Best sandwich?

[tlawler]

Many like to use the term in this Internet age, but I've never known what a "comfort food" is.

"Comfort food" predates the internet by several decades I would think. Down here in the South, I've heard it as long as I remember. For me, it's any food that creates a sense of nostalgia and of times past. And if it tastes good, that's a plus. When I make pimento cheese using my mom's recipe and eat it, it reminds me of being a kid and being around mom and growing up in Miami. There are others, but most of them I can't get to taste like mom's recipes, so they don't have the same effect.

 

[JohnHL]

Raw hamburger and raw egg in a bun? Am I missing something here or has your dog learned to use your computer and type your name?

Ruthie's Aunt Judy is a hamburger tartare fan. Raw hamburger, sliced onion, salt, pepper on bread. Her kitchen, her rules, she wins.

If the recipe called for a pound of ground beef, my mother would get a pound and a quarter. She would eat the 1/4 pound raw while cooking.

News to me. I'm going to file that away with chitlins, mountain oysters, tribe, and brains and never think about it again.

Please, eveyone, feel free to tell me how delicious all of the above is.

What is the point of drying out and ruining the flavor of delicious foods?

Then again, if you're the sort of epicurean who would burn a Kobe steak and smother it in ketchup. . .

John

 

[Rustyt1953]

The term "comfort food" conjures up many, many pleasant "mom's table" experiences that went far beyond just sustenance.

While the list is long, and like others here have said, grilled cheese and tomato soup occupy the coveted top spot.

 

[lihpster]

Mom's go to was the mater soup grilled cheese combo. Usually served with some expert level advice. She's been gone for 5 years and had stopped cooking a couple of years before that, but if I make it, I swear I can hear her advice in my ear.

 

[pawngal]

I love GOOD raw hamburger, always pinching off bits when I make up burgers. Never made an entire sandwich tho.
Hubby liked liked grits for breakfast, I didn't. Till I tried cheesy grits and shrimp, yum!

 

[444 Magnum]

What is the point of drying out and ruining the flavor of delicious foods?

Then again, if you're the sort of epicurean who would burn a Kobe steak and smother it in ketchup. . .

John

I grill most foods to 160 degrees (pork chops, chicken breast, burgers, etc.). No more if I can help it. Juicy, delicious, and grilled flavor. No well done happening here. Steaks are browned on either side only. I think it would be considered "medium". Plenty of juice and flavor left.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Fairly late in his career a patient came to see my FIL who was a Country Doc in Vincennes, IN.
The Patient had a jar containing a fairly large item he had passed.
Grandpa took a look and replied 'Haven't seen one of those in a while.'
'It's a Beef Tapeworm.'
The patient remembered he had sampled raw beef while cooking Burgers.

 

[Wrangler Rich]

What! No one picked a Johnsonville Brat? Put me down for 2.

WR

 

[pawngal]

The term "comfort food" conjures up many, many pleasant "mom's table" experiences that went far beyond just sustenance.

While the list is long, and like others here have said, grilled cheese and tomato soup occupy the coveted top spot.

Comfort foods:
Grilled cheese & tomato soup, macaroni & cheese, chicken & biscuits(or dumplings), tuna & noodles, round steak with gravy & mashed taters, and a variety of homemade soups, potato being tops.
Those are my top picks.

 

[rockquarry]

"Comfort food" predates the internet by several decades I would think. Down here in the South, I've heard it as long as I remember. For me, it's any food that creates a sense of nostalgia and of times past. And if it tastes good, that's a plus. When I make pimento cheese using my mom's recipe and eat it, it reminds me of being a kid and being around mom and growing up in Miami. There are others, but most of them I can't get to taste like mom's recipes, so they don't have the same effect.

Thank you for the "comfort food" explanation. I never heard the term in pre-Internet days; maybe it was popularized with Internet usage.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Didn't realize that the term Comfort Food was that regional.
Rueben Sandwich? Not sure I ever had one until went ventured up North.
While stationed at Vegas, our token New Yorker in the office just gusted about a new Real NY Deli.
So one night we tried it.
It was good! Especially the Pastrami.
Had a bottle of the Dr. Brown soda pop he just swooned over!
Sorry New Yorkers, it tasted like every other soda pop that I ever had!

 

[zeke]

Raw hamburger and raw egg in a bun? Am I missing something here or has your dog learned to use your computer and type your name?

someone finally figured it

 

[JohnHL]

I grill most foods to 160 degrees (pork chops, chicken breast, burgers, etc.). No more if I can help it. Juicy, delicious, and grilled flavor. No well done happening here. Steaks are browned on either side only. I think it would be considered "medium". Plenty of juice and flavor left.

160 degrees is "well-done" in my book.

My younger friend liked his meat cooked that way.

He's dead now.

John

 

[JohnHL]

"Comfort food" is a relatively new term for me, also.

I think of it as something thick, satisfying, and filling.

The kind of meal to eat after a long day working outside in the cold.

What my Mom called, "Food that sticks to your ribs."

John

 

[Rustyt1953]

Apparently the term started in the 60's.

Comfort food - Wikipedia

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Just checked the USA list.
I had Chili on Cornbread for lunch.
Double Comfort!
Both on the List.

 

[lihpster]

For me, comfort food is that which brings back fond memories. They also seem to be mostly family staples. Besides the aforementioned tomato soup/grilled cheese combo, there are others. Venison steak, fried eggs and toast is, to me, gourmet dining. Home made clam chowder on Christmas Eve. Coming back from a day of hunting to a big pot of "slumgullion". My grandmother's sardine sandwiches, usually with Fritos and Fresca. Gone for good is my mother's pork fried rice. One of the best meals I ever had. But for ultimate comfort food, nothing is better to me than fresh rainbow trout and baked potatos, wrapped in foil and cooked in the coals of a campfire. Gimme that and a pot of good coffee and I'm in heaven.

 

[zeke]

Just checked the USA list.
I had Chili on Cornbread for lunch.
Double Comfort!
Both on the List.

Made the jalapeno cornbread last night, and got out the chili fixins. Made the chili (cheap chili) this morn. Please to take notice of the artistic molasses swirl on the cornbread, which is blamed on watching the food network too much.

Had chili/cornbread combo on cold rainy day for lunch also (today)

 

[Krogen]

"Comfort food" predates the internet by several decades I would think. Down here in the South, I've heard it as long as I remember. For me, it's any food that creates a sense of nostalgia and of times past. And if it tastes good, that's a plus. When I make pimento cheese using my mom's recipe and eat it, it reminds me of being a kid and being around mom and growing up in Miami. There are others, but most of them I can't get to taste like mom's recipes, so they don't have the same effect.

Up here too. Comfort food reminds me of cold days and Mom's good cooking. A shining example was her Chicken n' Dumplings. I have not even tried to duplicate it since she left us. I would fail, I know. I've tried to replicate her other recipes before; and failed. She put an ingredient in all of her cooking that you just can't buy anywhere.

 

[Miracle Man]

You forgot the best, BLT.

Yup

You can't beat a BLT ! Morning, noon, night, doesn't matter.

 

[H Richard]

You left out Breaded Pork Tenderloin. If you haven't been in the Midwest you may not have had one. If so, you are really missing it.

 

[lihpster]

You left out Breaded Pork Tenderloin. If you haven't been in the Midwest you may not have had one. If so, you are really missing it.

That is one I would like to try.

 

[DUSTYDOGDAN]

I am a Reuben fan. In the summer I do like cutting a garden fresh tomato and making a BLT or Club .. but my vote is hands down for the Reuben.
I will say having a Burger in a sandwich contest isn't fair. I stuck to my guns and ignored the Cheese Burger option...LOL

 

[lihpster]

I am a Reuben fan. In the summer I do like cutting a garden fresh tomato and making a BLT or Club .. but my vote is hands down for the Reuben.
I will say having a Burger in a sandwich contest isn't fair. I stuck to my guns and ignored the Cheese Burger option...LOL

Nobody said it was fair. I do respect both your opinion and your steadfastness.

 

[444 Magnum]

160 degrees is "well-done" in my book.

My younger friend liked his meat cooked that way.

He's dead now.

John

I don't want chicken, pork and hamburger under cooked. My son cooked at a restaurant in Atlanta. 160 degrees was the temperature they used and I've been using for some time now. Still tender, still juicy, and you won't be pucking from salmonella the next day.

I don't cook steak by a thermometer. Grill is 350, steak is 10 minutes on each side. "Medium" still hot pink and juicy.

All this talk about reubens, I guess I'm going to have to try one.
Has anybody mentioned banana sandwiches with mayonnaise? Not my favorite, but simple and noteworthy.

 

[JohnRippert]

Since this thread has kinda morphed into non sandwich food.....

Something that has been hard to find in the last ten years anywhere close to me in Texas, country fried steak. Not chicken fried steak, which is deep fried with a fried chicken batter. Around here, country fried steak is a small ribeye, pounded with a meat tenderizer until it is a quarter inch thick. Then you use a flour based breading and fry it in a skillet, instead of deep frying. Once it is cooked you use the drippings in the skillet to make your gravy. Served with mashed potatoes and green beans, it is the epitome of comfort food to me.

 

[Rustyt1953]

You left out Breaded Pork Tenderloin. If you haven't been in the Midwest you may not have had one. If so, you are really missing it.

Right in pawngal's wheelhouse.

 

[444 Magnum]

I was on the road for work and stopped at a country diner for lunch. I wanted something quick so I could get back on the road. The drumstick sandwich sounded good so I ordered that. I came to my table as two pieces of bread on a plate with a drumstick in between them-bone, knuckle and all.
I took it up to the counter and asked how I was supposed to eat it. "Don't you de-bone it?" I asked.
The lady took the drumstick by the base in one hand and used the other hand to shuck the meat and knuckle off onto my bread. She handed it back to me as though it was now ready to eat.
I never went back there.

 

[Imissedagain]

Holy Sombrero!
Not a Taco lover in the house.

My favorite sandwich is homemade whipped cream between two thin six inch pecan pies.

Seriously... fresh baked oversize biscuits with salmon, a thin slice of tomato and black pepper.

 

[Rustyt1953]

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