Before their epic battles, nutty Night King-slaying, and tearful final shoots, the cast and crew of Game of Thrones needed some serious fuel before cameras started rolling. While filming Season 8, the cast and crew of Thrones pretty much survived on one epic sandwich that needs a show of its own. It’s called the “fully loaded toastie,” and everyone from Winterfell to King’s Landing loved it.
In the HBO documentary The Last Watch, which aired May 26th and detailed the production of Thrones Season 8, fans learned what kept the team going through their long days of shooting the final season.
Leigh McCrum, who ran the on-set coffee truck (that may or may not have been the source of the now-infamous Winterfell coffee cup), put together famous fully loaded toastie almost by accident. She told The Last Watch camera crew that she actually made the sandwich for herself the first time. Someone on set caught wind of the unique sammy and asked to try it out. Word spread that it was the most delicious thing in all of Westeros, and soon enough, everyone was asking for a fully loaded toastie.
And we can totally understand why it became a crowd favorite. We’re absolutely making this for our Game of Thrones rewatch marathon.
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To make the toastie, McCrum first starts with two slices of tiger bread (a loaf of bread with a mottled crust). She then piles on cheese, bacon, chicken, ham, tomato, onion and tobacco onions, which are super-thin and crispy onion rings like the ones on the hamburger below.
The entire sandwich is then pressed like a panini so it gets melty, hot, and juicy. Um, yum. McCrum said that she tried to keep everyone on set healthy by stocking her truck with veggies and good-for-you snacks. But, most of the cast and crew wanted things that would give them energy throughout their 14 weeks of night shoots.
When you’re fighting off White Walkers, you need something hearty in your stomach.
The fully loaded toastie is basically a beefed-up club sandwich, pun intended. And btw, did you know that “club” stands for Chicken, Lettuce Under Bacon? One Irish Thrones extra had no idea, and neither did most Last Watch viewers.
How tf did this Game of Thrones dude just teach me that the “club” in club sandwich is an acronym............ #TheLastWatch pic.twitter.com/Vh6igfUh76
— Kyle Witmer (@K_Witmer_14) May 27, 2019
Who would have thought we’d learn the meaning of a Club sandwich from Game of Thrones? We certainly didn’t.
ok but the most important thing to take away from the game of thrones documentary is that CLUB sandwich actually means chicken and lettuce under bacon????
— webkinz milk cat (@shutup) May 28, 2019
We may all have *thoughts* about the finale, but at least we can come together and rejoice over learning something new about a sandwich. Thanks, GoT.
I'd like to thank Game of Thrones and HBO for teaching me that a club sandwich is actually an acronym pic.twitter.com/Y6ZuD3TOBA
— biscooti cookie (@Abbykl1) May 27, 2019
Fingers crossed she picked sandwich. That’s what a true fan would choose.
Seriously. Everyone is freaking out about club sandwiches, now.
Tbh, this epiphany is making us hungry. Chicken, Lettuce Under Bacon sammies, anyone?
My biggest revelation from the GOT Last watch was learning that the “Club” in Club sandwich stands for chicken and lettuce under bacon. #mindblown #clubsandwich #GameOfThrones #GOTlastwatch
— Nicki Halley (@nickihalley) May 27, 2019
And now, thanks to Sir Andy McClay, we all feel smarter. We’ll gladly give the Lord of Club Sandwich a follow.
The most loyal Stark guard in all of Westoros is now on Twitter- Aberdolf Strongbeard, slayer of Wights, first of his name, lord of club sandwich - @AndyMcClayGot1
— Jeanie Finlay (@JeanieFinlay) May 28, 2019
Just no Boltons, ok!#TheLastWatch #GameOfThrones #stark @GameOfThrones
🔥🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🔥 pic.twitter.com/YrZWDNxmoD
If you haven’t checked out The Last Watch on HBO yet, we highly recommend it. It’s incredible how much work (and food) went into creating the world of Westeros.
GIVE EMILIA CLARKE AN OSCAR FOR THIS PERFORMANCE!✨ #GameOfThrones #TheLastWatch pic.twitter.com/yhfazJUUEk
— jess.🪐 (@gerwigbitch) May 27, 2019
And to see how much emotion these actors put into their characters is unreal. They’ve been filling these shoes for ten years and the growth is real.
WHY IS NO ONE TALKING ABOUT THE HOUND/RORYS REACTION 😂 like his daughter just scored at her first football match 😂 #TheLastWatch
— me (@MohimaB_) May 27, 2019
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Plus, we got to see Kit Harington cry over he and Emilia Clarke’s final scene. It was precious.
Kit Harington’s reaction to learning Jon kills Daenerys #TheLastWatch https://t.co/NeF3isGMsT
— Jon Snow (@LordSnow) May 27, 2019
Then again… maybe he’s simply recalling some mind-blowing information he learned earlier that week. Chicken, Lettuce Under Bacon plays over and over in his head.
The @GameOfThrones doc “The Last Watch” on @HBO taught me that a “Club sandwich” has chicken, lettuce, and bacon because it stands for...
— David Lauterbach (@Lauterbach__) May 27, 2019
Chicken
Lettuce
Under
Bacon
My brain has melted. pic.twitter.com/8x3XQto6il
Check out The Last Watch while chowing down on your own version of a fully loaded toastie. We have a feeling it’ll be a great experience.
