The mayonnaise and sandwich debate

Morning Glory said:
Well, I've never tried cooking (frying) bread, spread with mayonnaise. Mayonnaise is mainly oil so in theory it should work. What is the problem?
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Everything is better with butter! And I would never pan fry a grilled cheese with oil. It might be a "don't knock it until you try it" kind of thing, but I love butter, so why change and be disappointed?
 
JAS_OH1 said:
Everything is better with butter! And I would never pan fry a grilled cheese with oil. It might be a "don't knock it until you try it" kind of thing, but I love butter, so why change and be disappointed?
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Fair enough. I was just wondering what it was that folk were finding so bad about the idea. I mean in terms of taste.

Do you (personally) use butter in sandwiches then rather than mayonnaise? That tends to be the British style (although increasingly people here are adding mayonnaise as well as butter).
 
Morning Glory said:
Fair enough. I was just wondering what it was that folk were finding so bad about the idea. I mean in terms of taste.

Do you (personally) use butter in sandwiches then rather than mayonnaise? That tends to be the British style (although increasingly people here are adding mayonnaise as well as butter).
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It depends, not in a cold sandwich, no. In a hot sandwich, yes. I love to butter buns or bread and get a nice sear on the inside, then use mayonnaise (and mustard) as a condiment inside (on burgers or warm sandwiches)
 
JAS_OH1 said:
It depends, not in a cold sandwich, no. In a hot sandwich, yes. I love to butter buns or bread and get a nice sear on the inside, then use mayonnaise (and mustard) as a condiment inside (on burgers or warm sandwiches)
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I like mayo in sandwiches, which ones? It depends, I guess, but a nice deli sandwich, meats and cheeses, produce, sure. Those are also great tasting with no mayo and a nice vinaigrette too.
 
JAS_OH1 said:
It depends, not in a cold sandwich, no. In a hot sandwich, yes. I love to butter buns or bread and get a nice sear on the inside, then use mayonnaise (and mustard) as a condiment inside (on burgers or warm sandwiches)
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So if you were to make an uncooked sandwich with say ham and cheese, or with roast beef and mustard, you would use mayonnaise inside rather than butter?
 
I put mayonnaise on some sandwiches, but not on others; always in the filling.Grilled sandwiches? I've got this wonderful Oster sandwich press thing, which can actually be used as a hot plate, which will happily accommodate 3 sandwiches (normal sandwich bread).
Come to think of it, however, I very rarely butter the outside of the sandwich; only the inside.
 
Morning Glory said:
So if you were to make an uncooked sandwich with say ham and cheese, or with roast beef and mustard, you would use mayonnaise inside rather than butter?
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Yeah, pretty much. Now keep in mind that I like only a light smear of mayonnaise and the same amount of mustard.

And I don't like ham, but I do like roast beef and turkey (especially smoked). On a roast beef sandwich I would probably use sliced cheddar, mayonnaise, and horseradish. But typically I don't like cold meat sandwiches very much unless it's tuna salad (tuna, eggs, mayonnaise, mustard, pickle relish, celery, and onion mixed together). If i were to eat a cold turkey or roast beef it would be because those were my only options. One of my favorite sandwiches is hot smoked turkey with melted white cheese of some sort (Swiss, havarti) and crispy warm bacon on a seared buttered bun, then add (all cool) mayonnaise, mustard, lettuce, tomato, and avocado and maybe a few slivers of red onion.

I do Jersey Mike's (it's a sub sandwich place) mystery shop evaluations and there I do eat the cold roast beef and turkey combo with bacon and cheese sub because the guidelines do not allow hot sandwiches to be ordered (drats). They are pretty good sandwiches. I get mustard and mayonnaise and get it "MIke's Way" which is with lettuce, tomato, onion, red wine vinegar, olive oil, oregano, salt, and pepper on it. I would rather have a hot cheesesteak, though.
 
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I can’t abide a dry sandwich but what’s providing the lubrication is fairly variable depending on mood and content.
Regardless though I always butter at least one side of the inward facing bread.

Recently since exploring the ‘Max’s sandwich shop’ book I’ve discovered that lubricating one side of the bread with one thing like butter (usually plus something else) and the other with sauce or pickles or salsa or whatever gives a better sandwich experience. I don’t know why but so long as I’m generous with the wetter components the sandwich tastes better.
Well IMO at any rate.
 
karadekoolaid said:
I put mayonnaise on some sandwiches, but not on others; always in the filling.Grilled sandwiches? I've got this wonderful Oster sandwich press thing, which can actually be used as a hot plate, which will happily accommodate 3 sandwiches (normal sandwich bread).
Come to think of it, however, I very rarely butter the outside of the sandwich; only the inside.
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Is that like a panini press, then?
 
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