April List Sandwiches and March Wrapup

Hello sandwich fans and welcome to April! Today is April 1st, so remember to not take anything anyone says at face value today–except for us, of course. The Tribunal will never lie to you. We are too busy enjoying delicious sandwiches to come up with elaborate pranks. As usual, we are here on the first of the month to announce the three new sandwiches that the Tribunal will be writing about in April. But first, as always, we’ll take a look back at March, an eventful and busy month for the Tribunal.

The Tribunal started March by exploring the Egyptian Hawawshi, a whole wheat flatbread stuffed with seasoned minced meat and baked. This gave us an excuse to discover a nice Egyptian restaurant in Chicago as well as develop a taste for ful medames. All in all, a delicious discovery! Next, the Tribunal took a trip to Fall River, Massachusetts to try a local hot dog stand delicacy called the Hot Cheese sandwich. We have received dozens of recommendations to try using Sodium Citrate instead of a bechamel to make our hot cheese sauce next time and we hear you–we have a pound of the stuff and will definitely give it a shot. Finally, we ate more Nashville Hot Chicken Sandwiches this month than is probably advisable, but we can’t get enough of the stuff! Jim is already looking for another excuse to get back to Nashville and have some more! In addition to the three List sandwiches, we ate so many other good things–sandwiches and otherwise–while we were in New England that Jim had to write an entirely different post about them. It was a great month here at the Tribunal.

And now, we’re ready to dive into April’s sandwiches!

In April the Tribunal will be covering the Hot Salami sandwich of St. Louis, a sandwich that Jim ought to have already tried, having grown up in St. Louis’ orbit, having spent many an evening there as a young person. Given its iconic status as the representative sandwich of the state of Missouri by all accounts, we’re not sure how this one slipped past us, but Jim will finally try it in April! We’ll also tackle the Chinese Jianbing, a breakfast crepe folded around various fillings–egg, meats, beans, vegetables, sauces, even crisp fried dough! Is it really a sandwich? We don’t much care, as long as it’s delicious! Finally, the Tribunal will take a crack at a Finnish dish with entirely too many Ks in it, Kalakukko, a rye bread loaf with fish and bacon baked right into it. Again, we are skirting the limits of sandwichness here but we like to concern ourselves with the many delicious ways in which bread interacts with other foods to create something new. This Finnish fish “pie” looks fascinating and we can’t wait to try it!

As always, the Tribuanl would like to thank the folks who read our sandwich ramblings; we hope you are enjoying our journey as much as we are! If any of our readers have any unique insights into one or more of this month’s featured sandwiches, please reach out and let us know! You can use the Contact Us form here on the site or send us a message on any of our social media channels.

Changes to the List

Wikipedia List

• In March, very few edits were made to the Wikipedia List of Sandwiches. The main change was that the Australian Salad sandwich was added. This sandwich is already on our list and due to be covered next February.

Our List

The following is a list of potential additions to our List for Phase 4, another alphabetical list of sandwiches we’ll go through when we finish the current list in July 2025. Additionally, there are a few sandwiches from our early days that maybe we didn’t do the best job writing up originally. It might pay to take a second look at some of the Phase 1 sandwiches. Please let us know what you think. And if there’s a sandwich that we should cover that isn’t anywhere on our List, let us know about it!

• Adelaide Sandwich (Scotland)
• Carne Louca (Brazil)
• Carolina Bird Dog (South Carolina)
• Chicken zinger (KFC by way of Pakistan)
• Entrevero no pão (south Brazil)
• Guacamaya (Mexico)
• Handwich (Disney)
• Hani (Detroit)
• Jersey style hot dogs (including Trenton variant)
• Knäckebröd med kaviar (Sweden)
• Matschbrötchen (Germany)
• Shredded chicken sandwich (Ohio)
• Pav Bhaji (India)
• Stuffed ham (south Maryland)
• Tapioca wrap (Brazil)
• Tosta Mista (Portugal)
• Tunnbrodsrulle (Sweden)
• Z-Man Sandwich (Kansas City)