I have made this pain de mie and it is great. I remember when I was a little girl my mother would have a bridge party or mah jongg party and serve lunch. She would make a "sandwich loaf". She would go to the local Butter Krust bakery and order a loaf of bread that is unsliced. She would then cut off the crusts and cut the bread into four slices (horizontally). The first layer she would put a egg salad that was made by "ricing" the eggs. Then the next layer would be a crab salad that was made with a tomato soup based "French" dressing then Thousand Island dressing was added. The top layer was caviar. The sandwich was then wrapped in plastic wrap and refrigerated about an hour or so. Then it is unwrapped and "frosted" in cream cheese that has been made spreadable with some cream and a hand mixer. Once it is frosted she used black olives, pimentos, green onion pieces to decorate. It was a gorgeous thing to behold. Once it was sliced it was just a pretty. It was sliced like a slice of bread but thicker. You could then see each layer of the sandwich. The bakery went out of business many, many years ago so the last time the sandwich loaf was made it was done with sliced bread stacked up, frosted then cut in half. By the time I started making pain de mie, my mom had not had a game party for a very long time. I wish I had been able to provide one of these loaves for her to use. Wonderful memories, thanks for sharing. I remember those sandwich loaves with cream cheese frosting... I never made one, but I distinctly remember seeing them - maybe at my grandma's - PJH

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