... and hopefully not with links to pictures of ham. I do know what ham looks like. :)

Listen to Kartessa, she knows her meat.

Damnz, in the ~hour I took to write this post K comes in and makes a much better one.

I am sorry to everyone that all the topics I start are so ludicrous . . . but anyway. So I've been a vegetarian for the majority of my life, and thus whenever I find myself needing to prepare something with meat I rely heavily upon recipes. I understand that the concept of a ham sandwich (a.k.a. ham sammich) is a simple one--in fact, I might have even tried one once--yet I still feel some guidance would be helpful. (And yes, I did search the forums. Don't ask me why . . .) Please reply with your legit recipes for this climbing staple, the more specific the better, and hopefully not with links to pictures of ham. I do know what ham looks like. :)

I am sorry to everyone that all the topics I start are so ludicrous . . . but anyway. So I've been a vegetarian for the majority of my life, and thus whenever I find myself needing to prepare something with meat I rely heavily upon recipes. I understand that the concept of a ham sandwich (a.k.a. ham sammich) is a simple one--in fact, I might have even tried one once--yet I still feel some guidance would be helpful. (And yes, I did search the forums. Don't ask me why . . .) Please reply with your legit recipes for this climbing staple, the more specific the better, and hopefully not with links to pictures of ham. I do know what ham looks like. :)

ok. here we go.
eat at home ham sandwich:
you need
-Excellent bacon
-bacon
-bacon
-bacon
-bacon
-some bacon (skip if you only get the usual plastic tasting crap)
-Bacon
-very little bacon

1. put bacon in pan, dont let get too hot.
2. toast bacon in bacon, both sides
3. put some more bacon in pan and Fry bacon over easy
4. put some bacon on one bacon, and some bacon on the other
5. put bacon on bacon, then, bacon, bacon and add the other bacon.
6 put back in pan and toast for another 30 seconds so that the bacon gets warm again.
7. try to eat without making a mess - and fail (the baconyolk should ooze over the entire sandwich)

cheers

Fix'd

I'm pretty good with cheese too

Okay, I got you covered.

First off never, NEVER, belittle the importance of the bread. Bread quality/type can make or break a good sammach.
Secondly, ham sammaches need mayo. Not too much, but enough to stop it being all dry (because you used nice thick tasty bread, right?).

The ham... Don't shit out and use crap ham. Get some fucking meat.

Lettuce. Well, it's lettuce.

Mustard - some people like it, other people are wrong.

So, mayo on piece, mustard the other. Put the lettuce on the mayo side - don't let the ham touch the mayo you monster - and the ham on top of it. Add mustard bread.

You now have a sammach.

Thanks everyone, esp. sungam and Kartessa--I have a direction! :)

So the the important question arises.
How did the ham sammy go?

Well, I didn't actually try one myself, but I think they went well. I used really nice multigrain bread, with mayo, swiss cheese, lettuce, and organic honey-maple ham; Inglehoffer mustard on the side. The ladies at the bridal shower seemed to enjoy them!

Good to hear! Is it wrong that reading that made me hungry?

Good to hear! Is it wrong that reading that made me hungry?

No, whats wrong is that at least one of those sammiches was supposed to go in mah belly, seeing as how it was part of the climbing deal we made. Then, not only did I completely forget about the sammiches the day of, but had I actually remembered and demanded my rightful payment for services rendered, I would have gotten bupkis.

No, whats wrong is that at least one of those sammiches was supposed to go in mah belly, seeing as how it was part of the climbing deal we made. Then, not only did I completely forget about the sammiches the day of, but had I actually remembered and demanded my rightful payment for services rendered, I would have gotten bupkis.