Wowza, I am officially HUNGRY!!! I loves me a good sammich, and we've got a plethora of good ones being posted here. Can't go wrong with a good reuben (with plenty of DR Jane's favorite... horseradish, and I don't mean horseradish sauce, I mean plain ol' grated horseradish). A nice, juicy patty melt loaded up with sauteed onions will get me drooling. Also love a good chicken salad (although many don't live up to the "good" label). If I'm making a sandwich at home, it's usually something quite simple. Often some lunch meat or other with cheese, mayo, and mustard... or peanut butter and butter (sometimes with a slice of onion).
For sides, I share my mother's weakness for fries. What I dip my fries in varies quite a bit with my mood... ketchup, ranch, thousand island, tartar sauce, horseradish sauce, mayo, or various combos of the above. My favorite fries would have to be at Gustav's in the nearby Bavarian-themed tourist trap of Leavenworth where I've lived for a few months a few different times. Nice thick fries, skin still on, properly greasy. And I always eat these with the yummilicious dark pub mustard they have at every table (seem to think it may be a Henry Weinhardt's brand mustard, actually). As Homer Simpson would say, "Aarghlrlhglhalrglahrlglhgh."
Also can eat myself silly on a good macaroni salad, but seems that at least 80% of the macaroni salads I come across have WAY too much mayo for my taste. My favorite is the one my grandmother, mother, and myself all make. 4 cups of macaroni (pre-cooked amount), 4 boiled eggs, 4 slices of bologna, 4 sweet pickles, and 4 green onions (ok, I sometimes cheat and throw in some extra green onion). Dressed with a simple mayo/vinegar/sugar dressing, but not too much! A bowl of this salad and a glass of Kool-Aid... one of my favorite parts of summer as a kid.
