November List Sandwiches and October Wrapup

It’s November 1st–the kids are in candy comas and temperatures are dropping; Autumn is starting in earnest and if history is any guide, grocery stores near you already have turkeys on sale–you just have to walk past 3 aisles of Christmas displays to get to them. Finally, here at the Tribunal, we’re debuting 3 new sandwiches that we’ll be investigating this month–in November as we do in January, February, March, etc. But just as with every other month, first we’ll take a beat to recap the sandwiches we just tried in October!

The Tribunal started out October trying to understand why so many Brits have asked us to write about the Teesside dish called Parmo–it’s a cutlet covered in bechamel and melted cheese that is not generally served as a sandwich, but we found a way! Next we tackled the Sicilian chickpea fritter called panelle, which is usually served in a bread roll as a sandwich. Though we were not particular fans of the sandwich, we’ll keep an open mind if we ever run across it again in the wild! Finally, we ended the month on a high note with the Pastrami burger as served in the Salt Lake City area of Utah. Did Utahns invent the pastrami burger, or pastrami, or burgers? No, none of the above, and nobody claimed they did. But they sure do like these Pastrami burgers.

And now let’s take a look at the sandwiches–and sandwich-adjacent bready delights–that November has in store!

In November the Tribunal will finally write about our favorite vegetarian Indian sandwich-like dish, pav bhaji, spicy a potato-and-vegetable curry served with soft bread rolls for scooping. This is something we should have gotten around to long ago. We’ll also be taking a look at the pepperoni roll, a portable snack for West Virginia coal miners. Spicy sausages baked into bread are never a bad idea! Finally, we’ll be exploring the pheasant sandwich, a dying delicacy centered around a particular train depot canteen during World War 2. What

We are very excited not only for each of these sandwiches coming up, but also for the delicious Thanksgiving meal we have to look forward to this month and the family time that comes with it. We hope you have a great November, and find your way back here to read about these sandwiches once we have something to say about them!

Changes to the List

Wikipedia List

• A Cambodian sandwich called Num Pang was added to the Wikipedia list. It’s described as a baguette with a savory filling garnished with pickled carrots and daikon along with sliced cucumber and herbs. In this way it sounds very much like a bánh mì, but we are very much into the idea of exploring it further, possibly with some input from our friend Ethan at Chicago’s Hermosa restaurant.
• The Quebecois Hot Chicken sandwich was added, which must have been on the Wikipedia list at some point in the past, because we have long since covered it. Delicious!
• Similarly, the Halifax Donair was added, which we wrote about in 2020. We’re very happy to see these sandwiches represented on the Wikipedia list again though!
• The Wilensky Special was added, which we wrote about 2 years ago. The Tribunal approves of our friends in Canada making their mark on the Wikipedia List!

Our List

• Our friend Fadi, a very interesting Lebanese linguist currently living and working in Ireland, told us about a sandwich he grew up eating that is essentially a stew of eggplant and chickpeas in tomato sauce served cold or room temperature in what I assume from context was a baguette-like bread roll. He also mentioned a similar Egyptian preparation that was served hot in a pita. We have put moussaka on the List so that we remember to investigate later.