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The Best Damn Sandwich in the Country
Topic Started: Jul 13 2010, 07:48 AM (1,118 Views)
Jolly
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Two nominations from me:

1. B-B-Q shrimp poboy from Pascal's Manales

http://www.neworleansrestaurants.com/pascalsmanale/

2. The original muffellata from Central Grocery:

http://neworleans.citysearch.com/profile/4428708/new_orleans_la/central_grocery_co_llc.html
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JBryan
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That muffuletta looks lik a hell of a sandwich.
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Primanti Brothers. Pittsburgh.

There is no equal.

"Its signature items are its sandwiches, which consist of grilled meat, a vinegar-based cole slaw, tomato slices, and French fries between two pieces of Italian bread.

The original shop is located in Pittsburgh's Strip District, a narrow strip of land where the warehouses and produce yards are located. In the 1930s, the Strip was a very busy place. Truckers delivered their goods in the middle of the night and had to get back on the road quickly. So Primanti's designed their sandwich to be eaten with one hand, while the driver drove the truck with the other. By combining the sides with the sandwich, a Pittsburgh staple was born. Of course, the restaurant offers a slightly humorous take on it, offering the explanation that the Primanti brothers simply forgot the plates and forks one day."
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Dewey
Jul 13 2010, 08:28 AM
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Primanti Brothers. Pittsburgh.

There is no equal.
Looks awesome! Never had but I have had Peppi's. Great stuff.

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Dewey
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Of course, there's always

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The Thurman Burger, from here in Columbus.

"By nature, i prefer brevity." - John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, p. 685.

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"Oh sure, every once in a while a turd floated by, but other than that it was just fine." - Joe A., 2011

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me want sandwhich
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Jolly
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JBryan
Jul 13 2010, 08:00 AM
That muffuletta looks lik a hell of a sandwich.
You can roll your own:


From Nola (Times-Picayune's website):

Make your own muffuletta!

This is not just a bunch of cold cuts and cheese. Anyone can make that. That's not to say that the meats and cheeses aren't important -- they are. You can get good quality Italian meats and cheeses in most good supermarkets, but you'd be better off at an Italian market (especially for the mortadella, which isn't always easy to find at a conventional supermarket.
To make this, you need two very important ingredients -- the bread, and the olive salad. In a pinch any good Italian bread will do, but for an authentic muffuletta you need a muffuletta loaf. It's round, usually sesame-seeded and about 10 inches in diameter. I'm told that many New Orleans muffuletterias (a new word I just made up) get their bread at Angelo Gendusa's bakery. If you want a Liuzza's-style "Frenchuletta", use a good light-bodied crispy-crusted French bread. Then ... the olive salad. The Holy Grail of sandwich fillings.

The olive salad recipe is the Number One single most-requested recipe on The Gumbo Pages.

While Central Grocery do not give out their muffuletta olive salad recipe, lots of folks have tried to duplicate it, with varying degrees of success. I've been saying for years now that I'm going to get a jar of olive salad from Central and reverse-engineer it, but until then, this will do quite nicely.

New Orleanian cook and cookbook author Chiqui Collier was kind enough to share this recipe with me for this site, and says, "It is my pleasure to send you the recipe for the original muffletta sandwich that was created by the grandfather of a lady i worked with 28 years ago." (Presumably that was Signor Salvadore.)

"The recipe for the olive salad is the exact way it was given to me. It makes over a gallon, but since your comments indicate that you love it, i'm sure you won't want to cut it down. It stores very well in the refrigerator for many months and makes great gifts along with the recipe for the sandwich. It does appear in my cookbook, "Cookery N'Orleans Style"



For the olive salad:
1 gallon large pimento stuffed green olives, slightly crushed and well drained
1 quart jar pickled cauliflower, drained and sliced
2 small jars capers, drained
1 whole stalk celery, sliced diagonally
4 large carrots, peeled and thinly sliced diagonally
1 small jar celery seeds
1 small jar oregano
1 large head fresh garlic, peeled and minced
1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 jar pepperoncini, drained (small salad peppers) left whole
1 pound large Greek black olives
1 jar cocktail onions, drained
Combine all ingredients in a large bowl or pot and mix well. Place in a large jar and cover with 1/2 olive oil and 1/2 Crisco oil. Store tightly covered in refrigerator. Allow to marinate for at least 24 hours before using.

For the sandwich:
1 round loaf italian bread
1/4 pound mortadella, thinly sliced
1/4 pound ham, thinly sliced
1/4 pound hard Genoa salami, thinly sliced
1/4 pound Mozzarella cheese, sliced
1/4 pound Provolone cheese,sliced
1 cup olive salad with oil
Split a muffuletta loaf or a loaf of Italian bread horizontally. Spread each half with equal parts of olive salad and oil. Place meats and cheeses evenly on bottom half and cover with top half of bread. Cut in quarters. Enjoy!
Serves four timid dieters, two hearty New Orleanians or one incredible maiale.

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I once read an article about the unique sandwiches of Primanti’s. Fries aren’t kept separate from the sandwich. They stuff the fries in along with everything else between the bread. Next time I pass through Pittsburgh, I'll have to stop in.
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I may just have one for lunch tomorrow. I'm about to head out the door for a bid opening in the area, and might just have to detour up into the Strip District to have one.
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Okay, speaking of sandwiches, I need some advice.

Last night I had a great dinner at a seafood place - an open-faced sandwich of artichoke and crab spread with tomato chunks on strips of toasted ciabatta bread.

Do you think the leftovers should be heated or eaten cold? I normally hate what a microwave does to fish, and I'd hate to ruin the crab.
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Jolly
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Jul 13 2010, 09:48 AM
Okay, speaking of sandwiches, I need some advice.

Last night I had a great dinner at a seafood place - an open-faced sandwich of artichoke and crab spread with tomato chunks on strips of toasted ciabatta bread.

Do you think the leftovers should be heated or eaten cold? I normally hate what a microwave does to fish, and I'd hate to ruin the crab.
You're talking to the wrong guy...I could eat crab popsicles if they made 'em...
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I do like muffulettas, our local deli makes them.

I would definitely try the fries-in sandwich. But "grilled meat" -- do they mean beef or is it mystery meat?

I love burgers. I make a pretty good slider topped with blue cheese and cabernet-soaked grilled onions. I'm making those tonight.
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musicasacra
Jul 13 2010, 11:34 AM
I would definitely try the fries-in sandwich. But "grilled meat" -- do they mean beef or is it mystery meat?

Beef, pastrami, turkey, chicken, etc...

And it's not the fries that make them work, it's the coleslaw!
The problem with having an open mind is that people keep trying to put things in it.
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I'm hungry!

Kincaid, I'd probably eat that cold. Not directly out of the fridge, but not microwaved.
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Too late! I was going to have it cold, but just didn't want to. Nuked it for about 35-40 seconds and it was delicious. Didn't change the taste at all.
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Ok, I think my cholestorol went up several points just looking at those sandwiches. :blink:
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Spread a layer of kaya (coconut egg jam) in between two slices of bread. That's the best sandwich in the world.

Too bad you can't find kaya easily in this country. So spread a layer of crunchy peanut butter and a layer of sweetened condensed milk in between two slices of bread and that's the best sandwich in this country.
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what else?

corned beef on rye, with a pickel, coleslaw and mustard, at a ny jewish deli.

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I've always wanted to try an open faced Rueben from Carnegie Deli.

I try to make my own Ruebens (and even my own corned beef) with limited success. They are my favorite sandwich.

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bachophile
Jul 13 2010, 07:24 PM
what else?

corned beef on rye, with a pickel, coleslaw and mustard, at a ny jewish deli.

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That looks like potato salad.
"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne


There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it".


Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody.

Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore.

From The Lion in Winter.
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fvcking anti-semite

its coleslaw i say.
Edited by bachophile, Jul 14 2010, 04:40 AM.
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:lol:
"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne


There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it".


Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody.

Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore.

From The Lion in Winter.
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He's a surgeon. He focuses on the big picture, and leaves the details to people like me.
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You mean details like whether the patient is still alive?
"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne


There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it".


Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody.

Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore.

From The Lion in Winter.
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JBryan
Jul 14 2010, 05:05 AM
You mean details like whether the patient is still alive?
Exactly.

Years ago, there was a guy (whom I only met once) who was doing a toe amputation (for diabetic gangrene) on an old fellow (must've been in his 90s), when the old guy just UAD'ed (Up and Died) before the toe was off. My partner and the nurses did CPR, to no avail, but the surgeon insisted on finishing the amputation.

"Just another minute, please!"

"He's dead, Jim."

"I'm almost finished!"
A guide to GKSR: Click

"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... "
- Mik, 6/14/08


Nothing is as effective as homeopathy.

I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles.
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