How long do sandwiches last in the fridge?

[pete6032]

Why don't you take the ingredients into work and make the sandwich on your lunch break?

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Why don't you take the ingredients into work and make the sandwich on your lunch break?

Did you miss the part about being terminally lazy? I mean, first you have to find a bag to put everything in and, then you have to find a spot in the work refrigerator for it. Did you remember utensils and a knife? Then you have to wash the utensils. Finally, you have to remember to take everything home at night. Will the drudgery never end? Did you miss the part about being terminally lazy?

 

[BlueMeanie]

I use to make PB&J sandwiches for the week and freeze them. Worked out well to supplement the nights I didn't have left overs.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Bread in general does not last long though, a couple days outside the fridge and it begins to look like a type 3 mold abatement site, so no matter what if you're buying a full loaf you'll be storing it in the fridge if you don't want it to mold so may as well make the sandwiches. Wrap them up very good to conserve the meat. Meat is the part I'd worry about the most, not sure if I'd want to eat any kind of meat that's been in the fridge for a week. Though with processed stuff like deli meat you may be ok.

 

[rh71]

One of work's greatest joys is taking a break for lunch. When I had an office to go into, lunchtime broke up the day so nicely. And I'm not talking about eating at my desk like I now lazily do at home.

Regardless, I don't know how it's possible to eat pretty much the same thing M-F. Unless I'm dirt poor, I'm at least treating myself to a 30 minute $4 fast food meal most work days if I'm out. Work to live, not live to work.

 

[compuwiz1]

I'd just take a small cooler each day with all the stuff and put it together there. Most deli meat that I buy must be eaten within 3 days or it's bad, as far as I'm concerned. Processed lunch meats keep much longer......but they're processed and contain all kinds of preservatives.

 

[MongGrel]

The fridge makes a pretty good dehydrator, you can age steaks pretty well on a rack in a few days if ya do it right.

:whiste:

 

[manimal]

I still cant believe Madoka eats such shitty food. I mean wtf dude you have a GTR and are eating shit that would make my dog barf.

Now I imagine him all howard hughes like peeing in legos

 

[Mai72]

Can't take 5 min the night before to make a sammy?

 

[Capt Caveman]

One of work's greatest joys is taking a break for lunch. When I had an office to go into, lunchtime broke up the day so nicely. And I'm not talking about eating at my desk like I now lazily do at home.

Regardless, I don't know how it's possible to eat pretty much the same thing M-F. Unless I'm dirt poor, I'm at least treating myself to a 30 minute $4 fast food meal most work days if I'm out. Work to live, not live to work.

I can't remember when I brought a lunch into work. Food trucks outside and I can get a good healthy meal for $5-6 and our company provides lunch a couple times a week. If I had to bring lunch into work, it would be extra pasta that I had the night before or some frozen TJs.

I haven't purchased deli meet in more than ten years. Worst thing is the OP lives and works in the city.

 

[Carson Dyle]

Back to the original question.

I'm a guy so I am not a professional on the subject. Here's the deal - I've been skipping lunch at work every single day for the last year because I am too lazy to take a few minutes every morning before heading to work to make one.

My plan is, to buy a long size of Italian bread, some deli meats with some mustard and sandwich peppers (the ones bathed in vinegar.)

My plan is to cut it and store them in individual aluminium foil and sandwich bags and have them ready to go for Monday - Friday.

What's the aluminum foil for? Extra flavor?

My question is, will the sandwiches be rotten by Friday if I prepare everything on Sunday and keep them wrapped?

Rotten? Hell no. Shouldn't even be moldy by then.

Any particular brand of meat seem better than another for storage?

Brand or type? Salami (various types, including pepperoni) can be kept for _months_. If it does get a little moldy, you just scrape it off. But virtually any deli meat will keep for a week or more.

If you're really lazy and don't mind soggy sandwiches, put the peppers and mustard on them Sunday night and enjoy the last of them on Friday. If you have a non-lazy bone in your body, put the mustard and peppers on them at the last minute. Just keep a jar of peppers and a squirt bottle of mustard at work.

 

[rh71]

Don't listen to the wussies on OT. I've never run into a more delicate bunch of princesses when it comes to food.

I've eaten 2-3 week old sandwiches and it's fine. You're only using meat and cheese. Drain the peppers and it won't even be that soggy.

I've eaten week-old lasagna and didn't have a problem and did similar things often. But another time I did get food poisoning of some sort and I was going to the toilet a few times an hour. Puking too, had no energy (probably the worst part) and just sat or lied on the couch for a few days. It's just agony and swore never to risk old food again. I bet you've never had to deal with it - otherwise you'd change your ways.

 

[dank69]

To the OP and everyone in his boat: you are lazy bastards. Wake up 10 minutes earlier and make a god damn lunch.

LOL no. Acquire female. Everyone knows this.

 

[madoka]

I've eaten week-old lasagna and didn't have a problem and did similar things often. But another time I did get food poisoning of some sort and I was going to the toilet a few times an hour. Puking too, had no energy (probably the worst part) and just sat or lied on the couch for a few days. It's just agony and swore never to risk old food again. I bet you've never had to deal with it - otherwise you'd change your ways.

Eh, it's happened before, but I think it has happened more often from bad fast food. The one that comes to mind was some Chinese take-out that I only left out for like 16 hours and it made me sick. I once found a couple of Jack in the Box tacos that fell off the table and sat unseen on the kitchen floor for a week. I ate that with no problem as I couldn't let that dollar go to waste, so the Chinese food took me by surprise.

There was an incident that did make me change a bit. Some food sat long enough (over a couple of weeks) that it partially liquified. That was pretty disgusting to eat. I felt nauseated afterwards, but I wonder how much of that reaction was psychological. Now I do draw a line; if it spoils to the point of liquefaction, I probably won't eat it.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Eh, it's happened before, but I think it has happened more often from bad fast food. The one that comes to mind was some Chinese take-out that I only left out for like 16 hours and it made me sick. I once found a couple of Jack in the Box tacos that fell off the table and sat unseen on the kitchen floor for a week. I ate that with no problem as I couldn't let that dollar go to waste, so the Chinese food took me by surprise.

There was an incident that did make me change a bit. Some food sat long enough (over a couple of weeks) that it partially liquified. That was pretty disgusting to eat. I felt nauseated afterwards, but I wonder how much of that reaction was psychological. Now I do draw a line; if it spoils to the point of liquefaction, I probably won't eat it.

WTF!!! And more WTF!!!

 

[yhelothar]

Don't listen to the wussies on OT. I've never run into a more delicate bunch of princesses when it comes to food.

I've eaten 2-3 week old sandwiches and it's fine. You're only using meat and cheese. Drain the peppers and it won't even be that soggy.

I'd go with this. Bread goes stale if it's exposed to the air as it collects moisture. If you seal it in an airtight plastic bag and suck the air out, it'll stay fresh for a long time. Deli meats were originally made as a way of preservation before refrigeration was invented. Make sure you properly dry whatever that is wet in the sandwich and don't add any sauce until you plan to eat it. It should come out decent.

 

[sze5003]

I used to make sandwiches for work all the time. Takes 5 minutes and I brew coffee in the morning too. I got sick of sandwiches since I'd prepare everything right in the morning and just keep it at my desk until lunch.

I buy rolls that are in a plastic bag and they last a week. Deli meat without preservatives goes soggy and slimy after a couple of days depending on what type of meat. Mine would last the week and usually Friday I just eat out.

Now I make chilli Sunday night, eat some, put the pot in the fridge. Each day I pack it in a container and heat it at work.

Same with pasta and some sausage. Cook it separately, place it in fridge, pack it together for lunch and heat in the microwave at work. There are tons of easy recipes online that are simple and you can prepare them each Sunday night.

When I'm tired of that I get the frozen meals when they are on sale for a week.

 

[MongGrel]

We usually have a loaf in the freezer we never have it in the fridge.

The wife spoils me if making a sammich and makes em the nite before, and the lettuce, etc, anything additional in a separate baggy if going that route.

 

[manimal]

WTF!!! And more WTF!!!

Howard Hughes in da house