February List Sandwiches and January Wrapup

Hello sandwich friends and welcome to a new month at Sandwich Tribunal! Those of you who’ve been reading for a while know the score, but to catch up any newbies–we cover 3 sandwiches each month, as scheduled in alphabetical order on our List, which itself was inspired by the Wikipedia List of Sandwiches. On the 1st of each month, a post like this will appear, detailing which sandwiches we’ll be covering that month, and summing up the previous month’s sandwiches along with any insights gained (apart from “sandwiches are tasty” which, while true, is something we figured out a long time ago). So let’s take a look at January’s sandwiches!

In January we tried to recreate as well as we could the Farroupilha sandwiches of southern Brazil. Hopefully we hit fairly close to the mark, but we’re still open to having a Brazilian (especially someone from the state of Rio Grande do Sul, where the Farroupilha is from) let us know how we did. Get in touch! We also tried making fish finger sandwiches a la Great Britain, and found them to be tastier than many British sandwiches we’ve tried in the past. Finally, we gorged ourselves on the French Tacos of Lyon, a fairly non-French and definitely non-Mexican grilled wrap made with halal cart fillings, fries, and cheese sauce.

Now, let’s take a look at what we have in store for February!

Sandwich aux grillades is a sandwich of seasoned strips of “unsalted bacon”–i.e., pork belly–with mustard and onion popular in the Salaberry-de-Valleyfield area of Quebec. The word bacon caught our eyes but even without the nitrites and smoke, this ought to be a pretty good sandwich. Next up is a type of loosemeat sandwich served seemingly exclusively in Mt. Airy, North Carolina called a Ground Steak sandwich. We doubt it’ll replace the Maid Rite in our hearts but we’re willing to give it a fair shake. Finally, we go back to Quebec for the Guedille, which sounds a lot like a lobster roll in which just about anything can take the place of the lobster.

These all look pretty good, and we can’t wait to try them! Do any Tribunal readers out there have a personal connection to one of these sandwiches? We’d love to hear about it! Drop us a line on the Contact Us page!

Changes to the List

Only very minor formatting-type edits to the Wikipedia List in January. However, we did add a few new sandwiches to our list, that were brought to our attention by friends of the site.

• Nutritious Sandwich – This Taiwanese street food is yet another type of donut sandwich, but looks interesting. We’re giving it a shot
• Peanut butter and onion – A friend and coworker from Washington state swears by these, which we’re told must be made only with sweet Walla Walla onions. With some trepidation, we have agreed to try them
• Poor Boy – Jim discovered this one; a “long burger” native to an unspecified area of Northern Illinois. We’ll learn more when the time comes