DIY Sandwich for foreigners.
2014-03-18
One of my biggest gripes about china is the lack of sandwiches. Now, I'm not saying this is true for all people in China. I know the larger more popular cities have all kinds of foreign foods. I have been to Hong Kong and Shanghai and was surprised with all the choice of sandwich they have. But unfortunately, Changsha just doesn't have that... choice. So I decided a bit of food DIY (Do It Yourself) was in order.
Here is what I made...
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Here are the ingredients I chose, some ham, bacon, butter, mayonnaise, lettuce, red onion, black pepper, butter and Tabasco Sauce (Changsha has given me a need for spicy food)
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Cut your bread along the top and then hollow out the loaf so you are left with a sort of crust bowl.
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Then spread butter inside and go about adding layers of all your selected ingredients.
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Now pop the top part you cut off earlier back on top
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Now wrap your loaf in tinfoil
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Then place something heavy on top of your sandwich and leave for 2-3 hours so it is completely flattend.
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Then eat! you can also toast it or just eat it cold. But it should be huge so you can share it with people or eat it over a few days.
A lot of my students said it looked horrible, which i have to agree, it doesn't look pleasing to the eye... but trust me, it tastes so good! Especially if you are like me and never get to eat them. Anyway, this is a nice alternative if you live in a city where you can't buy sandwiches readily available.
very interesting ! learnt a new way of making sandwich, but im sorry I really laughed out when I saw the 6th step, if its me I wont have the patience to find all my kitchen appliances only to put on top of my food for 2-3 HOURS till its gone flat,,,I will just eat it ..
WHY do i want a sandwich when i can have something much better to chowhound & even less expensive & easy to get
yeah, i understand what you mean completely. Its just buying them ready made. i wanted to make something big i could eat over the period of a week. Most of the bread here is so sweet and covered in sugar. or you find what looks to be normal bread only to find some weird pork powder shoved in the middle somewhere.
haha, yeah. actually even having one thin slice after i made it almost killed me. ill have to tamper what i put in next time on order not to slowly kill myself over time!
Ummm, you include butter and mayonnaise on top of ham? You must have arteries of steel!!
Here's mine. I buy sliced bread in the supermarket (it looks like this is fairly available, not in ChangSha?). I put mustard on it, add tomatoes, onion, lettuce (or cabbage), and the sliced tofu you can buy in the supermarket. If I have no tofu, I just slice the tomato thicker and it is a tomato sandwich! I sprinkle tumeric and add a bit of hot sauce to taste. Yummy, and not a heart buster!!
Nice, but a lot more work and time than my sandwiches. I have sarnies 2-3 times a week as it can be cheap, healthy and quick. Whenever I go to a decent bakery (which are usually Korean brands like Paris Baguette and Tour Le Jours- yes, these french names are actually Korean franchises) I stock up on sliced bread and fill the freezer with it. Then lettuce, tomato, carrot, cucumber,onion and ham of some sort. I don't bother with butter cause it's too pricey but do throw on some mayo and, if I can be bothered, a fried egg and occasionally bacon. Without those last two options it works out at less than 5 kuai a sandwich! and my city is much much smaller than Changsha but can still get the bread and bacon so don't see how it would be trouble anywhere else.
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