Fried Chicken and Bread (and pickles?): the Ascent of the Chicken Sandwich
When I was a kid, I did not like burgers. Don’t hate me. I realize how shocking that must seem to some of you. I know better now of course. At the time, my...
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Cemitas: Pueblan Specialty, Chicago Favorite
When many people think of Mexican sandwiches, tortas are probably what they think of. (That is, if they’re not thinking of tacos, burritos, etc., as sandwiches, an ongoing discussion I won’t revisit here.) Tortas do seem to be the...
My weekend in sandwiches, March 2, 2015
A couple of quick hits here, as I had a bit of a theme going this weekend and I thought I might take a moment to tick off the purists. I live a stone’s throw from...
Broodje Kroket, or my life as a fake Dutchman
When I was a kid, my stepfather Tim was from Pella, Iowa, a small town of (at the time) about eight thousand people southeast of Des Moines that didn’t so much cling to its...
Bun Kebabs in the Desi Corridor, Chicago
Often at the Tribunal, when presented with an unfamiliar sandwich originating in a far off and exotic land (e.g., Buffalo, NY), I’ll have no choice but to try and recreate that sandwich myself, from...
2015 – Breakfast to Dynamite
Wherein we eat all the sandwiches on the Wikipedia List of Sandwiches and try to think of something clever to write about them. We’ll go through three sandwiches every month or so, in alphabetical order....
German Butterbrot
I’ve mentioned before that here at the Tribunal, we are not fully on-board with the concept of the open-faced sandwich–a sandwich is supposed to be a food of convenience, a neat edible carrying case used to...
A Month of Breakfast Sandwiches
We ran into this issue back in October with the Barbecue sandwich. “Breakfast” is not a sandwich. It’s a category. It’s a sandwich you have for breakfast, simple as that. The Wikipedia article is referring...
Breakfast Sandwich – Pork Roll, Egg & Cheese
Pork roll is so Jersey Bruce Springsteen almost wrote a song about it. Pork roll is so Jersey it has to shave twice a day. Pork roll is so Jersey it’s rented the same house...
The British Rail Sandwich
One of you cats is quite the joker. How does a British cultural reference that’s 20 years out of date end up on the List of Sandwiches that I had, until now, presumed were meant...
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