To celebrate the launch of “Man vs. Food” on Food Network UK, British chef Tristan Welch made the “world’s meatiest sandwich,” according to Eater. I can safely verify that, yes, the sandwich, all 28 pounds of it, is very meaty. It contains 35 different kinds of meat; here they are, ranked by their tastiness in three categories:
VERY BEST: bacon, bratwurst, chorizo, cooked chicken, dry-cured prosciutto, herbed Saucisson Sec de Provence, Italian sausage, nduja, pancetta, pastrami, prosciutto, roast beef, Saucisson Sec de Provence, smoked duck breast, and smoked venison
BEST: cooked turkey, cooked pork, Finocchiona, garlic chicken, and Mortadella
MERELY GOOD: Boiled ham, breaded ham, corned beef, cured ham, French peppercorn salami, garlic salami, German salami, honey-roast ham, Italian salami, Parma ham, roast ham, Serrano ham, speck, and wild boar pork salami (not a big ham or salami guy – it’s my curse to live with)
And now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to buy all the chorizo in New York. Happy Memorial Day.
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Mortadella > bratwurst
WHAAA?! “Cooked chicken”? And apparently you’ve never had finocchiona…
Chicken does not belong anywhere near bacon on the list. In fact it is behind bologna
someones obviously never had fried salami, an ancient gecko family secret.
Bacon, prosciutto and pancetta are amazing. And yet, ham sucks. I don’t get it.
No boiled goose?
Another Brit compensating for not having a footlong.
and they wrapped the beast in corn bread….ain’t nothing wrong with that.
Some people say that one’s opinion can never be “wrong”.
Josh is wrong about ham and salami.
I’d go much simpler: Shredded brisket between two ribeyes.
Damn it, I should have made plans to barbecue some delicious meats this weekend (even though I’ve got a few pounds of brisket in the freezer from my last smoking session)
A couple stories:
May dad loves boiled and pressed ham. Fuck him. That shit comes in a block and is packed in red fishnets. Yick. It’s like a bad burlesque show.
I used to work in a deli. I can no longer eat roast beef.
One time this guy who wasn’t my dad came in and ordered 15 pounds of boiled press ham. He was very small and slight and twitchy but nice, so I said, “geez mr., you must really love pressed ham.” He just looked at me with complete disdain and said “Ain’t fit for man. I feed it to my dog.”
I think my dad is that guys pet.
Another time this guy came in and saw the ham/olive loaf. He just shouted for the whole store “IS THAT HAM OLIVE LOAF READY TO EAT?” When I said yes, he said, “WELL FUCK ME!” and just took off running out of the store. What fantastic asshole.
I have to know,did he come back?
Ok, I can understand it not being in the “Very Best” category but I resent corned beef being “Merely Good.”
Agreed.
You don’t like Speck?? And also, Parma Ham is prociutto (it’s called prosciutto di Parma in italian), and Serrano Ham (which is a bit similar but from Spain) is pretty awesome too.
But kudos to knowing that ‘nduja is the bomb!
Paid about $40 for a plate of Serrano ham in Barcelona because I was so astonished at the price that I figured it had to be amazing. I almost stabbed my ex-husband when he tried to eat some of my alloted portion. I skipped dessert so that I could have the taste of it left in my mouth. You are HORRIBLY HORRIBLY misinformed about ham, my friend.
WHAT THE FUCK IS THE DEAL WITH YOU AND SALAMI? You’re a fool!
Barf.
(since no one else has said it)