Eating The Jannaverse

Awhile back, I blogged about my desire to have a sandwich named after my blog.
I have come up with something.
After extensive research, I have decided that these are the components of a Jannaverse sandwich:

1. Rye Bread. I used to hate rye bread, but now I love it. I've especially gotten hooked on rye Triscuit crackers with cheese. Yum. If you really truly hate rye, though, I'll let you substitute another kind of bread instead. Even plain old sub buns would work well.

2. Swiss cheese slices. I recommend using actual swiss cheese instead of processed.... it's so much better that way. If someday you are stuck in a cave with no alternative but to use processed cheese, I promise not to say anything.

3. Thin deli-sliced oven roasted chicken. (I used Hillshire Farms, but you could use any brand you wanted. I noticed it's harder to find chicken than turkey, for some reason. I wonder why? Chicken tastes better, in my opinion, so I'm surprised turkey is more commonly offered. Turkey is more low-fat; maybe that has something to do with it.)

4. Sharp cheddar cheese slices. (The sharper the better. See previous note about using real cheese vs. processed cheese. Hey, velveeta has its places, but this sandwich is not one of them. Try it in chili dip instead. Velveeta mixed with a can of chili, melted together in the microwave. Simple but surprisingly good. Dip potato chips in it! It's like chili cheese fries!)

5. Thin deli-sliced ham. (Again I used Hillshire Farms. I liked the fact that it came in a big resealable tub. Plus it was tasty and was sliced super-thin. I admit it's a bit more expensive than the thicker-sliced ham sandwich meat. If you need to, go ahead and get something cheaper. Or, if you're dating the deli guy, get him to slice up something special just for you.)

6. Sliced hot banana peppers. That's right. You heard me. The hotter the better. Don't let me catch you using the mild kind. Really, these things aren't all that hot at all, so you should certainly be able to handle them. They're also good on pizza. Try them! Also, during my web search for a picture to use, I saw jars of pickled habanero peppers! Those would be amazing!

7. Honey mustard and/or vinaigrette. You could even kill two birds with one stone and find a bottle of honey mustard vinaigrette. Peppercorn vinaigrette is really good too. Just a touch. Enough to give the sandwich a zesty twinge of savory flavor, but not so much that it sogs up the bread. (Note: All Canadian/Australian/British readers, please pretend that I just wrote "savoury flavour" instead.)

8. (Optional) Hot crispy bacon slices (Just because there are very few things bacon can not improve. I tried it and it was DELICIOUS. If your arteries are already slamming shut just by reading this, feel free to skip the bacon and just fantasize about it instead.)

Form the ingredients together into a sandwich, and there you go.
I've tried it with the bread toasted, I've tried it with the entire sandwich grilled (add the peppers and dressings afterward), and I've tried it untoasted. It's good either way. Pick your favorite and run with it.

Alternative possibilities:

A) If you really truly must be a wuss, you can leave off the hot peppers. The sandwich is then called an "Alternate Jannaverse".

B) Lettuce does not belong on sandwiches. Mayo belongs nowhere in the universe (barf). I would really prefer that lettuce and mayo never touch this sandwich. But if you absolutely must include them, please do it when I'm not looking. The sandwich is then known as an "Evil Alternate Jannaverse".
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Bon appetit!
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