BTFU!

This has to be one of the best and funniest emails I have ever received. This was sent to me from none other than Joe "Serious Meat" Scalo

"Ladies and gentleman, boys and girls, I introduce...The BTFU:

Chicken Cutlet, Grilled Pastrami, Lettuce, Tomato, Dill Pickles, Russian on a hero Lenny's sandwiches in New York (23rd bet. 5th n 6th).

[ATTENTION MATT BROWN, BILL OPPER, AND KEVIN BUSTOS...THERE WILL BE A FIELD TRIP TO THIS SPOT NEXT SEMESTER. YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED.]

I bet you're asking how The BTFU (Back the F*ck Up) got its name...it is really called "Lenny's Smoked Chicken Deluxe" but there is a story behind the name I have donned it.

Back before the semester ended I went to this sandwich spot with a friend of mine, ordered some sandwiches and went back to mange. He got...Ham and Cheese, amateur. As I unraveled this 12"
work of art, and sank my teeth into it, "Amateur" goes, "Yo, lemme get a bite of that?"

Without hesitation, I replied, "No, Back The F*ck Up, and enjoy your Ham and Cheese."

It ended with him on the floor in the fetal position crying in disappointment.

Moral of the story:
Don't be a bitch, get a good sandwich.

DO WORK."

Saks Savage

My homegirl Adrienne was walking by Saks the other day and sent me this flick

"I was looking at the windows at saks and in one of them I saw this
savage caveman attacking a sandwich with his spear I thought If matt
brown were a caveman this would be him lol"

Like a bat outa hell

Dan Trapp sent me this slammin left over sandwich. my favorite meals are the ones that make great sandwiches the next day

"i got one for the blog. homemade meatloaf, mashed potatoes and brown gravy on a toasted potato roll. merry christmas you filthy animal."

Buyers Beware

"buyers beware!!!!!!! my girlfriend brought home this leftover sandwich from tgifridays, its a chicken parmesan slider. it is a little bun with a chicken patty marinara and a dollop of mozzerella on top. i took one bite, and puked, literally ran to the bathroom sick and puked. it tasted good, but im afraid to go at it agian. stay black. Josh Cambridge"

Pull My Prok!

My top boy/body guard Joe Scalo sent in this banging pulled pork sandwich on a sleek stainless steal dish nice

He also wrote his own sandwich remix to "Thugz Mansion" hahah YES! Joe is the man


"I call this the "Pull My Pork." This isn't your everyday P.P. sandwich my bro. We got the BBQ pulled pork smoked out low and slow, with the fresh slaw on top. Lather that baby up with some hickory BBQ sauce and a GRILLED BUTTERED seeded bun, throw some ruffles on the side for good measure, and you are next stop is the Sandwich Mansion.

Every corner, every deli
There's a place where life's a little cheesy
Lotta meat, stacked high and fresh
Every hour, cause it's da best
Leave all the stress from the world outside
Every wrong one will be denied
Nothin but meat, cheese
And bread fashion, every bro needs a Sandwich Mansion.

Nas feat Big Joe-Thugz Mansion (Sandwich Remix)

BIIG BABBBAYYY!"

Katie Love

Katie sent me this sandwich a wile ago its reminiscent of her favorite sandwich from this deli across the street form school that she gets EVERY Wednesday.

"pepper turkey, spicy jack cheese, honey mustard, apple on whole wheat bread. Dang."

PIZZA SANDWICH

Thats right Pizza sandwich whooooo! my favorite invention. I made my first about a year ago with left over pizza ham,cappy,salami,and parm grilled in the forman. but there is this ill dollar slice in walking distance from my school on 6th ave. between 17th and 18th (a must if your in the area)it's run by these Mexican dudes that kick ass, the pizza is cheep, fast, and damn good for a dollar but the kicker is they make these amazing sides that are also a dollar like stewed chicken, rice and beans, fried chicken, sweet potatoes, all that.... Anyway when i'm starving my move is to get 2 slices and a side of stewed chicken take the chicken thigh that falls off the bone and dump it on to my seasoned slice with all that sauce throw the top on and chow down! get some... people look at me like im a little nuts while I make this because the place is always packed to the gills its hard to not notice but I dont care best 3 bucks ive ever spent

The Matteo

Kevin sent in this local legend from upstate New York.

"This bad boy is called "The Matteo" after its inventor. Each year I work at a christmas tree farm and every day we meet up for some breakfast. To get up prep'ed for lumber jacking, you need something hearty and filling, so that's where this sandwich comes in. It is a sausage, egg, and cheese with cream cheese and grape jelly on a bagel. Now it may sound gross, but don't knock it till you try it cause it's banging."

first dates and beer boild dogs

Never a let down Steve Russell comes thru again.

"first is the hot dog sandwich again, but i recently learned to boil
hotdogs in beer for mo' flava. pictures illustrate the process. notice
nothing gets wasted, not even the beer. yummy.

next was brunch today. a ham and cheese melt on corn bread with light
butter on both sides.

and last is delicious with a funny story. i went on a first date
tonight with this girl and ordered this awesome sandwich but didnt
wanna go all paparazzi on my meal and spoil any hopes for the pants
party. so even though i was hungry and lovin the sandwich, i brought
half home so i could take a pic of it. its marinated chicken breast
with seasoned spinach and melted mozz. what a good date!"

Woman Repellent

Skipo sent this in nice lunchtime sandwich just dont forget to brush your teeth

"Boars head turkey Boars head sharp cheddar red onion mayo and kettle cooked salt and vinegar chips on toasted whole wheat. I call it. Woman repellent."

Scwiggly McBOB son!

A long time friend Andy Donohue sent this in. I was so psyched he used to bust these down when we were little kids! Me and this dude were friends as babys. Here is his creation

"Yo peep the Scwiggly McBOB son!!!!!! Remember the delicious PBJ and cream cheese combo?!?! I used to toss back about three of these during a 7 inning wiffleball game at 40 Short Place. I like to call this the adult version because it's 3 slices of bread instead of 2. Jelly, Peanut Butter (stay crunchy), and Philly cream cheese. Not drinking 2% milk with a scwiggly McBOB is just as wrong as burning bibles..."

So funny

I get an Email from Steve Russell that has this photograph and this sentence "rubbin one out at work" hahaha I laughed mad hard.

The Grizwold

Kevin Heitczman of the Heitczman brothers sent in this manwich piled high called "The Grizwold" not only dose this look delicious its beautify lit

"So I'm about to sit down and watch NL's Christmas Vacation and decide I need a sandwich to go with. turkey, kobe roast beef, pastrami, fresh mozzarella, whole avocado, and macaroni salad on a toasted ciabatta roll."

100% Breakfast

lol YES! this one is awesome! Craig Heitczman came through again this time with a breakfast banger

"This baby was inspired in part by the McGriddle which gets a bad wrap but is delicious...

All of this sandwich was homemade, I started with two freshly made pancakes still hot, which were then buttered, followed by a nice fried egg left a bit runny, that was then topped with some fresh bacon, then a fresh corn muffin was broken up and sprinkled on top and for the final touch everything was covered in syrup before the top pancake was placed on."

The crumbled corn muffin is the ultimate ingredient that takes this to the next level

Steve Vs. The City of Buffalo

looks like Steve Russell got some parking tickets last week but that didn't stop him from chowing down in a major way

A lot of times in sandwich making its not what you want but what you have
"i woke up this morning with no brekki food other than bacon....

so i made this IMPROVolone baconator."


Wooo im a buffalo sauce feind! and this has the original buffalo sause on it get some.
"This one one i just concocted while staring in my fridge lookin for
dinner. italian sausage with peppers and onions, mad bacon, american
cheese, topped with buffalo wing sauce straight from anchor bar where
buffalo wings were invented. on potato bread"



The last one form this collection has this ill cherry pepper spread I believe is made by B&G one of the premier pepper/pickle product companies here on the east coast
"roast beef, provolone, mayo, diced hot cherry
peppers, on sourdough."


Steve would also like to give props to "the boondock
saint, the fuckin grump, and josh cambridge's linguini chicken
creation" Nothing but love here in the sandwich community haha

Grump Sandwich

Me, bill, joe scalo, and kevin were drinking beers watching tv in the dorms last year and we were watching this show on shitty dive dinners that have slammin food and this one place in the deeeeeeeep south made this dish called "the grump" it includes a bed of hash browns a pile of like 6 eggs 1/2 pound of bacon 2 fist fulls of cheese all smothered in white pepper gravy. we were like holy shit! it took us like like 10 minutes to realize we had all the stuff to make grumps needless to say the deed was done and we all shit our pants later that night

So bill send me the grump sandwiches last week and i laughed for like 20 minutes

Chowder and Cheddar

Steve Eliot AKA Guido sent me this lunch time sandwich and soup combo
""Chower & Chedder - You basic old school grill cheese with a new school twist, Lunchtime favorite
12 Grain Bread, Marbel Chedder,Sharpe Cheddar, Tomatoes, grilled onions & mushrooms
Garnished with a Hearty bowl of NECC(new england clam chower)......Chowerheads"

Drunk snack #5

Trey pound of RU1 records send me this after a night at flips I dont know what it is about that place but I know oone thing my lasagna sandwich was def a product of flips

"4 pieces of italian bread, coated with creamy italian dressing, black
bear hot pepper white cheddar cheese, black bear boiled ham, black
bear buffalo chicken breast, hot cappicola, touch of oregano and
lightly toasted with salt & pepper. best if eaten watching the
predator... its 4 in the morning after flips matty... i kno u
understand!!!!! i call it the tray pounder. over 1 pound of deli
accessories!"

Linguini Style

First time contributer Josh Cambridge pulled no punches with this sandwich Wooooo.
"Heres a little twist on dinner. 2 pieces of garlic toast, some linguini alfredo, fresh Parmesan and italian marinated chicken. hit the spot"

Pico fuckin roasto chicken tacos yo yo

Balls came through again with the baller ingredients and presentation with these chicken tacos
"Yo son, I got these sandwiches.

We got the pico fuckin roasto chicken tacos yo yo.

fry up the roast bird with some fuckin pico de gallo
tortilla with melted cheese. more cheese over the bird. Then pico (fuck salsa) Then lettuce. That way all your dope topping don't slide right off the pile o' lettuce. Super crucial step for any epic taco.
Take notes taco bell.
I'm not into sour cream.. Big woop .wanna fight about it?



Side not * Once you start eating a taco of this proportion DON'T LET GO!!!! Whatever you want to cram into your mouth half way through isn't worth spilling your tacos guts everywhere. Plus, That's what that other hand is for"

PB and Exotic J

My boy "Balls" from Viginia Beach sent this fancy pants version of a PBJ balls is def a baller
"PBn fucking swedish cloudberry preserves. ( I also get down with grape jelly but only out of the squeezable bottle.)
I get a good even layer of PB on both sides of the bread.
For the sake of fun please don't forget milk."

Drunk snack #4

Dan Shea hit me with this after a bucket night at flips bar in Wanaque NJ that bar kicks ass "Turkey swiss home made mac and cheese hot sauce mayo pepper and a bud nip can from flips" looks pretty damn delicious I'll say it again I love pasta sandwiches

The market is back in action!

The old owner of the cupsaw market is now back in charge and it should be runnig uo to speed by now Andrew "Bubonic" Boobanick sent me this amazing wrap "peppercorn turkey, munster cheese, bacon, and chicken salad all wrapped up with some salt pepper and mayo.
live from cupsaw gemeral store"

The boondock saint

im going to start this off with a WWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! this is almost to much my main man Matt Randazo AKA skipo AKA grandpa send me this masterpeice he calls "the boondock saint" he invented at the pizza shop he works at in Poughkeepsie its so slammin they might put it on the menu. I cant even front thats always been a dream of mine and I spent a lot of time working in delis. Here is what it is"Breaded Chicken vodka sauce red peppers and mozz on garlic bread roll... Kick ass" Getsome! Grandpa

Sandwich Kicks

Some edible Airmax found on tactiksmag.com by my ch homie Chris Johnson

BBQ Baller

Kevin sent this in too. Only real ballers eat there dogs like this at summer time cook outs
"Two hot dogs, one bun, ketchup and a mess load of potato salad on top."

Gone fishin'

Steve Russell took a wack at a fish sandwich not bad for a first time cooking fish is tough. still looks dope.

"hahaha my first time cooking fish...when in doubt, make it a sandwich.

i mangled up some nice tilapia in the frying pan, jerry-rigged some
garlic bread with butter and garlic powder hahaha sick"

Finaly the THANKSGIVING SANDWICHES

The most anticipated sandwich of the year



Turn this

Into this
Turkey,Mashed potatoes, gravey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, corn pudding,yes

And then this
Turkey salad on toasted buscuts

Thanksgiving sushi!

Kevin is a genius a true sandwich technician. although sushi is obviously not a sandwich its close enough and to take sandwich suplies like that and tranceed genres so seamlessly is very notable cheers kevin! lol

"The Sushi was a crazy idea that I decided to try. Turkey?Mashed potatoes wrapped in turkey skin then wrapped in stuffing."

Kevins Thanksgiving sandwich

Kevin Heitczman
"Here is my T-Day sandwich, turkey, mashed potatoes/mashed sweet potatoes, stuffing, bacon, gravy, and a hint of cranberry sauce."

pumpkin ravioli

Kevins brother sent in this thanksgiving leftover creation

"Showed my brother the blog over thanksgiving and loved it so much he sent me a sandwich he made to send in:
Pumpkin Ravioli, fresh mozzarella, roasted peppers, and sage butter sauce on toasted potato bread." SLAMMIN! its all about finding a way to put pasta in your sandwich.

The Plug

My main man bill opper sent in this insane cheese sandwich called the plug

"this one is called "the plug"
one pound of razor sharp cheddar on wheat bread (gotta keep it healthy)
this is my sandwich of choice before long trips cause it makes it so i dont have to shit in a greyhound bus station"

1/2 sour and a plamer

Kevin Heitczman sent this one in looks amazing "On this we got Chicken cutlet, lettuce, tomato, melted cheddar, bacon, bbq sauce, hot sauce, and some blue cheese. A half sour on the side and a palmer to wash it all down."

drunk snack#3

Cajan turkey fried up with hot sauce onions and peppers with blue cheese on a small hero

BYOS!

Nadirah, Natalia, and Polly hosted a sandwich party at there crib 2 weeks ago it was mad fun we had a few brews and enjoyed a sandwich and a movie here are some movies form that night although I completely played myself and brought by far the wackest sandwich to the party i still had a great time

Doe!

Steve also sent me an email later that night of a drunk sandwich me made but i think he forgot to attach the image but there is that email "drunk quicky ......turkey, cheese, mayo, and wegmans sub oil. the beer makes it the best
sandwich i ever had, everytime" I dont know this guy but he is the man!

Sourdough slayer

Steve Russell sent in this nice twist on a turkey sanswich
"sourdough, turkey, mozz, onions, peppers, kraft sandwich spread,
bacon. shit was okay..." looks pretty damn good to me