Cooked Sandwich

Cooked Sandwich

When my dad first opened up Pa's Place, he specialized in sandwiches. He opened my eyes to the world of the Sandwich Press and having a cooked sandwich. This basically means just cooking your meats and melting your cheese. For me personally, it meant a turkey sandwich with mustard, lettuce, pickle, and sometimes onion that was "smooshed" (the sandwich press would flatten the sandwich if lowered enough, and that is my favorite way to eat a sandwich now!). Pressing, or cooking, a sandwich enriches all of the wonderful flavors. There is nothing better than the first bite of a warm and flavorful sandwich. Here's what you do:

Cooked Sandwiches

• Use an all natural meat, like Hormel Natural choice sandwich meats.
• Over a medium-high heat, cook 1-3 slices of the sandwich meat.
• Once the meat has had time to cook (it only takes a couple of minutes) place ½ to 1 slice of 2% Colby Jack cheese on top of the meat to melt.
• If you have 3 slices, place your cheese in the middle and fold the outer edges of meat over it.
• For 1 slice, place ½ slice of cheese to one side of the meat and fold the other half of meat over it.
• Remove the meat and cheese from the pan and place on you bread. Add any condiments (like mustard, onion, pepper, etc.).
• Place you sandwich over the med-high heat and brown each side.
• Cut and serve.

Once you eat a cooked sandwich, you’ll never go back to a plain cold meat and cold bread sandwich again! If you have a Sandwich Press you can use it to make your cooked sandwiches; but, if not, a pan on top of the stove works just as great.

Always remember, you can have fun, eat great, and stay healthy all at the same time! :)