Tired of the prices of fast food skyrocketing from greedflation while the food gets worse (as if it were possible) due to enshittification?
I will show you how to make a deli-grade sandwich for $2.54.
I make these 6 at a time. It takes about 20 minutes to make and wrap all 6.
Lunch to grab and go for the whole week (or just to grab at home when you're low on spoons) - or with a bowl of hot soup, they make a good supper.
NIKKI's $2.54
$8 DELI SANDWICHES
Thin sliced ham 1lb $4 (use half) $2
1/2lb Genoa or spicy salami 3
1/2lb sliced chicken/Turkey breast 3
Sliced cheese package of your choice 3
Ciabatta rolls, croissants, hamburger buns) 3
1/4 jar of sliced pickles ($4 jar) 1
1/2 onion, sliced thin (6 in a bag $3) .25
$15.25 / 6 sandwiches = $2.54
NO TOMATOES, SPINACH, OR LETTUCE. THEY GET YUCKY IN A DAY OR TWO.
You will also need:
Any sandwich dressing you want (Italian dressing, ranch, Mayo, yellow or brown mustard)
Parchment paper or waxed paper or blank newsprint (rolls of this can be bought super cheap at a paper supplier. Last you a year or more).
Rubber bands
Lay out the buns. Dress the top of each bun and press it to the bottom half to distribute dressing.
Put a slice of cheese on each half.
Put 2 slices of chicken or Turkey breast folded in half
Lay some pieces of onion around. (Stage 1)
Add two slices of salami.
Add pickles. (Stage 2)
Take 4 thin slices of ham and fold each slice in half and half again. (Stage 3)
Put the top cheese and bun on (stage 4)
Cut rectangles of parchment/waxed paper/newsprint.
Lay the sandwich a little over a sandwich width away from the corner nearest to you but lined up with the far corner.
Bring the front of the paper up over the sandwich snugly and fold in the right corner, also snugly.
Fold the sandwich over toward the far corner, then fold the left corner over what is now the bottom of the sandwich, tightly.
Roll the sandwich the rest of the way toward the far corner, then secure the wrapping with a rubber band. Save your rubber bands and reuse them.
IT IS IMPORTANT to wrap the sandwich tightly because that will meld all the layers together so they don't slide around later when you eat it.
Now you have nearly a week's worth of sandwiches. You spent a little over $15, which isn't even 2 days worth of sandwiches out of a window.
YOU'RE WELCOME!
