Between the Bread

I eat and photograph so many sandwiches that a few slip through the cracks. How could I forget this incredible Honey Baked Ham sandwich I devoured in September? Well, I did, until I stumbled across my photos again today.

I live just a short walk from the Honey Baked Ham store in San Francisco, which sells enormous sandwiches at a very reasonable price. The pros: wonderful, soft wheat bread; a variety of creative condiments (I got pineapple chutney for a Hawaiian combo); and all the ham you can eat. Seriously, check out what it looked like before I removed some of the ham.

Turkey was not the ideal partner for the Baconnaise. The unconventional and rather artificial condiment needed some pork, but a bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich with Baconnaise seemed like a bit much. My solution: the BHLT.

I combined two classic sammies: ham and swiss and the BLT. The Baconnaise played perfectly off the milder ham, crispy romaine, and ripe, red tomatoes. I also added sprouts and cucumber, just because they are my standard sandwich toppings — and because it made me feel a bit better about eating Baconnaise.