Lin wrote:
> Felice wrote:
>
>> Which was not spent in The Land of Peanut Butter and Jelly:
>>
>> Two slices of white sandwich bread
>> A generous slathering of Hellman's Mayo
>> Half a tin of King Oscar sardines
>> Two or three squirts of lemon juice
>> A thin slice of onion
>> Some crisp iceberg lettuce
>>
>> It doesn't get much better than this.
>
> My favorite sandwich was "sort of" a sandwich. Mom would slice some hard
> salami (quartering the slices) and cheddar cheese, then we would
> sandwich it between two Ritz crackers. We just sat there enjoying our
> "mommy & me" time. Sometimes, we would have good dill pickles on the
> side. I still love the thought of those "sandwiches", though I haven't
> indulged in that guilty pleasure for many, many years. She also use to
> make braunschweiger sandwiches that I loved. Again, I don't eat that
> stuff anymore.
>
> But it still makes me smile thinking about it.
>
> I also enjoyed sardines, but we never did anything special other than
> using a toothpick to pull them from the tin.
>
> Worst sandwich: As a kid, she usually made our lunch because we couldn't
> afford hot lunches in the cafeteria everyday. I grew a huge dislike for
> plain cheese sandwiches when many times the cheese was old enough that
> there were those crunchy, white crystals in it. I still remember the
> texture. Blech. PB&J would have been a delicacy on those days.
>
> --Lin (we ate lots of sandwiches growing up)

I have two favorite sandwiches from my childhood:

Tuna (made with Hellmann's mayo, a tad of lemon juice, celery,
capers).

Grilled cheese (with mustard).

These are still my fallback positions for those types of sandwiches.

--
Jean B.