Who invented it, what to put in it - and what's the best bread for it?

As a nod to the great Claudia Winkleman - who often mentions getting people sandwiches randomly in her interviews - what's your fave? Any recipes?

To toast or not to toast?

I used to like bacon ones before giving up meat - but even without that I could still happily exist on them.
Saying that - veggie fillings are fairly dull - anyone got any new ideas I could try please?

If you like veggie sandwiches then try one with humous, tomato and cucumber; fine in white bread but absolutely gorgeous in in warm pitta bread.


Always better toasted imho

Hmmm I like a good prawn mayo or egg mayo & cress. Whilst we are on the topic though, you cant beat a bacon & philli cream cheese toasted bagel. Mmmmmmmm

My fave sarnie is either, turkey, pastrami, ham and cheese with jalapenos, lettuce and mayo, or more conventionally, good ole cheese and pickle. Depends what mood i'm in with regard to toasted or not, but if i'm toasting, I like, cheese, fresh tomato, basil and chilli in a paninni...mmmmmmmmmmmm

Thick sliced strong cheddar, sliced raw onion (red or white) and a thin coating of salad cream spread on one piece instead of butter. lovely!

Mmmm - you can't beat a good sarnie. I love cheese and marmite (who'd have thought?) on brown toasted bread (the stuff with seed bits in).

As for different veggie fillings, what about some cream cheese or goats cheese with things like roasted peppers, spinach, red onion marmalade (you can buy this in jars now). Or classic mozzarella, basil or pesto & tomato? I also love the falafel sarnies and falafel hot wraps at Pret - they're delicious. How about making a burger out of a grilled portabella mushroom and topping with all sorts of tasty things?

I'm hungry now.

The finest vegetarian sandwich in the universe is a jam butty.
No question.
And no, I'm not 6.

Failing that, I eat these quite often even though I'm not a vegetarian
1) Cheese and onion with really good Lancashire cheese and lots of black pepper.
2) Pickled beetroot and horseradish
3) Tomato, olive and onion with pesto

tuna mayonnaise with salt and vinegar crisps!! Lovely combination and the texture of the soft bread, moist tuna, and crunchy, tangy crisps is amazing!!

Sliced fillet steak, flash fried in a very hot pan with caramelised onions on warm ciabatta thinly spread with a mustard mayo.

mmmm - that sounds gorgeous, I would add some fried onions too

Feta, olives, basil and tomato - gorgeous!!

Extra thick white bread, real butter and a packet of Walkers salt and vinegar crisps.

Yum.

Or HAL, as our old mate Crazy would choose, as above but replace the crisps for fish fingers.

I like a WW sub roll spread with a little Extra Light Philly (or shop's own brand) with roasted peppers and red onions, rocket and plenty of black pepper. 2 and a half WW points and absolutely delicious.

Almost one of my favourites.

Thick bread, thick butter, chicken and ham meat paste and cheese and onion crisps.

Or

Sliced pickled beetroot - nothing else, just the bread, butter and beetroot. And I can have either of those for lunch as I have everything in the kitchen here at work!

Wasn't it the Earl of Sandwich who invented it? Or did he just invent the name of it?

Anyway, I had my favourite for breakfast - sliced ham with mayo, black pepper, parsley and rocket. Delish!

Prawn Mayonnaise
Grated cheese (which has to be grated and then put in the fridge for a bit) and pickle
Tun, sweetcorn and salad cream, with lemon pepper sprinkled on top

mmm

Or a cheese toasted sandwich!

I'd heard that before,I think the story goes that he was at the gaming tables didn't want to leave to have dinner so got his servant to bring him a piece of meat between two slices of bread.

Torn between two favourites myself, a classic egg and cress on brown bread or cream cheese and smoked salmn bagel.

Warburton's orange loaf with butter and a potato waffle (salt and pepper too).

The above is correct.

Don't you think the thick loaf has got thinner. It seems the Medium has gone as thin as the now discontinued Thin. Thick is what the old medium used to be. And the Super thick is as thick as the Thick used to be.

Anyway I am not very into the vegetarian diets I love my meat but this site seems to have a few idea to make them less boring I guess.

Thanks for all the ideas! I'll def be trying the falafel things in Pret - I usually have the 'melts' in coffee shops - either mozzie, tom and basil - or tuna melt.
In sarnies (fishwise) I end up having either, tuna, salmon or even fish fingers now.

I love hummus, especially with warm toasted pitta bread - or in wraps but I think I should give it a try in sarnies too.

Just thought of another one I like. Leftover roast chicken, some stuffing if there's any left, and some slices of pickled betroot.

A bit of an urban myth that one. There are references to sandwiches in the Bible for example.

As for sandwich recipes I liked a salt beef sandwich, and a chicken club sandwich as well.

Mushroom pate (Tartex, Granovita) is nice for vegetarians, especially in a crusty roll. Onion bhaji/pakoras in pitta with salad and yoghurt is good, as in halloumi (or a hash brown). Mozzarella, tomato and aubergine is good, if you can be bothered to cook the aubergine for a sandwich. Otherwise just brush the ciabatta (or whatever) with olive oil.

Favourite meat based sarine is thick sliced ham and pease pudding (think this is a northern thing but well worth a try southerners if you can get fresh pease pud!!) with salt and white pepper and for a non meat filling I would usually opt for good old Cheese and Pickle but a nice variation on that is smoked cheese, mango chutney and iceberg lettuce.