I remember a similar sandwich at the King's Armor in Flint back in my 60s college years.
Somewhat surprisingly I found an artifact of it on the net:
Posted on 10/17/2013 11:52:16 AM PDT by EveningStar
I have long held that America’s greatest contribution to the culinary world is the sandwich.
I’m well aware that the sandwich as we know it today dates back long before the time the country even came into existence (In fact, to the time when ancient Jewish sage, Hillel the Elder, first put lamb between soft matzah around 1 B.C.). The Americans have elevated slamming awesome stuff between bread into something of an art form, and few people would argue that some of the very best examples are to be found in the cities and at the roadsides of the United States.
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I remember a similar sandwich at the King's Armor in Flint back in my 60s college years.
Somewhat surprisingly I found an artifact of it on the net:
One side of my plate has half a Reuben. The other side is half of a Philly CheeseSteak. Problem is-——— which to bite into first.
Hot Pastrami on rye at Label’s Deli in Woodland Hills, California. Loaded with meat. DEE-LISH!
Whole wheat bread, swiss cheese, sauteed mushrooms, alfalfa sprouts, slice of ripe tomato, mayo. Put it all together and grill in pan with butter.
Oh man, I’m in! Thanks.
NONE of these sandwiches are something that “any” normal individual would put on their list of “sandwich of the city” list.
Why? NONE of those sandwiches are to be found in any place that serves any sandwich for less than SEVEN DOLLARS.
I’ve already seen a few of these on that food show, with the guy with the weird, spikey maybe-blonde hair, and some of these sandwiches were twenty dollar plates.
Lastly, some of these sandwiches looked like (you guess the word).
Now I need to make a long roadtrip back to the old (now no longer safe) neighborhood...
I agree there. The only improvement might be bacon.
For those of you not wanting to waste time on that atrocious site, the list:
10 The Kentucky Hot Brown at The Brown Hotel
09 The Pulled Pork Sandwich at Payne’s BBQ (Memphis, Tenn.)
08 The Pastrami Sandwich at Katz’s Deli (New York, N.Y.)
07 The “Medianoche” Cuban Sandwich at Exquisito (Miami, Fla.)
06 The Pig Brain Sandwich at The Hilltop Inn (Evansville, Ind.)
05 The Roast Pork Sandwich at John’s Roast Pork (Philadelphia, Pa.)
04 The French Dip at Philippe (Los Angeles, Calif.)
03 The Popcorn Shrimp Po’boy at The Parkway Tavern (New Orleans, La.)
02 The “John’s Deluxe” at Pork Chop John’s (Butte, Mont.)
01 The No. 19 at Langer’s Deli (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Going there made me long for a site that was easy to navigate, like the Obamacare signup site for instance.
Bacon makes everything better, even chocolate and brownies.
Nuff said.
Great minds think alike... My two favorites.
I know an older gentleman who lived in Evansville, and he said that, during the Great Depression, his uncle went there and returned with a grocery sack full of pig brain sandwiches and hamburgers, each of which sold for a nickel.
Granted, a single sandwich might have close to 1200% US RDA of cholesterol.
He did not know of calf brain sandwiches, specifically remembering them as pig brain.
Anyone had a Hot Brown from the Brown Hotel in Louisville? It is open faced. One could argue if you don’t have grease half way down to your elbows and a big splotch of glop on your shirt, it isn’t a sandwich!
Agreed, that's the definitive po'boy. I actually prefer the R&O's "Special" to the Mother's original. Maybe it's just that the restaurant is less of a tourist attraction than Mother's, with a line of people endlessly winding through the table seating area.
IMO, the Parkway Tavern's popcorn shrimp po'boy is good, but not as iconic as, say, a Central Grocery muffuletta.
I wonder where a pork tenderloin — breaded and deep-fried — placed.
My dear cousin who’s been in Texas for years could not wait to have one while visiting the rest of us Midwesterners. She even took a picture of it and posted the pic on Facebook.
I think this is a Midwestern thing that resulted from so many hogs raised by farm families with German backgrounds.
You beat me to it. The Monte Cristo is by far the favorite of four of five in my family. A simple 1/2 pound blue cheese burger on a hard roll is a close second. ( my kids call them “Dadburgers”)
OOOOOH. Yes. Muffletta!
Politically, it might be a corrupt, dangerous, dark blue cesspit, but for eating, you just can’t do better thank New Orleans!
The Chicken Reuben at Inn Flight restaraunts. (philly area)
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