sandwiches vs. pizza

sandwiches - harder to fuck up

yrs sncrly
uk passport holder

tbh i love pizza prob more than almost any other food but this past year i've really been getting into hot sandwiches made w/ really good bread

Oh man. See, the thing is, I eat sandwiches SO MUCH that right now pizza sounds more appealing. But part of the reason I eat sandwiches so much, apart from laziness (it's what I make at home when I'm too lazy to cook, and it's what I buy for lunch when I don't have anything to bring from home) is that they're so versatile, and a really well-made sandwich can be sublime.

No calzone option no cred

http://www.anthonyspizzafayetteville.com/images/calzone.jpg

It's like a pizza sandwich!

Scorsese vs A SANDWICH

yah as much as i love pizza, sandwiches are more versatile (as jaymc said) and basically include pizza via the calzone (as pancakes herman said)

is a hot dog a sandwich?

I call bias in the photo choices, that pizza looks like an abortion

this is tough, because there are a lot of sandwiches i strongly dislike. but a good sandwich is one of the best things around. tougher to make a really transcendent pizza imo.

xp no a hot dog is a hot dog.

i'm going to make a pizza and top it with sandwiches

mmmmm white pizza

http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/images/20081027WhitePizza.jpg

normally i would vote for sandwiches over pizza (even though pizza is pizza), but last night i had one of my favorite sandwiches in town (a banh mi-like pork sandwich) and got a really weird stomach ache for the rest of the night, so i'm voting pizza out of spite.

I call bias in the photo choices, that pizza looks like an abortion

― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Friday, July 31, 2009 10:43 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark

fuck outta here that is a classic new haven style pizza, best in the world imo

pizza topped with minipizzas

http://22.media.tumblr.com/i2dw5nf19jrkvidgKRh1A1n9o1_500.jpg

classic connecticut style pizza lol

i'm going to make a pizza and top it with sandwiches

that would be an abomination against pizza according to american internet blowhards. a pizza sandwich otoh would offend no-one. sandwiches win, qed.

i specifically did a 'new haven pizza' GIS to get an image for this thread b/c no pizza is better

it looks like a good pizza to me.

edward u gotta be seriously ignorant about pizza if u don't know new haven styla apizza. i feel like i post this link in every pizza thread we have

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Haven-style_pizza

Modern, Pepe's and Sally's are consistently rated among the best pizzerias in the United States, giving this geographically-limited pizza style considerable culinary and historical importance.[2][3]

As a vegetarian (and britisher), pizza only comes with very limited options, like, cheese or some veg or whatever. Sandwiches are right with thousands of different flavours, and usually have better bread when done properly. Sandwiches.

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Is_a_hotdog_a_sandwich

lol am i supposed to take wikianswers seriously?

yes it is authoritative

Come on guys, pizza is the best. Sandwiches are good, but they're either boring or over-complicated and rarely anywhere in between. (I do adore a good croque monsieur but a) that is beyond sandwich, and b) it's still not as good as pizza.)

I grew up in nj so I'm regionally biased

http://darthmojo.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/ny03-pizza1.jpg

(also i don't mean to be a dick edward. also i thought u were britisher for a sec)

xp yeah that's why it's tough....pizza is pretty fucken amazing.

(the picture, not growing up in nj)

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_is_the_blonde_girl_in_Sugar_Ray%27s_video_%27Every_Morning%27_in_the_scene_when_a_pizza_guy_tries_to_impress_2_girls_but_ends_up_with_pizza_on_his_head

AUTHORITATIVE

obviously

all kidding aside, if you don't classify a hot dog as a sandwich you're playing yourself

i think it has transcended that status tbh

Sandwiches are good, but they're either boring or over-complicated and rarely anywhere in between.

Haha, you must come to Cleveland and eat at MELT, just so you can try this complicated monstrosity, The PARMAGEDDON:

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.slashfood.com/media/2008/05/parmageddon.jpg

It is a grilled cheese sandwich with potato & cheese pierogies, sauerkraut, onions and cheddar cheese on it.

my argument is that i have never thought "i want a sandwich" and ended up with a hot dog.

this is controversial but i feel the same way about burgers.

sounds like a personal problem

hah wau. grew up in cleveland but i have never been to melt xp

also here is another picture of new haven style pizza:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/Mozzarellapie.jpg

mmmmmmmm

this is the classic traditionalist ("does it fit the traditional idea of a sandwich") vs. structuralist ("is it structured as a sandwich (ie two pieces of bread encasing a filling)?") argument of sandwich classification btw

I'm not sure I can choose.

New Haven-style pizza is a style of Neapolitan pizza common in and around New Haven, Connecticut, locally known as "apizza".

do they know apizza means non-pizza

hooray its another thread where we can argue abt pizza

all kidding aside that last picture of new haven pizza looks pretty dope

are you going to rep for pizza strips elmo

if you fold a pizza slice in half does it *become* a sandwich??

i have repped for pizza strips on this board many times & will again

pizza strips are good

pizza strips=you eat a slice of pizza and then a stripper in a pizza costume comes out and strips for you, all while feeding you pizza

y/n

it's when u get into the paninis or other hot sandwiches that this becomes difficult

sandwiches can be some boring as fuck imo - eg pb & j, prob my least favorite meal growing up. lunch would be some depressing event when all i had was a pb & j

but paninis are a totally different beast

Yummmm pizza! prosciutto pizza is now my favorrrrite!

how the funk is a calzone a sandwich? it's a turnover.

loving edward III's xzibit pizza but got to vote sandwiches

always, with love,
uk passport holder

a calzone is a calzone

pizza strips are a bizarre local ri delicacy, basically pizza w/o cheese, often served at room temperature

http://www.angelfire.com/ma/zclone/images/pizzastrips.JPG

They're both essentially food on bread and while pizza may be a little more time-consuming to make, a good deal of my sandwiches are grilled or served on toast and bear more than a little resemblence to pizzas. On the whole, I'd have to go with the greater versatility of the sandwich.

sb'ing all the ugly pizzas btw

paramageddon looks gross and I want one

when my son was in nursery school he got all excited cause he heard they were serving pizza. then they brought out pizza strips and he said, "that's not pizza!"

que pizza strippers will usually let u eat their pizza-clothes right off them ime

here's a tip, don't GIS sausage pizza

at least not before lunch

lol

http://alloveralbany.com/images/dafazios_pizza.jpg

crust looks awesome

my love of pizza is somehow connected to how perfectly it complements a bottle of beer

the phrase "sandwich and beer" doesn't really excite me

maybe it would if I GIS it

sandwiches is just too vague and nebulous a category. this is like "modern music vs beethoven" or some shit. pizza is pizza, there's little debate as to what qualifies as one (cue the debate). and it is awesome. so pizza wins.

my love of pizza is somehow connected to how perfectly it complements a bottle of beer

x10000

sandwiches is of course vague, but the poll question is still kind of appropriate b/c both pizza and sandwiches (generic as that term is) are both comfort foods and that sorta shit.

New Haven pizza overrated tbqf

sandwiches is just too vague and nebulous a category. this is like "modern music vs beethoven" or some shit. pizza is pizza, there's little debate as to what qualifies as one (cue the debate). and it is awesome. so pizza wins.

― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Friday, July 31, 2009 11:20 AM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

hey blame the person who started the thread, not the sandwiches

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1243/1218914983_3abf951a98.jpg?v=0

every friday my family has movie night w/ pizza and beer

tonight I am going to a barbecue instead, which I'm sure will have delicious barbecue type things, but I keep hearing a sad trombone when I contemplate no pizza and beer

burger vs pizza would've been a better fight imtcaho

my love of pizza is somehow connected to how perfectly it complements a bottle of beer

Beer is for sushi or tacos. Pizza wants wine.

thread needs a picture of Dom at work...

http://abrooklynlife.com/photos/uncategorized/difara2.jpg

am kinda off pizza lately because numerous takeway places nearby have delivered shoddy product too often. my laziness really tho as cosy italian restaurant up the road actually does v nice thincrust "taste the authenticity" type stuff at a good price.

pizza & wine doesn't sound v appealing to me tbh

whatever dom is doing to slim down is really aging him badly

I've had pizza from Sally's, Pepe's, and Modern, and the best pizza in New Haven is actually from the chain store Brick Oven

;)

if it was a classic neapolitan pizza i could dig it w/ a glass of red wine. but even then i think beer would be better

Beer is for sushi or tacos. Pizza wants wine.

this is some kind of left coast crazytalk

i had no idea abt new haven "style" pizza

pizza & wine doesn't sound v appealing to me tbh

There were weeks when I lived off of little more in Italy but I'm not really much of a beer drinker.

drinking wine with pizza is like wearing a tuxedo to a monster truck rally. pizza needs a carbonated bev.

never been there xp. favorite is def. sally's. BAR is good too b/c it's a brewpub and u can spend the 1-2 hour wait for a table drinking their beer

yea a coke or a root beer + pizza works too

u def need a carbonated beverage

uggh growing up i used eat my pizza w/ a glass of milk

http://www.webkinzsecretrecipe.com/images/Recipes/pizza_sandwich.jpg

m. white basically saying good luck, usa

the beer summit would've gone much smoother if they'd ordered a pizza

mark - touche, I take it back, BAR's mashed potato pizza is probably the best pizza in New Haven, also BAR's own microbrews, like drinking a delicious dessert

drinking wine with pizza is like wearing a tuxedo to a monster truck rally

Only if you look at wine as some snooty beverage and pizza as incapable of excellence. I look at wine as the stuff the peasants drink and it goes perfectly with a pizza that's made with stuff from the farm, too.

uggh growing up i used eat my pizza w/ a glass of milk

we make the kids do this... twinge of guilt but they'll have plenty of time to rot their teeth once they're beyond our control

http://images.teamsugar.com/files/upl2/0/6066/08_2009/989f71327441bba5_MuffulettaFront.jpg

wuz born in new haven and my dad was working in a pizza place then. i'm voting pizza, but I gotta rep for the muffaletta

milk+pizza=sin

m. white basically saying good luck, usa

Not even. There are Italians who drink their Moretti or Peroni with pizza.

I really enjoy a glass of wine with my pizza. A lot of people say champagne with pizza is tasty but I've never tried it

hmm

even though I think the best sandwich > the best pizza probably, I hardly ever eat sandwiches, whereas once a month or so I'll bake a pizza from scratch and it's kinda my favorite thing. heresy on a taking sides poll I guess but I gotta say that a pizza is essentially a hot open-faced sandwich so we have been presented with a false binary here & I'll just get my coat

ok well I am saying good luck usa

getting ur coat in summer?

it is a figurative coat

fyi imo

false coat binary

more like "get my goat" ; )

There are a couple of pizza/wine bars in Chicago:

http://www.dinelamadia.com/
http://www.frascapizzeria.com/

i'm not european. wine is snooty and pizza is proletariat.

yea chicago has an organic pizza joint too where they put bacon on pizza and call it "flamkuchen"
http://www.crustorganic.com/img/crust_top.gif

oh and i had an oberon with that
http://indianabeer.com/News/images07/oberon.jpg

Not even. There are Italians who drink their Moretti or Peroni with pizza.

peroni = owned by lol MillerCoors (good luck italy)

i'm not european. wine is snooty and pizza is proletariat.

really this isn't true in the grown up world though where pretty much everybody enjoys a glass of wine

in cartoons though yes I see your point

good luck ilx pizza thread

when in doubt, i just go for a meatball parm hero. but i voted pizza!

my beverage of choice w/ pizza is root beer.

que, I've said it before, practically every joek you make gives me lols & IOU several pizzas

thanks dude.

btw, speaking of pizza, i had some pizza yesterday for lunch with salami & peppers and it was fucking righteous

i am now about to eat a sandwich--i am less excited about today

where they put bacon on pizza and call it "flamkuchen"

I think the bechamel on this one is key.

http://www.plateoftheday.com/food_blog/nightTrainNThunderbird.gif + http://www.ellios.com/Pic/Products/Photo/cheese09fpo.jpg

dr. phil otm

j0hn how many working classes bars have you been to where the plumbers and steel workers are engaged in a rapturous debate on the merits of the pinot they're quaffing? wine=snooty still exists (even though among Italian communities, that association never existed. the French are to blame obv, as usual).

bacon on pizza and call it "flamkuchen"

I've had this at Alsatian places before and it's pretty awesome. Also, it shouldn't be bechamel but crème fraîche and it's the kirsch which is really key.

j0hn how many working classes bars have you been to where the plumbers and steel workers are engaged in a rapturous debate on the merits of the pinot they're quaffing? wine=snooty still exists (even though among Italian communities, that association never existed. the French are to blame obv, as usual).

yes let's turn this lovely pizza thread into a real time reenactment of WWII

who wants to invade Poland

quaff out loud

what?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Fuersteneck_Kirschwasser.jpg/200px-Fuersteneck_Kirschwasser.jpg

the French are to blame obv, as usual

The Italians can so be just as snooty over their better wines as the French. I blame the English. It's British toffs who sneer at beer while they drink their French wine. In France, peasants and workers drink a little ballon (or two or four) de rouge all the time.

trying to explain bechamel to my aunt and she just didn't get it

http://www.strangenewproducts.com/uploaded_images/pizza-vino-wine-760659.jpg

granny have you got some more caricatures to sketch

working class people have wine all the fuckin time, go to any bbq there's ppl chillin with a bottle of barefoot and having a good time

steelworker ffs yes I'm sure you are alla time throwin down at the steelworker bar

don't you have some iron to smelt, I'm gonna rat you out to your foreman

j0hn if you wanna hang out with me in aurora with union members at their fav spot you're welcome to. only blue collars fucking w/wine on any level i've ever witnessed is the girls with their wine coolers. but yes let's pretend they all drink wine in the US at the same level as cheap beer.

what is this, the 82937498th ilx pizza thread?

Darius Rucker's new song begins:

"Don't need no five star reservations
I've got spaghetti and a cheap bottle of wine"

Spaghetti: not pizza

darius rucker from a known new england real estate family like all his fans tho

xp Yes but the point is he is using "cheap bottle of wine" as something that jus' folks drink.

I was makin a joke to make the same point jaymc

why do you even know about Darius Rucker is my question to you

word, jd

i think we need to get back to pizza, i don't give a hoot about Darius Rucker and his wine

get it. hoot????

hey why talk about awesome types of food when we could talk about class and darius rucker!

congrats ile another thread well done

why do you even know about Darius Rucker is my question to you

we met at a wine auction iirc, we were bidding on the same 89 lafitte

who won

the working class

ilx

should i do a new poll, Steely Dan. v Pizza

i don't give a hoot about Darius Rucker and his wine

O RLY?

d boon's farm

working men are pissed

Darius Rucker Wrote Propaganda Songs

edward otm though, if it hadn't been for this derail we might have finally determined once and for all whether sandwiches are better than pizza

political song for j0hn d to sing

The Politics of Pizza

we jam sbarro

Do You Want Thin Crust Pizza or Do You Want The Truth

Apparently, the sandwich eaters are letting the pizza eaters do all the photo displays on this motherfucker.

Sandwiches, bitches. Here's some examples:

Cheesesteak:
http://lickmyspoon.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/pudges-cheesesteak.jpg

Rueben:
http://www.roadfood.com/photos/8464.jpg

Club Sandwich:
http://foodbeast.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/club-sandwich.jpg

French Dip:
http://www.bunrab.com/dailyfeed/dailyfeed_images_feb-06/daily_feb14_2006_sand.jpg

Monte Cristo:
http://www.la-foodie.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/monte-cristo-sandwich.jpg

Patty Melt:
http://www.floridagreek.com/images/food/Lunce/Sandwiches%20Triple%20Decker/Patty%20Melt.jpg

And, the 900 lb gorilla motherfucker of a sandwiich, the day after Thanksgiving leftover sandwich:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2270/2063094495_82b3c683de.jpg

Sandwiches would take pizza, in all its forms, and beat the fuck out of them. And they would tell burgers to hang back and wait their turn.

the monte cristo is like the greatest collective cry for help any culture ever howled

I just noticed that I'm gnawing on a book. This thread came at the exact wrong time.

the monte cristo is like the greatest collective cry for help any culture ever howled

But it sure is tasty.

And thanks for a new screen name.

http://www.roadfood.com/photos/5920.jpg

^what I eat in my dickies coveralls after a full day of smelting

sounds dirty birdy

That looks delicious

I drink it down with a pint of merlot, cause i'm a hard to pin down motherfucker.

the three little pigs

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3490/3715801843_16762da29e.jpg

BTW - When in New Orleans, do yourself a favor and get thee here:

http://blog.nola.com/diningguide_impact/2009/04/medium_Parasols-po-boys.JPG
Parasols, Constance and Third, New Orleans, LA

for the finest roast beef po' boy EVAR.

http://www.zydecocruiser.com/nola/Domilises/IMG_4849.JPG

Seriously. How in the fuck is a pizza gonna fuck with a sandwich? Sandwiches OWN this motherfucker.

from the url though, it sounds like you have to listen to zydeco music while you eat that sandwich. fuck that.

dammit i want a cheesesteak

we jam sbarro

― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Friday, July 31, 2009 5:31 PM (14 minutes ago)

A+++++++

from the url though, it sounds like you have to listen to zydeco music while you eat that sandwich. fuck that.

You ever danced a two-step to a good zydeco band? Shit will CHANGE YOUR LIFE.

sorry but i'm going for pizza. there's nothing like a great sandwich but pizza turns me into a happy monster

Three Little Pigs is looking like a breakfast option for tomorrow.

And by option, I mean surety.

I will be having a sandwich and a beer for dinner tonight. Followed by several other beers. and maybe another sandwich.

I already had planned on a torta cubana for lunch, and now want sausage pizza for dinner. M WHITE, serious question: what wine(s) would go well with sausage pizza?

yeah but mr. sandwich dude, consider this. maybe a person isn't really all that hungry. maybe he wants, you know, a snack, but not some broke-ass bag of potato chips or something. no. he wants a snack that's tasty & was made with love & is piping hot & has a crust that's both crisp & chewy. something that, for just five or ten minutes, is both completely awesome & not a huge time commitment. like a slice of this action, say.

http://blogs.wenatcheeworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/rochelles-pesto-pizza-71008.jpg

this thread makes me want a sandwich or pizza for dinner, despite the fact that those are difficult propositions for takeout in my area. why could we not have done sushi vs. burritos?

omg is that MOZZ PESTO AND PINE NUTS???!!

yeah i don't really know what sandwich could beat that

yeah looks awesome.

having hot dogs tonight. The third way is the only way.

yeah i don't really know what sandwich could beat that

How about...............

A MEATBALL SUB?!?!?!?!?!?!?

http://api.ning.com/files/K0RL87tsYh5-FXMhpkv6q7V3PrPb0kScFGyR2dOTn5e-4sFcd68q9SjiNfPZImLNjBshCxUij8vxFi9meThoRzrdOnkYVxRq/productshots2009297.jpg

omg

that might be the one thing

fuck

this one looks kind of ugly until I tell you what it is

http://adventuresinshaw.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/finished-pizza-1.jpg

that's carmelized onions, gruyere & mushroom white pizza

can you dig it

when in doubt, i just go for a meatball parm hero.

yeah but mr. sandwich dude, consider this. maybe a person isn't really all that hungry. maybe he wants, you know, a snack, but not some broke-ass bag of potato chips or something. no. he wants a snack that's tasty & was made with love & is piping hot & has a crust that's both crisp & chewy. something that, for just five or ten minutes, is both completely awesome & not a huge time commitment. like a slice of this action, say.

Dear Pizza Dude,

You make less sense than Hawaiian Pizza. Although Hawaiian Pizza can be good.

But seriously: Bow down to the power of the sandwich.

Love,
Pizza Dude
aka B.L.A.M

j0hn that looks brilliant.

j0hn's pics are absolutely destroying the competition

You can bring sandwiches to work for lunch. Bringing pizza to work is kind of a pain.

basic elegance of pizza currently winning out. what can sandwiches offer? key thing atm may be DIFFERENT BREADS.

WAIT here's the real competition

MEATBALL PIZZA VS. MEATBALL PARM

fields of salmon speaks the truth. on the other hand, can you do this with a sandwich/would you actually want to I guess would be the sandwich voter's q

http://www.flickr.com/photos/hale_popoki/20088280/

fuck

have a look anyway

http://www.flickr.com/photos/hale_popoki/20088280/

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I know I shouldn't be surprised, but wau

a sandwich that you can bring to work is not a sandwich that's gonna top pizza, duh.

j0hn's pics are absolutely destroying the competition

I will grant that a pizza has a little more aesthetic potential, being a baked canvas for colors, etc.

But taste? Potential combinations? as fields notes, convenience/portability?

Do not be swayed by the song and dance of the pizza. Sandwiches are always there for you. Always.

do you know why a meatball sub seems like it could topple a pizza in a wrestling ring? because it's practically a pizza.

j0hn I humbly submit this as a challenger:

http://www.sptsb.com/TaqueriaPuebleCemitas.jpg

crisp bun with pillowy yet substantial interior, milanesa pork, avocado, chipotle spread, and oaxaca cheese

ppl repping for "convenience and portability" should be banned from nice food.

portability has nothing on deliciousness

none of the good sandwiches posted here are remotely "portable" for christ sakes.

no but still, i think the meatball pizza takes down the sub any day

sub rolls far from the best bread.

milanesa torta loses only because i do not like guacamole

I cannot front on that milanesa sammich even though as a veggo I could not eat it. when you guys start bringin in the san francisco vietnamese subs though I will probably weep bitter tears for my pizza vote

a sandwich that you can bring to work is not a sandwich that's gonna top pizza, duh.

But a sandwich you can bring to work v. a pizza you can bring to work? Sandwich, all day, every day.

If you include carry-out, you must include it for both.

Gratuitous LA Sandwich amazingness:

http://www.esquire.com/cm/esquire/images/HS/torta-milanesa-0308-lg.jpg

Torta Milanesa, East Los Angeles

x-post!!!!! Milanesa!

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/2555/images/2555_MEDIUM.jpg

Vegetarian Club.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3062/2672805863_b53851b839.jpg?v=0

all of BLAMs sandwiches look 100x better than that pesto pizzo imo. pesto pizza and white pizza are decent i guess but red sauce is far and away the best sauce on pizza. pesto is good on a lot of things but on pizza it can be kind of dry

mr que, that pizza wins at life

uh what the hell is this

http://s2.buzzfeed.com/static/imagebuzz/web02/2009/2/19/21/bacon-cheese-pizza-burger-31505-1235098432-3.jpg

wow Que that pizza up there is a beautiful, beautiful pie which reminds me: when talking about pizza, you get to use the word "pie." do you enjoy this rich luxury of language usage when praising a sandwich? no my friends! only with pizza are you granted the splendor of the word "pie."

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/170/473351542_7f5ece8243.jpg

psst j0hn...tofu banh mi...

why do i suddenly get the impression that i'm looking at some obscure medical journal

http://www.infobarrel.com/media/image/1312.jpg

lol

going to lunch now where I will probably have a burrito

wow that pizza does win at life (the one before the medical journal one)

j0hn d otm, i love when it's pizza night at my house, we say "time for a pie,"

i love calling em 'pies'

tortas are just another level of sandwich altogether imo

But a sandwich you can bring to work v. a pizza you can bring to work? Sandwich, all day, every day.

i'm not giving this up--this should not be in the debate. we should be talking about the pinnacle of achievement on both fronts.

uggh growing up i used eat my pizza w/ a glass of milk

So this is way way way after the fact but GROSS

i can understand that urge, i've done it :/

haha, no surm, i hated it. in my family we all had to drink milk until we were like 15

http://upload.wikimedia.org/math/7/3/c/73c17e25d41aa13c7aee401025a807a8.png

i'm not giving this up--this should not be in the debate. we should be talking about the pinnacle of achievement on both fronts.

Thats what I'm saying. If you're going to have a muddy field for a Super Bowl, both teams have to play on it.

This really should be the best of each camp, fighting it out for the honor of their clans.

How about some pulled pork up in this bitch?!?!?!?!?!?!?
http://leisureguy.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/pulled-pork-sandwich-1.jpg

I would totally put pulled pork on a pizza.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OCPM7p8pQW4/SKWBYXMNuRI/AAAAAAAAAqo/A6T_TvUdLM4/s400/manwich.jpg

manwich looks gross imo

that is disgusting

i would sooner eat dirt

Yeah it's like dog food.

Food photography has come a long way.

what is that one fleck of green in the sandwich

manwich corrupting the thread!!!

what is that one fleck of green in the sandwich

Think carefully, is this REALLY a question you want answered.

no, sorry :(

when you're right you're right

it might be a diced onion, but in case it isn't i don't wanna think about it.

manwich eww but a good sloppy joe mmm

http://www.tvacres.com/images/restaurants_lanford_roseanne2.jpg

LOOSE MEAT

the open faced sandwich is generally some bullshit

"a sandwich is a sandwich but a manwich is a meal"

the open faced sandwich is generally some bullshit

Kinda not a sandwich. Just sayin'.

Great, but not a sandwich.

only open face worth a damn is like smoked salmon and brown bread if you are in certain parts of the world.

simple perfection
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3626/3621086112_db1ef8cc2c.jpg

Not sure about that glistening white fat at the end though.

carne asada vs pizza

Not sure about that glistening white fat at the end though.

that's some beautifully cured glistening fat right there.

hey wait-Kinda not a sandwich. Just sayin'.
how far is an open face sandwich from pizza?

pretty fuckin' far

pizza is a tart.

pizza is it's own fuckin thing just like a sandwich

er *its

http://comps.fotosearch.com/comp/FDS/FDS101/english-muffin-pizza_~English-Muffin-Pizza.jpg

sandwiches are totally winning this shit.

lol i went way out of my way to get pizza tonight thanks to this thread.

i have to bring up the point too that pizza is such a shared experience. it makes everyone happy in a way that sandwiches never could, and you know it.

i mean, there are whole occasions planned around pizza. pizza night! or office pizza party! you never hear anyone say "oh it's sammich night at home, i can't hang out until later"

surm that's a hell of a point.

Counterpoint = PARTY SUB

http://static3.px.yelp.com/bphoto/lKKJHN0SQCC8PSxishWe7Q/l

that looks delicious. throw on some oil, vinegar, salt, pepper, and we've got a deal.

but i've never seen a party sub served at an actual party, just the occasional lunchtime business meeting.

yea surm that's true. i like the sharing/social aspect of pizza. the party sub doesn't look that good imo.

also, the party sub looks cold. i'm sticking w/ my thing that a sandwich better be a hot sandwich, some panini-type thing or grilled to compete w/ pizza. if it's hot then it's real contest imo but if it's some coldcut bs then pizza's on a whole other level

that is some fucked up shit mark.

i mean it's like you're playing into the whole new Pizza Hut Pizzone marketing scheme, where everyone's like "IT'S BETTER CUZ IT'S HOT!!!! FUCK SANDWICHES DUDE!"

that is fucked up and you know it.

but....hot sandwiches are better. cold cuts are gnar imo

http://mytwoseasons.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/summer-tuna-salad-sandwich.jpg

what i'm saying is that a cold sandwich doesn't necessarily need to be coldcuts..

hummus + onions + red peppers + pine nuts + spouts + tomatoes? BOMB SANDWICH.

or that delicious looking tuna guy up there.

I had a tostada for lunch & a sandwich for dinner btw

the sandwich was fine but you know how it could have been greater? if it had been a totally awesome pizza.

one thing against pizza for me is that the average slice has too much cheese for me...makes my stomach much more upset than the average sammich.

I had a lemongrass pork banh mi and half a torta cubana tonight because of this thread.

^^^ not necessarily a vote for sandwiches

This thread could easily morph into: T/S: pizza snobs vs. sandwich snobs

Sandwich snobs might be more pretentious, on the whole. I'm a banh mi eater, btw.

Pizza eaters are nice people.

http://offthebroiler.files.wordpress.com/2006/03/pastramicel-ray-1.jpg

You've posted that before Kenan!

i've been on a sandwich kick lately: buffalo chicken sandwiches, BLTs, cuban pulled pork sandwiches, meatball sandwiches, pbjs...

but i don't know if i'll vote that way because of frozen pizza and chicago deep dish pizza

xpost With good reason!

First, please allow me to apologize for my overuse of profanity above. I've had a long two weeks, and I was just blowing off some steam. I hope I did not offend anyone.

A pretty cool history of pizza.

And

A pretty cool history of sandwiches.

one thing against pizza for me is that the average slice has too much cheese for me...makes my stomach much more upset than the average sammich.

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this is why margarita pizza is so nice

i am trying a new pizza place for lunch, wish me luck

(mushrooms, capicola, artichoke hearts, garlic, mmmm)

I love a pizza but sandwiches are a big part of my staple diet so this isn't a contest really.

well i drink water all the fucking time but that doesn't mean i prefer it to any number of flavored beverages.

!word

Pizza Steaks vs Cheesesteak Pizzas

Am I the only one who ended up having a BIG OLE PIZZA PARTY last night because of this thread?

http://www.designverb.com/wp-content/images/2006/10/pitts.primantis.sandwich.jpg

^^ can you put french fries on a pizza? nope

http://pinchmysalt.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/img_7653-version-2.jpg

thank you.

WAIT. What was that last sandwich?

looks like a Primanti Brothers sandwich

come on, that pizza looks as staged as a white house photo op

yep, it's a Primanti Brothers sandwich from Pittsburgh

the fuck is a Primanti Brothers sandwich. i didn't know sandwiches were in the business of being famous.

i have to admit that i made a good sandwich today. it has peanut butter, bananas and chocolate.

how the fuck did I not see this thread

have had more revelatory sandwich experiences than pizza experiences, but the finest pizza experiences are not to be fucked with

but I'm not American so how the fuck do I have the authority to vote

my answer basically depends on the bread in the sandwich. if it is exquisitely crisp and toasted, or if it is soft and wholesome, rather than papery, massy, coarse or overly grainy, then the sandwich can spread its wings. pizza has the natural advantage of less bread, allowing toppings in turn to be more delicate, but sandwiches can be so full-on

am yet to decide

you're not American, though--you don't have the authority to vote

try throwing some tea in the English Channel, see where that gets you

If I am eating a sandwich and it suddenly spreads its wings, I suspect that my "sandwich" would actually be a "chicken" and still "alive", making for a all-around traumatic eating experience.

claiming that pizza dough is not as much of a wildcard as sandwich bread is really quite chin-strokingly perplexing

try throwing some tea in the English Channel, see where that gets you

still a hangable offence fyi

these are the two finest exports of my native land, new jersey

T/S: dipping crusts in garlic and herb butter vs. crunching through fifteen layers of bresaola, mushroom, onion relish, mozzarella, salad, olives, artichokes, sundried tomatoes, taleggio, dolcelatte and basil

usually when I have pizza it is thin-base and really quite hard to fuck up. certainly i'd notice less if the bread wasn't cooked quite right. sandwich bread is more important to the sandwich than the base is to a pizza imo

um, no

sandwich bread can be cooked or uncooked, it can be crisped, toasted, it can be slightly grainy, or it can be smooth, there are so many more variables

whereas a pizza base is a slab of dough that is stone-baked until it is nice and crispy, pretty hard to fuck up afaic

no, it can be fucked up very easily

have you ever actually had a pizza?

"base"

wtf

I'm new here so I don't know but I bet you guys have had at least one NYC vs. Chicago all out pizza brawl right

hahaha

yes

haha, probably five or six. (xp)

PS, this was dinner Saturday night:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v296/WilliamCrump63/BLT080109.jpg

Lettuce harvested about 90 seconds before it went on the sandwich btw.

Pizzas are so much more photogenic, most of the sandwiches here look gross..

in re: fries on pizza as I have pointed out elsewhere this is a thing I have seen done as a matter of course, in the small English town of Stoke-on-Trent, where there is a solid block of cheap pizza shops right near the club we were playing in - in one, there was a pizza listed as the "London pizza." me to counterman: "what is the London pizza?" he: "it's got chips on it" me: [tries not to burst into huge ear-to-ear grin]

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

where in the stack on a sandwich do you put the avocado so it doesn't all spill out the sides?

smear it on the bread.

schmear if u will.

This is good advice. the porous nature of the bread will prevent spillage far better than meat, cheese or lettuce. This also works for tomatoes.

what i been doing at work is 'toasting' bread 1-sided on the flat top at work and melting cheese over the avocado into the soft side of the bread but i feel like there should be a way to cram it into a stack of veggies that it won't create a sandwich fault line.

like between two layers of perfectly shredded lettuce

In my extensive torta experience the avocado is almost always sliced thin and laid down the centerline of the sandwich. You're definitely not getting it in every bite, but it's not squeezing out the sides, either.

This is not counting the torta aguacate, in which the avocado is the main filling of the sandwich. That shit gets everywhere no matter what.

This poll's results will determine what I have for dinner tonight.

i hope you like pizza

gonna go out on a limb here and guess that BLAM does.

thanks Grandma

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

XD

i think it's classic that after all those posts, it turns out they're just about equal.

thought sarnies would walk this

Totally. And I get a sandwich!!! Woohoo!

maybe you should get a calzone.

fuck. so close

man i saw a flyer for a rock-show where a pizza slice was beating up a hot dog
sorta like this poll

these results are ridic

wow!

hahaha I never saw the results of this

some fucked up shit

this was probably my favorite ts ever on ilx, so awesome

btw pizza you assholes

^^^^^^^^

^^^^^^^^^^ OTM

have you motherfuckers have never had a sandwich or something

having pizza tonight and having more pizza on sunday night

sandwich uber alles

this thread is making me stutter type

perhaps a pizza sandwich would get special dispensation from me

http://www.neelscorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/pizzasandwichcopy.jpg

^^^^^ like this

http://www.the-feedbag.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/difara-pizza1.jpg

we should do a new poll

Pizza-Sandwich vs. Pizza

Pizza - all day, all over town.

resultant paste sandwich

having pizza now of course

That pizza sandwich shouldn't look so good.

yea i'll have to go w/ pizza even tho i was making some really good sandwiches around the time of this poll

pizza burgers

btw this
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+
this
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41VTzjkkmGL._SL500_AA280_.jpg

makes the best sandwiches w/o doubt

I love me some grilled sandwich. That may happen this evening.

pizza sandwich is a lesser version of pizza for when no pizza is available.

would love a big sandwich right now, to help me sleep

eatin 2 sandwiches right now

God, this thread looks so tasty

definitely pizza. the sandwiches they do here are RUB. but i do like a croque monsieur. in fact probably more so than a pizza.