- 1-1/2 to 2 cups finely chopped cooked ham, or a 12 oz can of luncheon meat (Spam), finely chopped
- 1 cup shredded cheese
- 1 teaspoon yellow mustard
- 1/4 cup mayonnaise
- Bread
Get out a medium sized bowl. In it combine the ham, cheese, mustard and mayonnaise. Stir it up, making a nice moist filling. I chop the ham or spam in the food processor, but it can be done by hand too. Spread the filling onto slices of bread. It goes on thickly. Lay the open face sandwiches on a large cookie sheet and then broil them in the oven for about 2 minutes, or until the cheese melts. They cook fast so watch them closely. Top each sandwich with another slice of bread or toast and serve. This recipe makes 8 or 10 sandwiches, depending on how thick you make them. Serve with celery sticks and oatmeal cookies.
This is good for lunch boxes too, in which case you don’t have to broil the sandwiches, just pack and eat them like a normal sandwich.
The canned pork luncheon meat from ALDI works pretty well for this and it costs a bit less than SPAM. I just grind it up with the food grinder attachment on my electric mixer and stir in a generous spoonful of sweet pickle relish. (I don’t put cheese in it if it’s not going to all get used right away.) I store it in a pint mason jar in the refrigerator and when it’s time to make my lunch I slice some bread, slap on some sandwich filling, and voila! I sometimes splurge a little and grind and make sandwich filling out of canned cooked chicken breast with celery, sweet relish and mayo, or canned corned beef with red onion. All these are a great break from bologna!
My grandma used to make this with ham she put through a meat grinder you attach to the table, then she got a KitchenAid and purposely got the meat grinder attachment for making this salad. My cousin only likes it her way.
I add a few hard boiled eggs, diced pimento and chopped onion to the mixture for a truly satisfying sandwich spread. A little lettuce on the sandwich adds a nice touch.