A sandwich I hear you cry! Why the hell is there a cooking thread for something as simple as a sandwich?
Well, this is not any ordinary sandwich...
Several of my friends were watching the rugby at Twickenham today (a very dull affair by all accounts) and given that I live just around the corner and wasn't at the match they were due to come to my flat for something to eat before going for some beers.
Naturally I thought the easiest thing to do would be to make some sandwiches.
Given that we were dealing with eight drunken blokes (and one sober me) I realised that we would need a good amount of sandwiches.
It was it this point that I thought, 'Instead of making lots of sandwiches, how about just one big one?'
It was a thought that inspired me to create the monster you see in this thread.
The first thought was, 'What does a drunken bloke want in a sandwich?' and of course the answer is lots of meat and grease, so the sandwich was based around these ideals.
It's a given that any sandwich should contain a reasonable amount of bread too and so these criteria gave the sandwich that is described below...
The bread in question was an entire loaf of tiger bread, apparently a giant weekend loaf that weighed 1000g according to Tesco. It actually weighed 1330g according to my scales so I didn't complain.
Given that meat and grease were the prime ingredients it seemed natural to include bacon, sausages (two sorts with the chorizo!) and cheese in there:
Also included, but not pictured were some battered chicken pieces and onion rings.
Obviously butter, mayonnaise and various relishes and sauces were also on the ingredients list as in any good sandwich.
The bread was sliced horizontally into three pieces.
Each piece was gently toasted and so the sandwich preparation began.
First off were some of the onion rings, cheese and some chilli relish
Next came some bacon, sausages, chicken pieces and bbq sauce
After a little more cheese the middle piece of bread was put on top.
Onto this was some mayonnaise, chorizo, more chicken pieces, onion rings and again chilli relish.
The sandwich was starting to look suitably large at this point.
Still there was more to go though, with more bacon, sausage, bbq sauce and onion relish at this point.
A final topping of chorizo, cheese and the last remaining onion rings and it was time for the top to be placed on
By this time the sandwich had acheived almost comedic proportions and seemed like it was enough to feed a large family for a week.
Indeed, it weighed 3.8kg (over half a stone)
It almost seemed a shame to slice into it, but there were hungry people waiting, so we did what we had to do.
In the end it all got polished off (only just) and 9 people had enough grease to last them for several days!
I reckon that the entire sandwich contained around 13,000 calories, 700g of fat and enough salt to kill a few thousand slugs!
It tasted good though and it was definitely an experience making it!!
Well, this is not any ordinary sandwich...
Several of my friends were watching the rugby at Twickenham today (a very dull affair by all accounts) and given that I live just around the corner and wasn't at the match they were due to come to my flat for something to eat before going for some beers.
Naturally I thought the easiest thing to do would be to make some sandwiches.
Given that we were dealing with eight drunken blokes (and one sober me) I realised that we would need a good amount of sandwiches.
It was it this point that I thought, 'Instead of making lots of sandwiches, how about just one big one?'
It was a thought that inspired me to create the monster you see in this thread.
The first thought was, 'What does a drunken bloke want in a sandwich?' and of course the answer is lots of meat and grease, so the sandwich was based around these ideals.
It's a given that any sandwich should contain a reasonable amount of bread too and so these criteria gave the sandwich that is described below...
The bread in question was an entire loaf of tiger bread, apparently a giant weekend loaf that weighed 1000g according to Tesco. It actually weighed 1330g according to my scales so I didn't complain.
Given that meat and grease were the prime ingredients it seemed natural to include bacon, sausages (two sorts with the chorizo!) and cheese in there:
Also included, but not pictured were some battered chicken pieces and onion rings.
Obviously butter, mayonnaise and various relishes and sauces were also on the ingredients list as in any good sandwich.
The bread was sliced horizontally into three pieces.
Each piece was gently toasted and so the sandwich preparation began.
First off were some of the onion rings, cheese and some chilli relish
Next came some bacon, sausages, chicken pieces and bbq sauce
After a little more cheese the middle piece of bread was put on top.
Onto this was some mayonnaise, chorizo, more chicken pieces, onion rings and again chilli relish.
The sandwich was starting to look suitably large at this point.
Still there was more to go though, with more bacon, sausage, bbq sauce and onion relish at this point.
A final topping of chorizo, cheese and the last remaining onion rings and it was time for the top to be placed on
By this time the sandwich had acheived almost comedic proportions and seemed like it was enough to feed a large family for a week.
Indeed, it weighed 3.8kg (over half a stone)
It almost seemed a shame to slice into it, but there were hungry people waiting, so we did what we had to do.
In the end it all got polished off (only just) and 9 people had enough grease to last them for several days!
I reckon that the entire sandwich contained around 13,000 calories, 700g of fat and enough salt to kill a few thousand slugs!
It tasted good though and it was definitely an experience making it!!
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what's the cost for a meal for 9 then?
factor when you look at it, but actually looks perfectly edible all sliced up 
