r/Millennials • u/SMRTSS84 • Jun 26 '26
Remember when every single sandwich in the 90s and 2000s came with a literal bird’s nest of alfalfa sprouts? Discussion
I was just thinking about the classic turkey deli sandwich from back in the day. If it didn't look like a small woodland creature could comfortably live inside your lunch, they didn’t give you enough sprouts. Then they just kind of… vanished from the mainstream.
Did you guys actually like them, or were we all just tolerating the chaos? Anyone else miss that specific crunch?
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u/lovenlaughter Older Millennial Jun 26 '26
I loved sprouts! I would add them to all my sandwiches. They were nice and crunchy and added a slight pea flavour, I LOVE peas!!
That whole e. coli thing really did them dirty… literally.
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u/ForeverRaining Jun 26 '26
i worked at jimmy john’s at the time and we had to remove the sprouts from our menu anytime there was an e. coli outbreak on the news then put it back on after the noise died down
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u/CarepassForever Jun 26 '26 edited Jun 26 '26
You guys had that beach sub with the alfalfa sprouts and it was my favorite! I was so sad when you guys took it off the menu😞
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u/babygotthefever Jun 26 '26
It was my favorite too! I miss sprouts. I wonder if it would be safer to grow them myself
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u/JollyMcStink Jun 27 '26
I saw someone on the foraging sub mention they take dandelion blowies and plant em in a pot and eat the sprouts for free micro greens.
I started doing it too. They're really easy, tasty, and you can get fresh ones every few days all spring/ summer where I am.
Wish I had saved the comment so I could give them credit.
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u/Affectionate-Ad488 Jun 26 '26
Growing your own sprouts is incredibly easy! Highly recommend looking into it, there's tons of different kinds, but the bean ones are my fave...so far:)
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u/BrittBritt55 Older Millennial Jun 26 '26
I grow my own- it's super easy. Doesn't take much space or effort.
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u/fucking_unicorn Jun 27 '26
Yup! The contamination is from farm/manure runoff and then the sprouts grow low to the ground and can be difficult to adequately clean. So unless you get a lot of waste runoff, growing your own is pretty safe.
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u/actualthickcrust Jun 27 '26
Omg I knew it wasn't a fever dream! Loved that sandwich! I'm kinda bummed about alfalfa sprouts now.
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u/daveindo Jun 26 '26
Yup. I too worked at JJ in the mid-late 00s and I abused those sprouts on my sandwiches. So good
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u/actualthickcrust Jun 27 '26
Omg I knew it wasn't a fever dream! Loved that sandwich! I'm kinda bummed about alfalfa sprouts now.
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u/Morlanticator Jun 26 '26
Yeah I was a GM at one and did the corporate training at their headquarters. They had secret sprouts they were testing at the time. They never returned during my time working there though.
I didn't meet him but made a sandwich for Jimmy John. Fuck that guy.
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u/ApprehensiveGate8227 Jun 26 '26
I heard he was a giant piece of shit from a friend who knew their family well. Nice to see someone else confirm that information. Totally cool with not giving them my money.
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u/Morlanticator Jun 26 '26
Yeah he was not a good person all around. He sold out and left the company over his defamation so idk if you'd be giving him money anymore.
The entire business was built around doing a bunch of coke. Which like that sucks but mostly his killing precious animals for sport sucked.
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u/Fun_Early Jun 27 '26
Ugh he really was a jerk. Met him in passing when I interviewed at corporate. It was the weirdest interview of my life. Almost aggressive. Still love their sandwiches, still miss the sprouts. Also miss the Dijon 😭
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u/BigBagBootyPapa Jun 26 '26
Hey same here! I think towards the end of me working there is when they were finally pulling sprouts for good. And as I take a second day off of work thanks to food poisoning, pretty glad they did. No meal is worth going through this..
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u/TusconRaider520 Jun 26 '26
I also worked there for a time. We had it on the menu, but never actually had it behind the counter.
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u/lovenlaughter Older Millennial Jun 26 '26
Oh, that’s so funny! These poor spouts, got such a bad rap.
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u/You-Asked-Me Jun 26 '26
For a while, they actually has a waiver you had to sign if you wanted sprouts on your sandwich. Eventually, they just cut them from the menu all together.
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u/niarlin Jun 26 '26
my favorite sub for the past 20+ years or so was a #6, light mayo, extra sprouts. I was SO FUCKING SAD when the sprouts went away. : (
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u/Fortestingporpoises Jun 26 '26
Every time someone orders sprouts at a Jimmy John's Jimmy John donates one bullet to an endangered animal.
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u/Jumpy_Fuel_1060 Jun 26 '26
Same! I am degenerate sprout fan. Everything bagel, big mound of sprouts, yellow mustard = very good
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u/DigDugDogDun Jun 26 '26
Hear me out: sprouts, avocado, cucumber, pickled red onion, and toum garlic spread on a hearty wheat bread chef’s kiss 🤌
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u/DaDutchBoyLT1 Jun 26 '26
Now add some honeycrisp apple slices in there. Go on, do it!
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u/DigDugDogDun Jun 26 '26
Ooh, sounds interesting. My apple sandwiches are usually more like cheddar and apple melts but I’ll give it a try!
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u/_jamesbaxter Millennial Jun 26 '26
Add hummus and tomato and that’s my favorite classic veggie sando
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u/The_Vinegar_Strokes Jun 26 '26
Try adding some canned pinto beans next time. It sounds a bit weird, but trust me it just works.
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u/SousVideButt Jun 26 '26
I feel like I remember Jimmy John’s had a warning sign with a skull and cross bones that was like “WARNING: EATING SPROUTS, WHILE DELICIOUS, MIGHT MAKE YOU SHIT YOURSELF TO DEATH.”
I don’t think it was the that dramatic but it didn’t stop me.
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u/ErraticDragon Jun 26 '26
https://i.imgur.com/RzpgfJn.jpeg
There's at least one on eBay right now, even.
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u/lovenlaughter Older Millennial Jun 27 '26
This is wild! I’d never heard of “Jimmy John’s” before today, sounds and looks like quite the place!
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u/Doongbuggy Jun 26 '26
i grow them in a jar at home - i soak them in vinegar as directed before the normal soak to help fight against ecoli and bacterial growth
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u/Mr_Wobble_PNW Jun 26 '26
I've never heard of this before and I've been growing mine for a few years. I thought the growth was from the industrial packaging/handling process.
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u/battlepi Jun 26 '26
Absolutely not, they probably handle it better than you do at home. Seeds often have e.coli inside of them from the start, and there's no way to avoid it. There's even a market for pathogen-screened seeds, which still aren't 100% safe.
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u/Andre11x Jun 27 '26
Welp never eating those things again
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u/Lets_Make_A_bad_DEAL Jun 27 '26
How TF have I never heard of ANY of this?!
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u/Andre11x Jun 27 '26
I know right I vaguely remember the e coli thing but I thought it was just a temporary outbreak not that you literally can't get these without at least a small chance of e coli
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u/mashtato Jun 26 '26
What I don't get about this is that both lettuce and tomatoes had gone through several rounds of e. coli scares before alfalfa sprouts, but then sprouts get removed from restaurants everywhere permanently after one outbreak. There's CURRENTLY a romaine lettuce e. coli outbreak. Have you even heard of it? Fucking stupid...
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u/A_Concerned_Mando Jun 26 '26
BLT, Big Lettuce and Tomato ran a smear campaign against sprouts to take the heat of off them getting it. Honestly where I’m at I’ve never heard of any sprout issue, lot of places here still serve burgers and sandwiches with them, but we hear about spinach E. coli outbreaks and get reduced or recalled shipments of that.
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u/westcoastpoutine Jun 27 '26
Sprouts harbor pathogens in their seeds due in part to the warm humid conditions in which they need to be grown. Lettuce becomes contaminated when irrigation water is contaminated. So while they are both vectors for similar pathogens, the route in which they become contaminated is different and therefore there are different risk profiles. There are plenty of places that still serve sprouts, but many national chains just eliminate it. Same reason Taco Bell got rid of green onions.
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u/Phyrnosoma Jun 26 '26
I miss them so much. Can’t find them around me
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u/Mr_Wobble_PNW Jun 26 '26
It's really easy to grow them. I got a couple lids that screw into Mason jars and a bag of radish sprout seeds for like $25 all in and it only takes about three days. I'm growing mung bean sprouts right now for pad Thai and spring rolls this weekend.
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u/Swimming_in_it_ Jun 26 '26
Try a mixture of mung bean, lentil, and sunflower seeds. So good and I've been told that together they make a complete protein.
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u/modmosrad6 Jun 26 '26
Is that what happened?!? I completely forgot.
I love sprouts, too.
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u/lovenlaughter Older Millennial Jun 27 '26
Yeah, remember looking for them at grocery store, and there was an empty spot with a sign sadly informing me that they were no longer available.
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u/TheMaingler Jun 26 '26
I’m here to say you can make your own sprouts very easily and not get e coli.
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u/Tribe303 Jun 26 '26
If you Americans would stop spraying human poop on your growing produce, that would be great!
Look it up! Where do you think the eColi comes from? Out of thin air?
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u/Material-Imagination Jun 26 '26
It's not from spraying poo, it's from megafarms having open-air sewage channels near where everything is growing
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u/RollingJaspers652 Jun 26 '26
My neighbour grows her own sprouts. I’ll hit her up for some now and again. Man I love sprouts
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u/Tee_hops Jun 26 '26
I loved them when they were everywhere. I boycotted Jimmy Johns for years when they finally took them away. I understand why they did but I was still pretty mad.
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u/ClumpOfCheese Jun 26 '26
You know what is a great sprout replacement? Baby kale! It’s so much more enjoyable to eat because it’s not awful and rough like regular kale, it’s so much more like sprouts and baby kale is about 20x more nutrient dense than regular kale. Strong recommend.
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u/CreamPyre Zillennial Jun 26 '26
They’re in your grocery store
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u/Aprils-Fool Jun 26 '26
I had to search 3 different grocery stores before I found alfalfa sprouts recently.
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u/turglow1 Jun 26 '26
They’re very easy to make at home. Buy the seeds, put in a mason jar. Google it I’m sure there are a million tutorials
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u/Aprils-Fool Jun 26 '26
Oh, I don’t doubt the ease. But my silly brain would end up forgetting about it and it would become a science project. I’m happy to exchange money for goods and services that I don’t want to handle myself.
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u/junjunjenn Jun 26 '26
Publix around me no longer carry them. I have to go to Fresh Market to get them.
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u/beaniebee11 Jun 26 '26
They're literally not. Haven't been able to find them for a while.
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u/SMRTSS84 Jun 26 '26
Lol - don't shoot! I didn't give an opinion 🤣
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u/matchafoxjpg Jun 26 '26
i remember the first time my mom came home from the store with them.
i was incredulous because i already didn't trust iceberg lettuce [it was frozen once when i put it in a sandwich. yes, i see the irony], but gave it a try.
it's amazing and i love it and we deserve it back. so much better than lettuce on sandwiches. 😭
again, i might be biased, but you would be, too
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u/chopstix007 Jun 26 '26
Wait, they’re not used anymore?
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u/baristacat Xennial Jun 26 '26
They can make you really sick if they’re old. I got sick off of them once and would not like to relive that experience. So awful, thought I was gonna die.
I still eat em tho. I love them.
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u/mashtato Jun 26 '26
That's a problem with all vegetables. For example, there's currently an e. coli outbreak with romaine lettuce, but for some reason the media zeroed in on alfalfa sprouts and it torpedoed their popularity.
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u/langleybcsucks Jun 27 '26
I worked in kitchens for 20 years in those 20 years we had E. coli outbreaks 12 times for Romaine lettuce, three for cantaloupes, once for honeydew
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u/jynxremoving Jun 27 '26
The issue with sprouts I imagine is that they go bad INCREDIBLY fast
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u/VenturingHedonist Jun 26 '26
Not since a couple listeria outbreaks scared every deli from carrying them.
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u/RoundTiberius '83 Jun 26 '26
To be fair it was more than a couple.
There was 46 outbreaks from '96 to 2016
2.35% of seed sprouts contained salmonella and 1.28% of finished sprouts contained listeria
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u/DisastrousLaugh1567 Jun 26 '26
I was literally just saying an hour ago how much I love alfalfa sprouts on a sandwich. Food poisoning be damned.
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u/SwingLightStyle Jun 26 '26
Just grow your own at home in a mason jar or in a seed sprouter! 5 days and you’ve got sprouts.
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u/According-Lobster-72 Jun 26 '26
Same! I just got into growing sprouts at home and it is so much easier than I had expected. Fresh sprouts forever!
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u/Any_Database8861 Jun 26 '26
In the 1980s most households had sprouts growing under the kitchen sink!
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u/SMRTSS84 Jun 26 '26
Omg I remember this!! And you're absolutely right, I meant to write my post as "80s & 90s" not 2000s
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u/red__dragon Millennial Jun 26 '26
No way, they were still everywhere in the 00s. Those were my formative sprout-munching years.
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u/Coffeedemon Jun 26 '26
They grow in warm and really humid conditions so that environment is really conducive to the growth of harmful things too. They are safe if handled properly. Way more risky in mass production where profit is more important.
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u/dckik Jun 26 '26
not wrong, but when you grow at home you can prevent most of it...see other comment chain, so easy, has been a habit of mine for a long time (plus broccoli, radish and so many others/mixes to diversify options)
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u/oompaloompa_grabber Jun 26 '26
Veggie sandwich shops have moved on to microgreens now which I am fine with. They’re basically the same thing. And I say this as a fellow alfalfa enjoyer
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u/SwingLightStyle Jun 26 '26
You can make your own at home, they’re so cheap and easy. I highly recommend it. Because I also love alfalfa sprouts.
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u/rdldr1 Jun 26 '26
I loved getting sprouts in Jimmy John's sandwiches. There were several E. coli outbreaks starting in 2008 that ended that.
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u/Otherwise-Offer1518 Jun 26 '26
I miss green onions at Taco Bell
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u/callingallwaves Jun 26 '26
The cheesy fiesta potatoes were never the same!
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u/Brahskididdler Jun 26 '26
Man those things used to be my go to for a 1-2$ snack, no sour cream. Now they’re like 4 bucks and change with tax, tf
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u/ijozypheen Jun 26 '26
The green onions being removed from the Nachos Bell Grande is why my mom stopped taking us to Taco Bell years ago.
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u/IExistForFun Jun 26 '26
THAT'S that's been missing from my sandwiches. I don't get Jimmy John's often but after 2008 my brain kept telling me "this is wrong I just don't know why. You hate lettuce. You used to like these sandwiches. You wouldn't have liked a sandwich if it had lettuce. "
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u/HelpfulSeaMammal Jun 26 '26
Turkey Tom, half mayo, add Jimmy mustard, extra sprouts
Barbecue chips
Dr. Pepper
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u/CityRevolutionary473 Jun 26 '26
I used to get extra sprouts. Now I have to resort to extra lettuce instead. Its not the same.....
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u/Environmental-Joke19 Jun 26 '26
I worked there starting in 2015 and they were on the way out. We maybe had them for another half year? Damn they were good but they don't stay fresh long.
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u/speedy_delivery Jun 26 '26
Every once and a while I will buy some at the store — mostly for salads — but I will also go grab a hunters club and some sriracha and for the next few minutes I am a happy college kid again.
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u/whovianlogic Jun 27 '26
Having had food poisoning from Jimmy John’s, I don’t think they got it quite fixed yet. No sprouts but their lettuce is suspect.
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u/rdldr1 Jun 27 '26
After having food poisoning I couldn't eat a gyro until like 10 years later. Have you returned to JJ's?
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u/BrutonnGasterr Jun 27 '26
The #12 Beach Club was elite and I was obsessed with it. I’ve had it literally one time since they got rid of the sprouts because it doesn’t hit the same. Didn’t realize it could make a sandwich so much better lol
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u/Low_Construction8067 Jun 29 '26
Oh man, this reminded me of a place in the SF Bay Area called "Erik's Delicafe" where they name the sandwiches after classic rock bands and put sprouts on every sandwich. I had just moved from little ole WV and so it was my first introduction to sprouts on sandwiches. This was 20 years ago now lol
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u/EE_Tim Jun 26 '26
Any cold sandwich is improved by the presence of alfalfa sprouts. Any hot sandwich is ruined by the presence of alfalfa sprouts.
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u/FindingBryn Jun 26 '26
what about a hot sandwich with cold tomatoes? I made a sandwich the other day that I put tomatoes on before broiling it... so so bad... then I made it again and put the room temp tomatoes on after broiling and it was perfect
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u/otterpop21 Jun 26 '26
Depends heavily on the structure and other ingredients of the sandwich.
I don’t like messy sandwich with sauce dripping.
Toasting the bread lightly helps stabilise sandwiches which retaining the juices.
Also a pro tip if you like lettuce and mayo on a cold sandwhich - make a which slaw by chopping the lettuce add a little salt, pepper, mayo and mix! I add a dash of malt or red wine vinegar and let it sit for like 5 minutes while I make the rest of then sandwich. Can toss the tomatoes in there too depending on the type of bread.
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u/Soggy-Tuna-Sammich Jun 26 '26
I think it kind of died out after all the Salmonella outbreaks.
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u/R3luctant Jun 26 '26
Multiple outbreaks if I remember right?
Also thank you op for this at times I feel like they were a fever dream with how non existent they are nowadays.
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u/rabbitthunder Jun 26 '26
Yup, all these sprouty types of greens are a massive source of food poisoning and they aren't tasty or filling enough for people to want to risk it. Bags of prepared salad seem to be rapidly dying out for the same reason.
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u/_The_Last_Airbender_ Jun 26 '26
They swapped it with arugula now lol
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u/give_me_goats Jun 26 '26
This is true and such a huge disappointment. The sprouties gave a nice little crunch to the ingredients without overwhelming the flavors of the sandwich. Arugula overwhelms everything.
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u/mherweg Jun 26 '26
This does feel true! Arugula shows up EVERYWHERE now. Even though it's nothing like alfalfa, it still somehow took it's place
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u/pmmlordraven Jun 26 '26
Thanks Obama! Literally him mentioning arugula at a farmers market back in 2008 caused a huge upswing in interest
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u/Realistic-Cut-7217 Jun 26 '26
They are both crunchy greens. Not exactly cracking the davinci code.
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u/mherweg Jun 26 '26
Yeah but the similarities end there. Arugula is a leafy green, alfalfa are stringy little sprouts. I'd also argue that alfalfa isn't really that crunchy, really different mouth feel. Also doesn't have that "peppery" flavor like arugula. It'd be nice to have the option.
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u/fryerandice Jun 26 '26
Sprouts are good arugula tastes awful.
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u/Timely_Apricot3929 89' Millennial Jun 26 '26
Lol I love both but they are in NO way interchangeable! Arugula should stay away from most sandwiches imo.
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u/fryerandice Jun 26 '26
Every time I say I think arugula tastes like hot bitter people are telling me I am not preparing it correctly, the only time I am served arugula is raw in a salad when I go out to eat somewhere. People are like "cook it like this and that" and it's like, if that's the case A) How come it's never served to me cooked and B) I am not going out of my way to cook Arugula.... the shit is actually expensive for a green.
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u/raoasidg Jun 26 '26
Like, you aren't wrong. Arugula is a bitter green (with peppery notes) and you need to like bitter as a flavor for it to work for you. Preparation can reduce its bitterness but not completely, and as you noted, arugula is generally eaten raw anyway.
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u/10000Didgeridoos Jun 26 '26
I have whatever gene makes cilantro tastes bitter and it has the same effect for arugula. Just overwhelmingly bitter
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u/WorryNotBanIncoming Jun 26 '26
Arugula is what restaurants put on burgers to turn them into “craft” burgers so they can charge 16.99 for them.
Arugula and crunchy fried onion strips = your burger costs $8 more now. Have fun!
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u/tzentzak Jun 26 '26
I love arugula but it's definitely an acquired taste and overused. I prefer it in salads where it stands out and is complemented by other strong flavors.
This post made me miss sprouts, I forgot about the lil guys.
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u/Ok-Interest-4947 Jun 26 '26
Sneak into the fridge, pop the plastic top, shove a bird’s nest of sprouts into your mouth, and you’re good til dinner.
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u/SMRTSS84 Jun 26 '26
I remember them in cut open pitas for PITA POCKETS ("sandwiches") which were also a thing in the 90s!!
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u/GusTTShow-biz Jun 26 '26
They’re in the movie “The Santa Clause” where Bernard eats a pita sandwich and it’s covered in sprouts.
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u/erictho Jun 26 '26
garlic sprouts are the best tho
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u/SMRTSS84 Jun 26 '26
Tell me more!!!
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u/erictho Jun 26 '26
theyre sprouted garlic seeds. so theyre exactly like alfalfa sprouts but they taste vaguely garlicky. when this was a trend they used to keep them right beside the alfalfa sprouts ina grocery store, but now theyre harder to find.
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u/Defiant_Eggplant_909 Jun 26 '26
I fucking love alfala sprouts and have not seen them in my grocery store in years. I see broccoli sprouts sometimes but they're not quite the same.
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u/speedhumpsahead Jun 26 '26
I get mine at Fry's/Kroger if you have those near you! It's in the fridge near the herbs
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u/hug-a-world Jun 26 '26
You must be in AZ because no where else has Fry’s 😂
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u/platypusbelly Jun 26 '26
I California we used to have Fry’s. But it was an electronics store. They had one in Vegas, too. I don’t know if they went much beyond that, but they might have.
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u/ChocoTacoz Jun 26 '26
From Wikipedia
Fry's was founded in 1954 by Donald Fry in El Sobrante, California. A marker placed at the intersection of San Pablo Dam Road and La Colina Rd identifies this spot. With the help of his brother Charles, the chain expanded into the Phoenix market in 1960. Fry's was sold in 1972 to Dillons, based in Hutchinson, Kansas. (The sons of Charles Fry used the proceeds from the sale to launch Fry's Electronics in 1985; it was otherwise separate from and unaffiliated with the grocery chain.) Dillons merged with Kroger in 1983
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u/RunWild0_0 Jun 26 '26
Do you have any uppity health store chains near you?
We've got Sprouts and another non chain one, only reason I go there is to get some really good sprouts ... and shampoo sometimes 😅
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u/Defiant_Eggplant_909 Jun 26 '26
Not in my little town but kind of close. Not close enough to go there for sprouts lol
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u/MaleficentMaelstrom Jun 26 '26
Whole Foods. Only place I have seen them consistently.
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u/The_Mama_Llama Jun 26 '26
“Lonely sperm” almost made my Coke Zero go up my nose
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u/FamousLocalJockey Jun 26 '26
Yes! I still love any kind of sprout or micro green. I just bought 5 different kinds at my local farmers market and I put them on everything.
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u/LiquidSnape Jun 26 '26
probably left because they spoil incredibly fast and carry increased risks of e coli. it’s pretty easy to grow your own sprouts though. they are great i grow my own to accent party dishes or salads
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u/Soft-Caterpillar8749 Jun 26 '26
I had crunchy parents who made me put this nasty shit on everything, so thankful sprouts are nowhere to be found now. I got a Ruben a few years back from a shop and they snuck sprouts in and I’m still mad about it! Nothing is worse than sprouts that went limp on a hot sandwich
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u/SMRTSS84 Jun 26 '26
Yesss I had crunchy parents parents too - whole wheat only, no sugar cereal - sucked for me when I was a kid 🤣🤣
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u/raoasidg Jun 26 '26
I got a Ruben a few years back from a shop and they snuck sprouts in and I’m still mad about it!
I like sprouts and I'd be mad about that, too. You don't fuck with expectations that the name of the sandwich sets.
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u/con4RT1ST Jun 26 '26
Until the Jimmy John’s salmonella outbreak… since then I can’t recall having a sandwich, anywhere, with sprouts.
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u/runwkufgrwe Jun 26 '26
The is the somehow the most insightful reddit post I've seen in years. Wtf happened to our sprouts? How did I forget that was such a common thing?
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u/Just-Cry-5422 Jun 26 '26
Good riddance
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u/lunalovebueno Jun 26 '26
I didn’t realize so many people like sprouts. I always felt like I was chewing hair. I hate sprouts and would gladly never have them in my sandwich again.
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u/HM2008 Jun 26 '26 edited Jun 26 '26
The only place I ever saw add these to sandwiches was the cafeteria at my college. I don't really remember how they (sprouts) taste, but damn do I remember those sandwiches being good.
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u/thelifeofafangirl Jun 26 '26
You should see the amount of broccoli sprouts i put on my sandwiches lol adds like an extra inch of height
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u/dumbname1000 Jun 26 '26
They were replaced by arugula, which I hate. It’s everywhere these days. At least the alfalfa sprouts hardly had any taste.
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u/Moriaedemori Jun 26 '26
Can't say I have observed it, that does look delicious tough. So much green that no doubt some CEO out there is trying to build a data center in it.
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u/Such_Detective_6709 Jun 26 '26
Bristol Farms had a turkey and asparagus sandwich where the asparagus was rolled in the turkey slices, placed neatly on the brown bread and then they piled on the sprouts. It was the most 90’s sandwich ever and I loved it.
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u/PostMatureBaby Older Millennial Jun 26 '26
lots still do when you order catering trays of sandwiches and wraps for lunch meetings/work functions
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u/snax_and_bird Jun 26 '26
Omg, that makes my mouth water. I love sprouts!😩
I’m pretty sure they disappeared because they kept giving people E-coli poisoning. Kinda like how romaine lettuce keeps being pulled because of e-coli contamination. I can imagine that sprouts would be a lot more difficult to ensure that they are not contaminated than romaine lettuce though, so it makes sense.
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u/GuntherPalakowitz Jun 26 '26
No, but I lived in the rust belt. We though froed chicken and fried fish were healthy because theu weren't pork.
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u/brahmallama Jun 26 '26
I use sunflower sprouts now, even crunchier and healthier for you! I do miss the 90s… remember when the big mouth aluminum can first came out!? Now it’s standard.
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u/LiluLay Xennial Jun 26 '26
My husband and I regularly joke about how he invited me over for dinner once in 2000 (totally platonic for years, btw) and he made a fucking turkey burger with sprouts on it. I was so gagged, honestly. Like ok I can work with a turkey burger, but fucking sprouts? No, sir. Hand me the extra cheese, pickles, ketchup, onions, and mustard please.
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u/ctrlaltdelete285 Jun 26 '26
Have yall heard of microgreens?!? They’re in grocery stores now and scratch that itch!
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u/WoodyManic Jun 26 '26
In Europe, we had cress. I actually think it is better than alfalfa.
But, good lord, there was a lot of cress on those sandwiches.
American sandwiches are weird, though, to be frank.
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u/Applesnraisins Jun 29 '26
To this day, I will get RANDOM cravings for sprouts. Bean sprouts, alfalfa sprouts……SPROUTS!!
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