April List Sandwiches and March Wrapup

Hi again, sandwich fans! We’ve made it through another month, and we’re on to our next set of three sandwiches to eat, to talk about, and to leave behind as we race forward to the end of the List. We’ve got some interesting things to write about in the month ahead. But first, let’s talk about March’s sandwiches.

March was an interesting month, as there was a certain unexpected synergy running through the sandwiches we explored, a theme of sorts. First Mindy and I traveled to New Jersey to try a sandwich they call Sloppy Joe, which is not at all similar to the sandwich the rest of the country calls a Sloppy Joe, which we covered next. Finally, we got to the bottom of Sliders, the connection here being that White Castle, home of the Slider, is apparently now serving a Sloppy Joe slider in some locations. Sadly, I did not get to try one.

Now that we’re done with all that sloppiness, it’s time to do a little Spring cleaning with April’s sandwiches!

First up is the S’more! Long ago removed from the Wikipedia List, we left it on here, mainly because I know I will have an enthusiastic volunteer for taste testing in my 12 year old son. Next on the list for April is the Smörgåstårta, Swedish for “Sandwich Cake.” Yes, we’re doing this again. Please send help. Finally, we’ll be looking into the Norwegian open-face sandwiches called Smørrebrød. I’ve been looking forward to these since we first touched on them years ago with Dyrlægens Natmad.

Anybody have any particular insight into these sandwiches that you’d like to share with the world? This month could be your chance! Get in touch!

Changes to the List

At the last minute, someone came in and added three new sandwiches. I think at least one if not all of these will be removed as a duplicate though.

• Donair. This appears to be a version of Doner Kebab served in Halifax, Nova Scotia. edit: I looked into it some more. There may be validity in considering this a separate item from doner kebab or gyros. It’s made with beef rather than a beef/lamb combination, and uses a sweet sauce unique to the sandwich. Also, I think it would be kind of neat to visit Halifax.
• Rachel. A variant of the Reuben using pastrami rather than corned beef and coleslaw rather than sauerkraut. Basically a deli special with pastrami. This may also not make it.
• Sausage, Pepper, and Onion Sub/Hoagie. Basically a sausage sandwich in a hoagie roll.

Sandwich Tribunal

The idea behind this site is to explore the nature of sandwichness by eating every sandwich on the Official en.wikipedia.org List of Sandwiches and then to post here about it, preferably with lots of pictures and also words. Sandwich words.