The Ultimate Turkey Sandwich - GF

Here's a turkey sandwich that captures the spirit of Thanksgiving dinner, without a chance of blandness.  I used Udi's GF White Sandwich Bread for the sandwich, but the Whole Grain GF bread for the stuffing.

It's a great sandwich, even if you're not gluten-free.

1. Slice the Turkey Thin

A commone mistake is to try and do it with a single thick piece; slice the meat as thinly as possible, and use a couple of layers at least.  Makes for an easier bite.  Oh, and salt and pepper on top of the meat, before you move on to the next layer....

2.  The Stuffing - Critical for Flavor

Stuffing out of the bird actually works better for this; it wants to be sliced, just like the meat.  But a thin single layer is what you want here.  It's just to bring that magnificent flavor into the sandwich, so a little goes a long way.

3.  Cranberry Sauce

You can see why the jelly is preferred over the whole-berry kind of sauce; you want it evenly spread through the sandwich, not clumped and dripping out the sides.

4.  Cole Slaw

Do not skip this most critical layer!  It adds a wonderful zing to the sandwich, and wakes up the other flavors.  This is a sweet'n'sour dressing, not a mayonaise-based dressing.  For best results, use this recipe.  It's the best slaw dressing in the universe.  I know that slaw has fallen off the traditional Thanksgiving table somewhere along the line, but it was on the very first menus that cropped up in the 19th century.  In my family, it stayed on the menu, and I can't imagine a turkey dinner without it.

5. Enjoy the best damned turkey sandwich you've ever had.

This one's piled a leeetle too high; I could have gone with less turkey.  But dang, it's a good sandwich.  Dagwood Bumstead wouldn't criticize this snack.