I really like sandwiches. I like other kinds of food as well. But sandwiches never disappoint. I like it when people other food on a sandwich. Chicken-Parm sandwich –better than chicken-parm. Chicken Salad sandwich –better than chicken salad. It works with non chicken foods too. Salmon burger –better than salmon. I like mine with green onion and spicy mayonnaise. Plus sandwiches are inclusive. Other people get caught up in semantics. Is a hotdog a sandwich? Yes. So is pizza. It’s just an open face sandwich. Is a burrito a sandwich? Heck yeah. Welcome to the party tasty burrito. If you’ve got a bread like product that keeps your hands mostly clean and encasing some kind of filling with a sauce you’ve got a sandwich. Pie, you ask? Depends. Hand pies yes. Traditional pies, no. Tacos? Soft yes. Hard no. Have I ever figured out to put soup on a sandwich. Not yet, but rice noodles are in. Favorite sandwich? Shrimp po’boy. Ketchup but no tomatoes. Most often eaten sandwich? PB&J –strawberry J. Most often eaten sandwich not made by me? Turkey and cheese. I like Blimpie, Jimmy Johns, Firehouse, and Jersey Mikes. Chiba Hut is good too, but I’m not into their weed theme. It’s been said that the sandwich was invented by the fourteenth Earl of sandwich to help keep his hands clean while he was playing cards. There is a very similar story from Japan about the invention of sushi. The major difference being the gambling Daimyo in question did not name his invention after himself. For my money the inventor of the sandwich is a jewish guy named Hillel. He told people to put haroset (apples and dried fruit soaked in wine) and bitter herbs (traditionally horseradish) be two pieces of Matzo (unleavened bread) and get after it. He wrote down the recipe before the birth of Christ. So I think he wins.
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