Sandwich Masterclass: 2 Cooks on Bread, Spread and What Makes a Great Grilled Cheese

🎙️ EP52 — Berlin, get ready for this sandwich celebration live from PodFest Festival!🎧 In This Episode: 🥪 What actually counts as a sandwich? 🇪🇸 The Spanish tortilla — the OG bocadillo 🍔 The first burger was a patty melt 👑 The Earl of Sandwich and the smug naming story 🍞 Soft bread beats artisanal sourdough 🧈 Brioche — butter added in stages, like a mayonnaise 🇯🇵 Hokkaido milk bread and the Tangzhong trick 🥖 Over-proof your baguette dough for a sandwich loaf 🫒 Butter belongs on toast, never olive oil 🥚 Mayo is alioli with the garlic taken out 🌭 German mustard country — fermented, fruited, underrated 🥬 The BLT philosophy: don't over-vegetable a sandwich 🍆 Escalivada with anchovies on toast 🥒 Brine your own pickles — dill, coriander, the lot 🟣 Beetroot pickle with horseradish and crème fraîche 🍅 Year-fermented green tomatoes 🫘 Hummus, tahini, pesto — a dry sandwich is sad 🥜 PB&J and homemade Nutella with sea salt 😈 The Nutella-and-chistorra sacrilege 🔥 Spanish bocadillos — planchado and pressed crispy 🧀 Sandwich cheese — sliced and humble, never stinky 🇯🇵 Katsu sando and the traditional bulldog sauce 🌮 Mexican tortas and the chaos of tortas ahogadas 🥩 The Chicago Italian beef dip 🥙 The Berlin Döner test — heat the bread with the meat fat 🍅 Pan con tomate — cut horizontal, scrape the garlic 🐖 Jamón Ibérico, good oil, good bread — the last supper sandwich 🍯 Sobrasada with honey, and the ensaimada controversy 🦑 The cheap calamari bocadillo with aioli 🇧🇴 The Bolivian chola — two sisters, ten years, one sandwich beef 🇩🇰 Smørrebrød, Danish rye, and the Nordic revival 🍣 Pressed mackerel sushi — the sandwich that came first? 🥐 Press a stale croissant flat on the plancha ☝️ The croissant toaster-top hack 🔧 The panini grill is criminally underrated 🍔 Toast your burger buns like McDonald's 🇬🇧 Dusty Knuckle Bakery, London 🇮🇹 All'Antico Vinaio, Florence — maybe the best sandwich on earth 🥪 Bourdain's fried mortadella: bun, mustard, mayo ♨️ The grilled cheese masterclass📩 Follow & Support Us:🍽️ Everything in one place: https://linkin.bio/potluckfoodtalks/📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/potluckfoodtalks▶️ YouTube: https://youtube.com/@potluckfoodtalks🗞️ Newsletter: https://www.potluckfoodtalks.com/start/📢 Want to advertise with us? http://potluckfoodtalks.com/advertise-on-the-podcast🔥 Enjoy!