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Old 23-11-2008, 12:53
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Anyone do this with a degree of success? I need to be making two lots of sandwiches for packed lunches every day but sometimes I find this a real ball ache and don't manage to do it for whatever reason, leading to having to pay for hot school dinners, sarnies at work etc. I would use something like cheese/salami as fillings - how would other fillings fare like tuna mayo or egg mayo?? Does the bread come out ok?
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Old 23-11-2008, 12:55
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The bread often comes out soggy. I would avoid frozen sandwiches.

Why not make them the night before.
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Old 23-11-2008, 12:59
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Night before is where I try and often fail, stud u like. :P
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Old 23-11-2008, 13:01
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It's never occurred to me to do that. Good idea. How about rolls or ciabatta. Would that work better?
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Old 23-11-2008, 13:01
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When is the best time?
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Old 23-11-2008, 13:18
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When is the best time?
For what?
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Old 23-11-2008, 13:20
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Making sandwiches!
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Old 23-11-2008, 13:24
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Well the best time would, indeed, be the night before! But that's not currently happening in my house!
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Old 23-11-2008, 14:03
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I used to make a job lot of cheese and pickle sandwiches (on wholemeal) and freeze them. They were always just fine! I used grated cheese.
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Old 23-11-2008, 15:41
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I used to make up a whole week's batch and freeze them with no disasters. I wonder if the person who said the bread would be soggy was defrosting them too quickly? I certainly never found that to be true.
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Old 23-11-2008, 16:22
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Slightly off-topic, but I'm sometimes I'm at meetings where a sandwich lunch is provided and there's usually lots left over for doggie bags!
They do seem to defost OK if frozen, but best result is to partially defrost them then do in a toasted sandwich maker. Solves the "bread going soggy" problem.
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Old 23-11-2008, 16:46
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When I worked in the pub trade and had to make loads of sandwiches for the darts/pool/skittles teams every week, I used to wish that someone would invent pre-buttered bread. It would have saved me hours!
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Old 23-11-2008, 18:38
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I used to make a job lot of cheese and pickle sandwiches (on wholemeal) and freeze them. They were always just fine! I used grated cheese.
Did you use butter or a spread like Flora, too? What's the time between taking them out and eating them?
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Old 23-11-2008, 20:08
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Did you use butter or a spread like Flora, too? What's the time between taking them out and eating them?
I used some type of spread, but I don't think that was important. Took them out before I went to work, and they were defrosted by lunchtime.
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Old 23-11-2008, 23:04
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Truth be told I find that I just can't arsed to make sandwiches when I have a busy week and have weird hours. But if I plan it right then it's pretty easy to do. I've been tempted to freeze sandwiches but it wouldn't work for me as I need salad.

I tend to like shredded Chicken legs or bacon and egg mayo. For me the best way for me to make them is the morning I need them so they don't get soggy. To make life easier I tend to do the prep work in advance. Cooked Bacon and chicken can be made in advance and either refrigerated or frozen. The Salad is dried (Shredded Lettuce, Sliced Cucumber, Onions & Tomatoes) and put in the fridge and is usually good for 2 to 3 days in airtight containers.

If I use rolls or wraps assembly takes like 1 min. Easy as that is sometime I still end up buying lunch or eating Dairylea rolls lol.
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Old 24-11-2008, 00:55
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When I worked in the pub trade and had to make loads of sandwiches for the darts/pool/skittles teams every week, I used to wish that someone would invent pre-buttered bread. It would have saved me hours!
Ha! My first ever job was making three lots of sandwiches for 400+ people seven days a week - the buttering was fine, it was making and providing the fillings that was a bugger

Depends what you put in frozen sangers I think - can't imagine cheese does well, whereas spreads probably handle it alright.
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Old 24-11-2008, 02:35
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Just buy them fresh every day.
Only poor people make their own...
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Old 24-11-2008, 02:47
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I make them up at night put them in the fridge under cover over night and then get them out in the morning so the bread hasn't got the chance to go soggy or anything and the filling ie the butter cheese etc has all remained in the place that its meant to be kept. if you can make them the night before thats all you need to do. I put them under a dish as opposed to in a bag so that it doesn't sqaush all the filling as that might make them get a bit soggy.
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Old 24-11-2008, 12:50
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was chatting about this last night before seeing this thread - i really should start doing this as I spend a fortune on pre bought sandwiches which must be £20 a week, plus they're boring and full of salt and cr*p.
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Old 24-11-2008, 12:56
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I used some type of spread, but I don't think that was important. Took them out before I went to work, and they were defrosted by lunchtime.
Thank you. I'm going to try this with rolls. I don't suppose salad is a good idea.
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Old 24-11-2008, 13:06
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As a kid I always used to get frozen sandwiches - my mum used to make them on a Sunday for 3 of us.
They were only basic sandwiches - ham, cheese etc (no salad), but there was never any problem with them, we would take them out the night before and they would be defrosted by lunch time.
It makes sense in these days when we are all trying to save the odd penny here and there. Sandwiches bought from Shops or garages are extortionate !!
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Old 24-11-2008, 15:21
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Can't you just make a job lot of filling, and then just whack it in the sandwich in the morning? If you have tuna mayo or something, then you don't even need to butter the bread.
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Old 24-11-2008, 19:29
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tuna mayo with no fat on the bread = soggy bread!
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Old 24-11-2008, 19:30
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Only poor people make their own...
Yerrrrssss... and those who would rather spend that money elsewhere!
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Old 24-11-2008, 19:57
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Would it work with wraps - say if you did a wrap with feta and cooked spinach (cooled down, of course)?
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