What makes a sandwich a "Gourmet" sandwich?

Question

This one is for all you foodies out there. I would love to here your ideas on this question.

Answer 1

I think that stores tout their sandwiches as "gourmet" to make the buyer think that they are getting something unusual and special. However, if "non-gourmet" equals the same old mayo, mustard, lunch meat, yellow cheese on white bread stuff, then "gourmet" would include unusual items such as: pesto mayonaise, prociutto, brie, butter lettuce, baby tomatoes, spinach, rosemary infused ham, asiago bread....and so on. Equate "gourmet" with California cuisine-y atypical food items.

Answer 2

Any sandwich with the following probably wouldn't qualify as gourmet:

1) Wonder Bread (or any sliced white bread)
2) Iceberg lettuce
3) American cheese
4) Carl Buddig or Oscar Meyer sliced meat

Answer 3

well I used to work at a gourmet deli and after slicing the oscar meyer bologna..er ham , i then put a gourmet sticker on the wrapped sandwich and. "x"ed the wheat box intsead of white as well as charging two dollars more for the sandwich.

Answer 4

If you want to make a good sandwich you must be creative.
Slices onions, peaches, ham, salami, cheese, oil, vinegar, olives,
roast beef, peppers, potato slices and final , but not least a pickle on top. NOW that is a good gourmet sandwich.

Answer 5

high-end & fancy ingredients: some examples

shaved truffles, truffle oil, saffron aioli, wild mushrooms, lobsters, fresh crabmeat...

also, the ingredients & labor involved: freshly baked gourmet breads/rolls, spreads, fancy specialty foods, imported beverages, and deli selections. Along with European teas, chocolates, fruit filled candies, oils, jam, and honey, customers can shop for high end sandwiches like Italian prosciutto and hand pulled buffalo mozzarella. But if you really want to blow the bank, order the $65 Beluga Caviar Sandwich with crème fraiche.

Answer 6

The type of bread used(usually a croissant, or some farmer's cracked wheat, seeds in the flour, brown bread), layers of exotic luncheon cuts and then the lettuce, cheese, tomatoes and the spread on the bread(avocado puree, dijon, honey mustard, garlic mayo, etc.) Its a little more than ham and cheese.

Answer 7

I would have to say it is the bread. Bread will make or break a sandwich.

Answer 8

definitely the bread. then comes the ingredients- they have to be above the run of the mill. Something I wouldn't have thought to make for myself at home

Answer 9

including expensive and exotic ingredients not locally found or produced. like caviar, you cant find that in ur garden (obviously), like salmon, all hte good food that makes u feel rich wen u munch on em

Answer 10

Paying too much for one. I actually paid $5 for a bulldog sammich. (bologna to uneducated folks)