American Sandwich

American Sandwich

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Got a hankering for a Kentucky Hot Brown? A serious need for a Navajo Taco? Craving an authentic Florida Cuban? Then this is the cookbook for you! You can thank John Montagu, the Fourth Earl of Sandwich, for its invention, though he probably wasn’t the first guy to put stuff between two pieces of bread. No matter who created it, the sandwich is still the king of food in America. We eat more than 45 billion sandwiches per year, with the average person consuming 193 sandwiches annually! That’s a lot of mustard!

From Po’Boys to Lobster Rolls, Buffalo Burgers to Muffalettas, Becky Mercuri has a recipe for every sandwich imaginable, and a location in each region where you can find the real thing. Or, fix up a mess of your favorite regional sammies without ever leaving the comfort of your own kitchen!

Learn about the history of the sandwich, the birth of Wonder Bread, the influence of immigrant flavors and foods, and the origins of each unique regional specialty sandwich in this affordable little American culinary road trip.

Becky Mercuri, has been a contributing editor for Cookbook Collectors Exchange, a nationally distributed newsletter, for seven years. She was the editor of a popular food and travel column for the Wellsville Daily Reporter in western New York. An accomplished cook who has gathered recipes throughout the world, Becky is a contributing member to several organizations and their national newsletters, an avid student of culinary history, a member of the Southern Foodways Alliance, and a well-respected food and travel writer based in New York State.

Got a hankering for a Kentucky Hot Brown? A serious need for a Navajo Taco? Craving an authentic Florida Cuban? Then this is the cookbook for you! You can thank John Montagu, the Fourth Earl of Sandwich, for its invention, though he probably wasn’t the first guy to put stuff between two pieces of bread. No matter who created it, the sandwich is still the king of food in America. We eat more than 45 billion sandwiches per year, with the average person consuming 193 sandwiches annually! That’s a lot of mustard!

Alabama

Approximately half the peanuts produced in the United States are grown within a hundred-mile radius of Dothan, Alabama, which bills itself as the “Peanut Capital of the World.” Located in the southeastern part of the state, known as the Wiregrass area, the region”s 1,200 peanut farmers have been honored every November since 1938 at the National Peanut Festival. Visitors to Dothan are greeted by a giant gold peanut sculpture at the Visitor Information Center, and scattered throughout the city, one encounters five-foot-high fiberglass peanut sculptures, each whimsically decorated to represent a special theme or character. A series of spectacular murals in historic downtown Dothan commemorate area events, people, and places, including one dedicated to the National Peanut Festival and Dr. George Washington Carver, who developed over three hundred uses for the peanut.

Although the creation of peanut butter dates to 1890, it wasn”t produced commercially until 1922 when a revolutionary new churning process was introduced, delivering a smoother, stabilized product with a longer shelf life. The increasing popularity of peanut butter dovetailed with the broad distribution of presliced bread in the early 1930s, but it wasn”t until World War II that peanut butter was combined with jelly in sandwiches. It”s believed that American soldiers first combined the two ingredients, commonly found in their ration kits, because the jelly made it easier to eat the sticky peanut butter. By the end of the war, peanut butter was a kitchen staple, and with the end of sugar rationing, Welch”s Grape Jelly became its choice companion.

Dothan, AL 36301

Acknowledgements 6

Introduction 7

An American Sandwich Timeline 8

American Sandwiches By State 11

Index 138

Additional information

Weight 1 oz
Dimensions 1 × 8 × 8 in