It's the wild history of how the sandwich club had its name
It's like a puzzle: when you get it, you will ask yourself everything.
Have you ever ordered a sandwich club and asked me how it came to be called this? After all, so many other sandwiches have names that clearly identify what you eat. A grilled cheese sandwich contains grilled cheese, a tuna melting is composed of a glorious hot tuna salad monticle and BLT means "bacon, lettuce and tomato" (but you do not need me to tell you that )
But what about the sandwich club? Is it as a beef of beef with a re-absitential sandwich, Swiss cheese, sauerkraut and Russian vinaigrette, grilled between slices of rye bread-which has several original stories, including one on a famous Broadway actress Who visited the delicacy of New York Regennn, one night in 1914. When the cabinets were particularly naked? Was he popularized in a particular club, maybe? Or is there a Marjorie club to thank this delicacy?
Apparently, the origin of the name is much simpler than you think. As the BT, the letters from the Sandwich Club reveal what is in it. The club means "chicken and lettuce under the bacon".
London Resident Taylor recently come to this realization on Twitter.
The spirits of people have been blown.
It should be mentioned, however, that, as with the Reuben, the origin of the name is still debating. The most popular history of this skyscraper sandwich are that it was invented in 1894 in an exclusive gaming house in Saratoga Springs, New York, called House Saratoga Club. This theory is saved by the fact that the replacement name of a sandwich club is a clubhouse sandwich.
Some sources say it was created by Fraser Scrutton at the New York Exclusive Union Club, whichcontained an early recipe At a union club sandwich, consisting of "two grilled pieces of Graham bread, with a layer of turkey or chicken and ham with each other, served hot." Of course, this culinary harde has to date; A sandwich club does not necessarily have a chicken as the main ingredient.
Whatever the origin, it is crucial that this delicious sandwich is served in triangles. Seriously, this is supported by science:Sandwiches have better taste when they are cut in two.
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