Toasted Sandwiches .... and I mean Proper Toasted Sandwiches!

Its mad to think that you can buy a toastie Sandwich maker for cheaper than an obriens sandwich.

Jaysis.

You must butter the slices inside and outside for a perfect toastie. Yum.

The perfect toastie is ham, cheese, onion. I don't like tomatoes in them myself because they are hotter than lava when eating.

Yep thick ham or you layer. Ham, cheese, onion, ham, cheese.

Newmarket on Fergus in 2001. It was before the Motorway/bypass opened. A little garage with a little Deli. A real mickey mouse affair. Well fook me sideways. It remains the best Deli sandwich ever. They had batch loaf. My work colleague and I ordered a toasted special on batch that was ham, cheese, tomato and onion. Epic! Done on a little grill thing. So good that we went back in to take a non toasted version with salad on our work trip to the Cliffs of Moher. I'll never forget milling the non toasted version at the cliffs, but remembering the toastie from earlier! We got this on the road long before Motorway services ever existed here. A toastie memory that stays with me! I've only matched it at home.

Butter inside? I have never done that with a toasted sandwich. Always butter the outside though.

Preferred ingredients are cheese, scallion, tomato & Coleman's mustard. Some thick ham is good too.

The Croque Monsieur is of course the best kind of toasted sandwich.

Basically gruyere cheese, nice bit of smoked ham, whipped eggs, seasoning and French mustard blended with mayo to personal preference.

However, if you've never heard of this before, I urge you to give it a try before you judge it....

Mix of good French cheeses - brie, gruyere etc, tinned peaches well sliced or mashed, torn fresh basil and then either a drizzle of good honey or some chipotle dressing depending on whether you want it sweeter or a bit spicier.

Beautiful....

Not a bit. Peasant food to the French, eaten in the fields!

My favourite toasty when done in a proper old school toastie maker....beans and cheese....honestly...don't knock it til you try it.

But toasties are now for me really done in a pan...lots of butter bit of oil...put a metal weight or something on it...some nice cheese and ham on the inside. Yum.

Beans and cheese. Piqued my interest. I shall report back

Butter outside only. Made some last night. Chicken tomato and some buffalo mozzarella.

Was on an arran island some years ago. Got a toasted sandwich in a plastic bag and a room temperature pint if Guinness.

Yes. I used to use Heinz not too much juice but some.

Surprisingly lidls beans are good. Not too saucy or sweet.

Tomato feckin sauce!

For me, it's the George Foreman grill, sourdough or batch bread, buttered outside, gruyere, cheddar and maybe mozzarella, sometimes some very crispy bacon. Mmmmm been a while, muat get all the bits in my next shop...