The Sandwich: The platform of mankind's greatest achievements
 

From the top down: Toast, spinach leaves, diced tomatoes, salsa, slow-barbecued pulled pork, mozzarella cheese, a steak, and then toast.

I saw GOD.

I believe the sandwich, while in and of itself not THAT amazing, provides a platform upon which mankind shows its greatness. The sandwich is not the greatest thing man has ever made, but the greatest thing a man has ever made was a sandwich.

It's not for nothing the Swedish word for sandwich is our most internationally used word. Truly an amazing achivement. I like to get these two foot long baguettes from the nearby store, hot out of the oven, and fill them with mushroom-flavored or some other interesting cheese, a variety of meats, hard cheese, cucumber, pickled cucumber, olives and fresh spinach.

On reflection, most of the great foods of the day are mutations of the sandwich. Kebab, hamburger, pizza, taco, burrito. In the middle ages we were infamously subsisting on bread for 80% of our meals; I think we still do.

Seeing as how I like steak, and I also like sandwiches, one day I went for the logical result.

A slice of roasted garlic bread with melted goat cheese and caramelized onions between two slices of prime rib.

We made a sandwich once that was 50 cm high without cheating and resorting to bread in the middle. Sandwichs are indeed tapestrys on which we weave our magic.

That's 1'7.5" for us Americans.

Damned impressive, Smarty. What was on it, and how the hell did you fit it into your mouth?

All I can think of is "OM-NOM-NOM-NOM!"

Too easy, just far too easy.

I honestly thought about making that joke instead of asking, but... yeah. That.

Proust approved.

But really, all you need is grilled cheese with Jarlsberg cheese.

Apparently Proust had damn good taste in sandwiches, because the sandwich described in that link Archbio provided looks really tasty.

I respectfully posit that rye bread is one of the best breads for almost any kind of sandwich you could care to make, particularly if your sandwich includes onions of some kind.

Also great: fried eggplant and tomato on sourdough. I can hardly wait until the weather gets warmer and the farmers' market reopens so I can make those again with nice fresh ingredients.