

64. Pb and J. Strawberry was my favorite jam.

[debm55]

190. Thank you Elessar Zappa. Excellent choice. I like Cream Cheese with strawberry jam on it. sammies.

[Elessar Zappa]

238. Ah, that sounds good!

[moniss]

65. A good BLT because

I was born old. Fried spam with a slice of onion came in a close second. I detested a Fluffer-nutter though.

[debm55]

191. Thank you moniss. I never had spam. Is it sort of like pork meat loaf? thank you.

[moniss]

199. Sort of like a ham meat loaf

and it comes in a little can and you can slice it up as thick or thin as you like. 2 or 3 slices fit nicely on most sizes of bread. It is very tasty with onion and the bread can be toasted or not. I liked it best with un-toasted white bread, buttered and with some raw onion. Some people season with black pepper while frying which of course is a natural for any pork product. It has plenty of it's own salt. It gets a nice little crisp to the outside if you like.

[debm55]

202. thank you, my friend.

[moniss]

206. Any time and another Spam tip is to try

catsup or yellow mustard for condiments. If you try it and like the taste/texture I also know people who used to fry it, cut it up into bite size cubes and then mix it in with their eggs as they were scrambling them.

[debm55]

210. Thank you moniss

[doc03]

67. Isley's Chip chopped ham and American cheese. I got a lot of Braunschweiger and

Cheez Whiz though.

[debm55]

192. doc03 , you can still get Isley's Chipped. Chopped ham. They even sell Isley's BBQ sauce. I miss Isley's

[fargone]

68. Egg salad with lettuce and a slice of cheese

[debm55]

193. Very good choice. Thank you fargone.

[HeartsCanHope]

69. Grilled Cheese.

Still is!

[debm55]

195. Thank you HeartsCanHope. same here in the winter.

[arkielib]

70. Peanut butter and jelly as a kid.

Chicken salad now. With pickles, egg , onion and cranberries.

[debm55]

196. Thank you arkielib. I am going to try the cranberries in mine. I do add chopped onions and celery in.

[arkielib]

212. I hope you like it! And I forgot earlier - I also add chopped pecans.

[k55f5r]

73. I enjoyed peanut butter and

Mustard Sammies for a couple of years when I was 10-12.
Baloney and dill pickle slices was another.

[debm55]

197. Thank you k55f5r. I'll stick with the PB and J

[dai13sy]

74. Grilled Cheese - only American cheese and

a nice hot bowl of tomato soup with a dollop of butter in the middle and crackers. I thought I was so spoiled when I was a kid

[debm55]

200. Thank you dai13sy. Perfect winter comfort food. Even at my age.

[catbyte]

76. Fresh tomato out of our garden on dad's homemade bread with mayo and black pepper.

Food of the Gods.

[debm55]

198. Thank you catbyte. Yes, it had to be Kraft's American cheese--sliced. With a fresh tomato and (sorry) MW

[Lochloosa]

78. Miricle Whip and White Bread. That's it.

[thomski64]

81. ..miracle whip, peanut butter & lettuce..

..was acused of inventing this while stoned, but these a favorite that my mom made for us when we were young. Never mayo, simply because it cost 10 cents more per jar.

[Lochloosa]

89. I didn't start eating mayo till i was in my 30s.

It just didn't have any flavor.

I still love a MW and tomato on white bread.

[debm55]

96. Thank you Lochloosa. I still use MW.

[debm55]

97. Thank you thomski64, I still use MW.

[debm55]

205. Thank you thomske64. I had those a couple of times too. Never had mayo, even now. I am a MWer.

[debm55]

99. Thank you Lochloosa. I used to make myself cream cheese sammies.

[debm55]

214. Thank you Lochloosa. I had the exact same thing as a kid.

[lapfog_1]

79. this was mine... not very healthy

Fried Bologna Sandwich with pickle and mustard.

when you fried the slice of bologna you had to cut slits in it so that it fried into an iron cross ( sort of ).

[debm55]

95. Not too we had them too, but not cut in a cross form. I didn't like it. Thank you lapfrog_1

[Trueblue Texan]

80. While this sandwich wasn't homemade, I still loved it and wish I could have it today.

It was a slice of American cheese on a small and very soft hamburger bun. Something about those sandwiches being wrapped in paper and set on a steam table made that bun so soft, warm and tender, and melted the cheese just right. I was probably a strange kid because I actually loved our school lunches.

[debm55]

94. Thank you Trueblue Texan. That sounds very good.

[Gaytano70]

82. As a kid, I was hyper addicted to sugar, so PBJ.

Now, I have type 2 diabetes, and my sandwiches are lettuce wraps 🥬 or low carb tortilla wraps. Delish! I also enjoy my keto tuna or egg salads.

[debm55]

93. Thank you Gaytano70. lettuce wraps sound great. PS Take care of yourself

[Gaytano70]

101. Thanks Deb!

I used to be completely addicted to carbs and sugar, which is not surprising growing up with an Italian nonna who loved to spoil me with sweets. I have been eating low carb/keto since 2018, my A1C is now below 6, I have lost a lot of dangerous weight, and I feel great at 53! 💙

[LeonidPlanck]

83. BLT

I grew-up on a farm where we made “our own” everything. In lieu of my mom’s secret grilled cheese, I’d go for a fresh prosciutto sammy with tomato and greens from the garden on mom’s seedy toasted bread that she’d usually have baked that morning.

But on afternoons when mom was weaving, I just got celery with peanut butter crammed in it. My sister loved the unfortunate combo of peanut butter, mayo and banana - barf.

[debm55]

92. Thank you LeonidPlanck. I used to make celery with peanut butter and raisins----ants on a log..

[LeonidPlanck]

235. Raisins would be a nice touch

But we had a ginormous kitchen garden so I could always go graze on the peas and dig up a carrot or two after school.

[WestMichRad]

84. Tuna salad

… with sweet picle relish. Which we might get once a week. Usually it was bologna with a thin slice of cheese. Blech!

Hot lunch at school? Maybe twice a year.

[debm55]

91. I hate bologna----mystery meat. Mine had yellow mustard.

[Xavier Breath]

102. For some reason I liked a slice of American cheese on white bread with miracle whip.

As I went into adulthood I added a slice of bologna. Every now and again I'll feel nostalgic and I'll buy some bologna.

[debm55]

105. Thank you Xavier Breath. I had the same---- MW on American cheese on white bread. Easy to make for a kid. I didn't like

bologna(as a yunzer we call it jumbo)

[Freddie]

103. Grilled cheese made with Velveeta

So yummy. Still make it once in a while. Also Cheez Whiz on a hot toasted English muffin for breakfast.

[debm55]

108. Thank you Freddie I have heard those words--Velveeta and Cheez Whiz in forever. Yes, I remember Velvetta sammies and

putting Cheez Whiz on celery sticks.

[Abolishinist]

104. I'd have to go with either the croque monsieur or croque madame,

depending on my desire for a taste of egg.

[debm55]

106. Thank you.Abolishinist

[electric_blue68]

266. Good memories! When my aunt & uncle who (moved to for job) lived in western mid Switzerland (by French border) visited.

... us in NYC (for his UN WHO job) went to a French leaning restaurant, and I had a croque madam.

But then even better(!!!!!) (really)...
My aunt who was a artist, and a Master wood carver & print maker invited me to their (& my uncle's) home to make art w her in Sept 2016 for 3 weeks!!!!! 😮🥹 Never been to Europe.

Her in house art studio was big, amazing, and beautiful. Now, I asked I think in an e-mail could I - being they were very close to rhe French border- could I take a train to Paris, and return waaay later that night.
No.

But instead, she took me, and one granddaughter (my cousin) to Paris for 4 days/3 nights!!!

What a *gift*! I'd wanted to visit Paris for decades.

Anyway, we took the train. When we arrived at the fabulous looking train station we had lunch there.

And I had a croque monsieur in Paris France as my first meal! 😄🥰👍
(and it was an incredible trip - both parts)

[Abolishinist]

272. What a wonderful thing for them to do!

And I'm glad my post brought back some memories for you. And what fun spending time with your artist aunt, we spent a lot of time in museums while there.

Now a confession... I made it up, it was meant to be a bit pretentious. I thought anyone reading it would see right through it. My childhood sandwiches were, growing up in the Midwest, more along the lines of bologna, PB&J, grilled cheese. If lucky a ham sandwich.

I first tried a croque monsieur in Paris circa 2015, so good that the next day I had a croque madame. One word for both, WOW!

I also discovered that truffles should be its own food group. On a later trip through France we toured a truffle farm, the guide had a dog with him who dug for them.

Thanks for your post!

[redstatebluegirl]

107. Bologna, mustard and potato chips.

[debm55]

110. Thank you redstebluegirl. Was it yellow mustard? That's what I had. I put my chips on my sammie.

[redstatebluegirl]

125. Yes! I still have one every now and then!

Not the same as when I was a girl though!

[Cartoonist]

111. Cold turkey

Leftovers from the feast the day before.

[debm55]

112. Thank you Cartoonist. Yes with stuffing on it too.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

113. Tuna boat

Tuna in a hot dog bun cooked and made krispy in the oven with cheese on it.

[debm55]

207. Thank you I_UndergroundPanther. That sounds great. I never had one before.

[DFW]

115. My mom used to make a wicked chicken salad

Small pieced of diced chicken, a small bit of mayonnaise, tiny chopped onions, chopped celery, and some ground black pepper.

I could never get enough of that.

These days, a well-spiced Döner Kebap is the ultimate!

[Kittycatkat]

116. Bologna with potato chips and mustard on wonder bread.

[Luciferous]

117. Ground bologna and pickle spread

on white bread. I haven't had it in decades.

[Wolf Frankula]

118. Bologna, sliced cheese and mayo

on sliced rye bread.

Wolf

[debm55]

213. Thank you Wolf Franula. I had that sammie, but we used MW

[Figarosmom]

119. Fried bologna

Or just plain or with mayo or with mayo and mustard. But mostly fried.. Also PB and honey. BLT are always
Ys good too.

[debm55]

122. Yes. Thank you Figarpsmom. Used to eat fried bologna sammies as a kid, with mustard on it.

[Wicked Blue]

123. Salami and sliced cucumbers on pumpernickel

[debm55]

124. Thank you Wicked Blue, That sounds great.

[Zambero]

126. BLT

Heavy on the bacon.

[debm55]

157. Thank you, Zambero, You are so right. Don't each much bacon anymore, but my mouth is watering.

[Zambero]

187. At my age that is very sound advice!

[rainin]

130. Bologna, american cheese slice, toasted white bread dipped in obscene amount of yellow mustard.

What an amazing memory. Most of these ingredients are deliberately off my diet at the moment, but I'd order this for my last meal if I knew it was my last.

[debm55]

156. Thank you rainin. And it had to be Frenches Yellow mustard.

[Shermann]

133. Egg salad sandwich or an egg sandwich. nt

[debm55]

143. Thank you Shermann. Your right --sometimes it was easier to make a scrambled egg sammie, or a sliced hard boiled egg

sandwich with tomato slice and MW.

[Jilly_in_VA]

138. BLT when I could get it (still is)

But the tomatoes have to be fresh, vine-ripened, so we only have it in the summer.

As a kid, I loved bologna with mayo and mustard on any kind of bread. Also PB&J, but in our house we had to have separate knives for each because one of my brothers was (is) violently allergic to peanuts.

[debm55]

141. Thank you Jilly_in _VA. I am sorry about your brother. Long ago had bologna (called Jumbo in SW PA) with Frenches

mustard on it. It was easy for a kid to make all by themselves.

[JohnnyRingo]

145. The only thing my mom taught me to make.

..a grilled cheese sandwich.

It was years later I learned the value of such a lesson when I was destitute, unemployed and at the absolute bottom.
I could go to the store, buy a loaf of bread for 69¢ and a can of tomato soup for less than a buck. The Velveeta singles fit in a jacket pocket. I always had butter for some reason.

It's not something to be proud of, but it let me survive for weeks until I got back to work..

[malthaussen]

153. You and Jimmy Buffet both

I've always wondered if, after he indeed did get rich, he kept his promise and paid the mini mart back.

-- Mal

[debm55]

154. Thank you very much Johnny Ringo, You are a survivor. Thank you for post. Love, Deb.

[Mosby]

146. Salami on rye.

[debm55]

152. Thank you Mosby. I liked brown mustard with it too,

[Mosby]

155. Same here!

We didn't always have salami, so it was kind of a treat to have one for sandwiches.

[debm55]

167. I love salami sammies too. Thank you Mosby.

[Botany]

160. Tuna melt w/swiss cheese grilled on French toast style bread

Tuna salad. Albacore white tuna, dill relish, hard boiled egg, green pepper, 1 Serrano pepper
(Seeded less hot), celery, mayo, salt & pepper, a dash of old bay or Italian seasoning, green onions,
and a little basil.

Btw Tuna Salad gives you really smelly poops.

[debm55]

169. HAHAHHAHAHHAHA Thank you for your post Botany. That was funny. Your tuna salad is very much like mine. You know it might

be the eggs.

[Jeebo]

161. I won't say it was my favorite, but I remember mayonnaise sandwiches.

We would slather mayonnaise between two slices of white bread and then chow down. Seems kind of gross now, but that's what I remember, and I remember enjoying them. That might be an indication of how poor we were when I was a kid. We were never homeless and we never went hungry, but we wore sometimes threadbare hand-me-downs and we lived on simple fare like mayonnaise sandwiches. And I never had any money.

-- Ron

[debm55]

166. Thank you Jeebo for your post. It is heartwarming. Thank you.for sharing.

[gibraltar72]

162. bologna.

[debm55]

165. Thank you gibraltar72. Fun sammie that kids could make themselves.

[pansypoo53219]

163. i don't care for sammichs. tho i once made a great tunafish salad on a bakery hard roll. only BLT'S, minus the tomato.

i have to make them. preferably thin italian toast. gobs of miracle whip. double lettuce, hot greasy bacon straight from the iron pan. add whip if needed. more lettuce. once had a real good pulled pork sammich.
i prefer buttered bread or buttered GOOD BREAD toast.

[debm55]

164. Thank you pansypoo53219 That sounds different and good.

[pansypoo53219]

224. i like cherry tomatoes. i really like lettuce. if only romaine didn't become death salad.

i am sure if you like tomato, it would still be better. i made mine late in the season. gotta make some soom.

[Ocelot II]

168. Kid sandwich? What if you're a vegetarian?

[debm55]

172. thank you Ocelot II, I have made salads and eaten them on a hard roll. Maybe with cheese and vinaigrette on top. I made

as a kid and still have them now.

[Ocelot II]

174. But the sandwiches weren't *made of* kids, right? So they weren't kid sandwiches.

Sorry, I'm being a smart ass.

[debm55]

176. I changed the OP title. Ty

[Wonder Why]

170. We couldn't even afford bread so I had to eat my filet mignon and lobster tail and no bread.

[debm55]

171. I have little to say to your post.

[Wonder Why]

218. You do know it was a joke, right?

[debm55]

220. You should have posted a sarcasm tag below.

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[wryter2000]

201. BLT

With homegrown tomatoes.

[debm55]

211. Thank you wryter2000. You got that right.

[lkinwi]

208. When my mom made bread, she would fry a dough patty and put her homemade strawberry jam on top. Delicious!

[debm55]

209. Thank you Ikinwi. That sounds delicious. Was it fry bread? Love fry bread.

[lkinwi]

231. It was her version of fry bread. Just bread dough in a fry pan with butter.

[electric_blue68]

267. Ohhhh, fry bread! I first had it was in a little restaurant for a lunch break out of the Greyhound bus in...

New Mexico or eastern AZ. My first trip to The Southwest!

Then I had it possibly in The Navajo Nation, maaaybe New Mexico. Later on ccasionally at a Native American pow wows back in NYC.

[OldBaldy1701E]

219. B.L.T.. Always my favorite. (n/t)

[debm55]

221. YES, Thank you OldBaldy1701E I have a hard time with bacon as I have aged.I wish I could have one. I might give it a

try. My mouth is watering. I have to have one.

[OldBaldy1701E]

222. Yeah, as a quadruple bypass patient, I am not supposed to have 'bacon'...

But, YOLO!

I will say that I have found a few very good turkey bacon choices. Not the real thing, but passable.

[area51]

225. Grilled cheese.

[debm55]

227. thank you area51,Great choice,,,,

[applegrove]

226. I liked bologna with mustard on brown bread. I ate it every school day.

Then I stopped in high-school. I tried it once as an adult but did not like it anymore.

[debm55]

232. Thank you applegrove. I liked bologna with mustard on white bread. I haven't eaten since grade school.

[wendyb-NC]

229. I had a few

PB & J, Grilled Cheese or Tuna Fish Salad. I also liked egg salad, but only when I was going home for lunch. I got complained at if I brought egg salad, from home to eat in the cafeteria.

[debm55]

233. Thank you wendyb-NC very good choices. Why did they complain?

[wendyb-NC]

236. No one liked the aroma of the hard boiled eggs,l guess

[debm55]

237. hahahhahhahahahha. ty that's funny

[Stargleamer]

230. Grilled Cheese

with Monterey Jack, cheddar or American cheese

[debm55]

234. Thank you Stargleamer. Excellent choices.

[LNM]

239. Spam w/ Miracle Whip on white bread nt

[debm55]

241. Thank you very much, LNM

[electric_blue68]

240. albacore tuna salad, or omlette sandwich...

I don't think it was egg salad (which I loved later on).
Bologna was the other one.

When we were at the butchers he'd give me and my sis a slice which we folded into 4's bit in places, and rhen opened like cut paper snowflakes. 😀

[debm55]

242. OMG, I thought I was the only one the did that. HHAHHAHHAH Thank you electric_blue68 Yes tuna salad and scrambled egg.

[electric_blue68]

268. Ha! 😄 Never asked anyone if they did that w baloney!👍

[debm55]

273. Parents would separately or mix the egg and balonga in with the eggs,

[BrianTheEVGuy]

251. Tuna salad with chopped celery and a slice of cheddar on toast. Mmmmmm NT

[debm55]

263. Thank you BrianTheEVGuy. It sounds very good with the cheddar

[love_katz]

253. Grilled cheese.

With a bowl of tomato soup, potato chips and one of my mom's homade spicy dill pickles.

[debm55]

264. love_katz,perfect winter comfort food. Thank you

[Attilatheblond]

254. Was happiest with a chunk of crusty bread, some cheese

and a tree to climb up to eat it in.

Maybe I am the missing link?

[debm55]

265. Thank you, I used to back a similiar lunch as a kid and go off with my friends to adventures unknown on our bikes.

[lark]

276. Peanut butter and banana sandwiches.

Had to be crunchy peanutbutter.

[debm55]

277. Yes , I remember them . Thank you, lark.

[Kali]

278. ok, as usual I have to be a little weird

when I was a kid we would occasionally get to go to the Stuckey's store near here or at Picacho Peak. my favorite treat was a chicken salad sandwich from the refrigerator and a cherry cider.
OMG I am having such a craving. they were nice and cold and had crunch from celery. I am sure they were probably really gross but my memory has them as just perfect - never soggy even though you know they were sitting there for days and it was just on regular white bread. and that cherry cider...if I could find/taste that again! so good.

otherwise, BLTs and grilled cheese. never liked PBJ. or the PB and honey my Mom sometimes packed for lunch.

[debm55]

279. Thank you Kali. Great post. I used to eat bologna sammies on white bread. spread a little yellow mustard. A kids dream.

Now I can't even the last time I ate it. I like BLT ,but bacon must be cooked just write.

[Kali]

280. I hated bologna until my honeymoon

we took an autovia (a weird little train) to Guaymas, Sonora and at some stop on the way ladies came on board selling sodas and sandwiches - exactly as you describe and now I can eat them any time. Beef bologna, though. can't stand the texture of the mixed kind.

[debm55]

281. Great, and enjoy.