Cooking with Tallyrand

my favourite sandwich? well let's just say another of my favourites, there are so many great sandwiches it's hard to choose

the original sandwich of course is said to have been created by a staff member of the Earl of Sandwich, who was a reknown gambler and often ate at the table. So a staff member put meat between bread, to keep his fingers clean. Appropriately the, the Club Sandwich is said to have been created in a gambling house in New York at the end of the 19th century

the origin of the reuben has two main contenders:

either named after its creator, Arthur Reuben (owner of New York's once-famous and now-defunct Reuben's delicatessen), this sandwich is made with generous layers of corned beef or pastrami, Swiss cheese and sauerkraut on sourdough rye bread. Reuben is said to have created the original version; made with ham for Annette Seelos, the leading lady in a Charlie Chaplin film being shot in 1914.

1. place unbuttered bread slice on work bench and cover with a slice of the emmenthal
2. cover with a layer of sauerkraut
3. cover with the finely shaved pastrami
4. cover with another layer of sauerkraut
5. finish with another slice of emmenthal and the second slice of bread 
6. brush the outside of the top bread slice with melted butter or olive oil 
7. onplacing a slice of cheese on one slice of bread
8. place in a pre-warmed frying pan (over a low flame) to lightly toast the bread
9. cooking gently to allow the cheese to melt and the other ingredients to heat through
10. turn over and repeat 
11. remove, cut in half and serve