Egg sandwich

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I have been told that an Egg sandwich has to contain a round yellow yolk and if this isnt the case the Swiss get very unhappy. The eggs are processed and sliced in a particular way, so that the yolk is always there.

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i've never seen a swiss become visibily unhappy over yold shape... have you?? if you have, do tell, sounds like a funny story.

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Telandy, it is true that many sliced eggs in sandwiches or salads were industrially processed, even at delis like Sprüngli in Zürich. The reason is less that consumers prefer perfectly round slices of eggs, but that no matter how you manually slice a cooked egg, you'll end up with a slice that has no yolk in it.

So, to avoid this, egg white and yolk of many eggs are industrially divided, separately cooked and then reunited in long cylindrical (sausage-like) shape. In German this is called a Stangenei , I don't know the English word. The sandwich maker then cuts of slices off the stangenei, and the customer thinks he has a slice from the perfect middle of an egg on his bread.

I don't think this is something exclusively Swiss.

/KraBaT I can live with your occasional use of web slang but I really think that flamewar pictures should not become part of the forum culture!

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I've seen some misshapen eggs and yolks in my time here. And what about egg salad...oh no.....not perfect!

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no mention of that prime ingredient, the Gherkin, cut long ways & poisoning everything it comes in contact with .....

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The first time I saw a "stick of boiled egg" getting sliced into salad at a deli counter my jaw dropped. There is something horrifyingly unnatural about it!

Far too much yolk for my liking anyhow.

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Heck!! Now I have to go and make myself a boiled egg sandwich with a touch of Aromat (just a sprinkle) and a coating of salad cream.

Boil two eggs until hard throughout, slice them in one of those egg slicing thingys which look like miniature harps.

Arrange egg slices (with yolk of course) over freshly buttered bread and sprinkle a bit of Aromat over. Pour some Heinz salad cream over, cover with second slice of bread and eat whilst warm.

I just HAVE to go make one now

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Damn I want a hard boiled egg now

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Am I the only gherkin lover on this forum? My favourite fast food is a Baguette mit Rohrschinken from Migros Gormessa. Loaded with sliced gherkin

Then again back in Australia I would always order extra dill pickle on my Hungry Jacks (Burger King) Whopper

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...and here it is...

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I like pickles, I just don't want them on every single kind of sandwich in existence!

I also don't always want that mayonnaise mustard mix that seems to also be on every sandwich....

Why can't I find a real sandwich: Ham, butter on baguette.. that's all, nothing more!

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*raises hand*

I love pickles. I miss the big ass deli sized ones from my fave deli back home. it's a must have when I visit. the thing is the size of sausage.

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Swiss sandwiches on the whole, are awful

Il Pentagrama on Josef Strasse is the exception. Superb. But then it is Italian.

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I was reading this thinking how witty you were for making something up so ludricus ! Then I clicked on the wikepedia link _ ITS TRUE?!!!!!

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that places makes a mean sandwich indeed.

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Well done! Now I have to pop down to the storage room because I fancy one myself

We do it a bit differently though. We put the eggs in the cutter twice (both ways) so we end up with little stripes. We add salt, pepper and salad cream (or hellmans) and mix it. Then we get those nice soft white buns from Migros, cut them open in the middle and fill them with the eggs and sprinkle some kresse on the top

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Hi Jennifer

Dunno if this is what you're after. My youngest son loves pickles. Two weeks ago I came across this jar containing large ones in Migros. It's part of their "Budget" range and thus is reasonably priced at Fr.-3.35

The pickles are the largest ones that I've seen here.

HTH

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Tom ... you are obviously having a slow day .....

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I really hate Sundays...