My immediate answer to the Sage of the Big Rectangular State was corned beef. As I thought about it more I realised that I feel the same way about roast beef. Ham is an hybrid: on rye - raw; sub roll - toasted.

I think the issue is that I don't generally like toasted rye bread. Okay, with butter (and maybe a sprinkle of Parmesan cheese) is good, but not a sandwich, per se.

Book wants me to point out that all toast is bad: crumbs in the crack (you know that space where the pages meet when the book is open.)

Turkey sandwich after Thanksgiving dinner is better on untoasted cheap white bread. The only other things good on cheap white bread are french toast and grilled cheese.

Uh oh, Owl Meat's going to have a conniption fit.

why would i have a fit?

I just this for lunch: bacon, avocado, thinly sliced onion, horseraidsh and bleu cheese melted on a toasted whole wheat English muffin. Perfect. A flavor explosion. And it's awesome bacon from my big box of smoked meat that I got from Kutztown PA earlier in the week.

I'm not certain that a Philly cheesesteak should be on a toasted or grilled roll -- ditto for any sandwich made with a roll that is first hollowed out. (In such cases, ideally, the roll should have a nice crunchy crust to begin with, which moots the need for toasting.)

Cracking toast, Grommet.

An Italian cold cut sub is better on fresh raw bread than toasted or grilled bread.

And its kinda hard to find a good cold cut sub down here.

RtSO - I don't eat corned beef, so I can't comment there. Ham, yes, I eat ham sandwiches grilled (remember, I cheated...grilled/toasted, both the Malliard reaction). Book, however, makes a point that I have to admit never, ever crossed my mind. Toast in the crack. I'll concede the point to Book.

Kitkat - Mrs. Bucky loves those Thanksgiving sandwiches the next day. Turkey, dressing, cranberries...I don't know, maybe olives and sweet pickles, too. I don't get it. But you might be right.

hmpstd - when I make a Philly cheesesteak, I toast the hoagie under the oven broiler. Same with Italian sausage sandwiches.

PCB Rob - do y'all have Quiznos down there? Toasted Italian cold cut sandwiches...mmmm.

Michael A. Gray - you seriously underestimate my humiliation threshold. But we are in absolute sync on the orange marmalade.

I'd hate to think what would have happened had you asked the late Max Asnas, the "Sage of the Stage" deli in New York for a toasted Hymie's Special (corned beef, tongue, turkey and swiss cheese, slathered with Russian dressing, on rye.) To find yourself on the 6th Avenue sidewalk for making a culinary faux pas would have been humiliating. Toast is great in its place. And its place, at least for me, is supporting orange marmalade or encasing grilled cheese.

I don't know if this was resolved or not and has absolutely nothing to do with toast...but Kiss Cafe is in fact closed.

The building looks as though it is being renovated.

If I'm late on this one...sorry...been away!

Owl Meat Gumption said:
why would i have a fit?

I thought I remembered you railing about the evils of toasted bread for sandwiches. It must have been someone else.

Susan -- congratulations! That's very good news, indeed!

Everything is better on toast. Even if I don't always make sandwiches on toast, it is always better.
On another note, I am (pending background check) now going to be employed at the Ft. Meade Post Exchange as an assistant manager!
The money is not great, but the job is most likely recession proof, and nowadays that counts for alot!!

Susan--way to GO, girl!

"Raw bread" is not the correct opposite of "toasted bread". Untoasted bread isn't raw...if it was it would just be dough.

Susan,
YAY, Congratulations!!!

Back when I was in the Navy, I visited the Exchange there at Fort Meade. But I remember nothing about it.

I work for a defense contractor and we just got the news today that there will be no holiday party (these were swanky events, they flew me up and all), no raise, and no bonus.

So perhaps its time for me to look north, and perhaps become Back In Town Rob.

You go, Susan!

Drat! Too many comments!

A toast of the celebratory kind to SusanWHAJ!

Congrats Susan, your patience has been rewarded! It's been a long, hard road, but you won!

Thank you everybody: I truly appreciate your support!!!!!

Yay Susan! Maybe you should retire the old name now and join the Girl Club... what is the post exhange? Can you get a girl name from that? sounds interesting.

Congrats Susan! Nice to see some good news! If you want to join the "girls club" you could be "Working Girl"!

Working Girl: Congratulations. Just don't let a little thing like a job cut into you D@L time.

Bourbon Girl,

A post exchange is like a department store and grocery store for the military. They get pretty good discounts on all sorts of stuff.

Some of them even have gas stations too.

Working Girl. I like that. Do you get PX shopping privileges with the job?

The Post Exchange is the store on base where the military shops. Comparable to a small Walmart with full grocery store as well, but better merchandise.
I'm not going to take the moniker of "Working Girl" since I don't want people to think that I am a
prostitute :-) but I think I will join the Girl Club. I will have to ruminate on that.
RtSO: I will still be around, just not in the middle of the day. I am going to go into withdrawal. I definitely have a D@Large fix.

Susan WHAJ/Cosmo Girl:

Working Girl - laughed out loud at that.

Cosmo Girl - you're getting into retailing. Who gives better customer service than a working girl?

I thought all the Cosmo Girls were on "Sex and the City"--?

I just (finally) saw Sand and the City. What a joy! I wish I had the money to live the lives of those Cosmo Girls!

oops -didn't proofread! That's SEX and the City (where sand came from is anybody's guess!)