Lobster Rolls: Expensive giant sea-bugs in a hot dog bun
I remember being a kid and seeing, in every grocery store it seems, the tanks of live lobsters and crabs for sale. I don’t see them so much anymore. Maybe it’s just the season–lobster...
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Limburger Sandwich. People Eat This.
Limburger is a cheese famous for one thing: it stinks. Ripened with Brevibacterium linens, a bacteria more commonly associated with human foot odor, Limburger, when consumed, has a soft interior with a somewhat more...
Making the Lettuce Sandwich Delicious
According to the Wikipedia List of Sandwiches from which we draw our inspiration here at the Tribunal, the lettuce sandwich consists of “lettuce and mayonnaise.” The Wikipedia article about lettuce sandwiches goes into more...
Leberkäse on Kaiser
Back in the mid-1990s, I lived just off the intersection of Western and Lawrence in Chicago, near the heart of a neighborhood called Lincoln Square. The anchor of that neighborhood is a short, narrow, one-way section...
An Actual Larry David Sandwich
Curb Your Enthusiasm is… an acquired taste, I think. I find it funny in bits and pieces, but overall, I don’t watch much of it. Something about watching a guy make an ass of himself...
Kokoretsi (Kokoreç) as a Sandwich
Kokoretsi is a Balkan treat–a drunken street food in places, a special meal for religious holidays in others–consisting of skewered organ meat (lamb, usually), wrapped in caul fat, bound in intestines, and grilled on...
Kottenbutter of the Bergisches Land
Das Bergisches Land is a mountainous region of Westphalia in Germany. The traditional industry of the area was mining–Westphalia was once known as the land of coal and steel–and working the ore the mines produced....
Katsu Sando
Like many eastern Asian countries, the staple grain for Japan throughout its history was always rice. Wheat, though known and used, was rare, and bread was only introduced after contact with European traders. The Japanese...
The Jibarito and Its Origin
Chicago food lore states that the Jibarito, a sandwich of thin-sliced steak or other meats, lettuce, tomato, garlicky mayonnaise, and American cheese on flattened fried green plantains, was “kinda, sorta” invented by Juan Figueroa...
Sandwich Tribunal Presents Jambon-Beurre
Jambon-Beurre is a popular street food in Paris, France–more than popular, in fact. Ubiquitous. Iconic. The literal translation is “ham butter,” and in fact those are the two main ingredients–those and of course the...
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