Mild sauce, though, is a west side and a south side phenomenon in Chicago. Served at a variety of establishments–fish and shrimp houses, chicken shacks, barbecue joints, sandwich shops, basically any place where you can order fried foods down to and including French fries–mild sauce has been a favorite at restaurants serving African-American neighborhoods since the 1950s. There, it is ubiquitous.
Five years ago in February of 2015, Sandwich Tribunal covered the first of what would become many open-face sandwiches on our List, the German Butterbrot. Back then, I had this to say about open-face...
Many of the various cultures and peoples of India practice forms of vegetarianism; therefore many of the street foods of India–not all, not by far, but many of them–are vegetarian foods. The vada pav...
Welsh rarebit, also known as Welsh rabbit, contains no rabbit and in fact is not a meat dish at all. It consists of a cheese and beer sauce generally served over toasted bread. I’m...
I first became aware of the term “Vegemite sandwich,” as I’m sure many Americans my age did, due to the 1982 Men at Work hit song “Down Under.” More accurately, I became aware of...
I grew up eating “tunafish” sandwiches. A tunafish sandwich, as I experienced it when I was younger, was a very simple tuna salad without the crunchy bits, and with Miracle Whip instead of mayonnaise....
Vada pav is a vegetarian Indian snack. Hailing from Mumbai, where millions are sold each day, it consists of batata vada, a filling of smashed potatoes, seasoned with herbs, coated with a batter of...
Like many of the islands of the Caribbean, Puerto Rico is a culinary crossroads. The native Taino diet consisted largely of fresh-caught fish, root vegetables like cassava and yams, beans, squash, and peppers. The...
When we’re investigating a sandwich here at the Tribunal, we often try to find out about the sandwich’s history. Some sandwiches came about because of colonialism or migration, some are the result of poverty...
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